Editor,
Californians love their forests and their freeways, so it’s no surprise that electric cars are becoming a common sight. PG&E workers are using 1,400 electric vehicles to better serve our customers across the state and reduce greenhouse gases. Clean transportation is a key to a cleaner environment
As one of the cleanest utilities in the country, PG&E appreciates that principle. That’s why we support the governor’s call for 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles in California by 2025 to help the state slash greenhouse gas emissions.
That’s also why we disagree with Mark Roest’s assertion in his April 20 Daily Journal guest perspective “Support EV and environmental goals” that PG&E doesn’t belong in the EV charging market. We also oppose Assembly Bill 1005, which would limit charging market growth.
To encourage more electric vehicles, California needs more charging stations, not more roadblocks to installation.
For years, PG&E has partnered with automotive manufacturers to help ensure our customers who purchase EVs can charge them quickly and affordably at home. Fully one-fifth of the EVs in America are in PG&E’s service area. But many EV owners — and would-be buyers — say there aren’t enough public chargers available when they are away from home.
In February, PG&E addressed our customers’ concern when we asked state regulators for permission to install and manage about 25,000 EV chargers at locations across our service area. That’s about a quarter of the charging infrastructure needed in our service area to support the state’s EV goals.
We all want cleaner air. We all want more clean choices. And we all want to make it easier for customers to choose and operate electric vehicles to help us all achieve that goal.
Frank Salguero
Redwood City
The letter writer is Pacific Gas and Electric Company senior manager, Peninsula Division, San Carlos.
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