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2 <br />larger CNG fuel containers. As such, there may be future possibilities for CNG options in these <br />areas that will be explored as opportunities arise. <br />Deploying electric based AFV vehicles and re-fueling infrastructure is a sustainable strategy <br />consistent with the County's environmental responsibility goals for the following reasons: <br />1) The County's flee# of nine Toyota Pries sedan vehicles has by far the lowest operating <br />costs of any vehicle platform. With over 313,000 miles recorded across the fleet, the <br />Prius is significantly less expensive to operate when compared to other non- <br />emergency services passenger sedan platforms within the County's fleet. Pries has a <br />slightly higher acquisition cost, as do other models of AFVs, but quickly recovers that <br />cost with its exceptional fuel mileage and lower maintenance cost. The PHEV model, <br />when introduced sometime in 2012, will only improve this cost benefit ratio since it will <br />allow grid provided electricity to power the vehicle at an estimated rate of less than 3 <br />cents per mile. When coupling higher fuel economy with a lower equivalent fuel cost, <br />the cost benefit ratio is even more attractive. <br />2) Electric charging station infrastructure supports privately owned EVs and PHEVs and <br />their lower greenhouse gas emissions relative to fossil fuel based vehicles. Apure <br />EV is a "zero emissions" vehicle and collects its electric power from an electric grid <br />that has a diverse set of production sources: wind, biomass, solar, coal, natural gas, <br />and nuclear power plants. Fossil fuel driven vehicles produce the highest <br />concentration of greenhouse gas emissions; 100% of the fossil fuel is derived from a <br />finite, depleting, and more costly petroleum resource. <br />3) As the consumer market's adoption of EVs and PHEVs continues to grow, charging <br />stations located near natural "destination" areas -employment centers, public <br />transportation stops, retail hubs, dense transportation corridors -attract capital <br />investment and nurture sustainable economic development. <br />The proposed locations for the initial eight charging stations meet the criteria of .being near <br />dense travel corridors and within natural "destination" areas. The proposed locations include <br />the following: <br />1) Orange County/Chapel Hill Visitor's Bureau, Chapel Hill (two charging stations); <br />2) West Campus Office Building, Hillsborough (iwo charging stations); <br />3) Durham Technical Community College Park & Ride Lot, Hillsborough (two charging <br />stations); and <br />4) Robert & Pearl Seymour Senior Center, Chapel Hilf (two charging stations). <br />As part of its utility conservation workplan, AMS staff will continue to evaluate and recommend <br />the deployment of AFVs within County departments as well as its re-fueling infrastructure. A full <br />report on the County`s vehicle fleet and its fuel consumption will be presented as part of the <br />annual Utility Conservation Report to be delivered to the Board in the Spring of 2012. This <br />report will also coordinate AMS workplan activity relating to the FY2012-13 budget preparation. <br />