DENVER - Monday, Oct. 25, 2021 - The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) today announced the Governor-appointed Community Access Enterprise Board. The new enterprise supports widespread adoption of electric vehicles, equitably invests in transportation infrastructure, and incentivizes the acquisition and use of electric alternatives to motor vehicles.
In June 2021, Governor Polis signed SB21-260 which creates new sources of dedicated transportation funding and new state enterprises to enable a sustainable transportation system. The law will help modernize the infrastructure needed to support the widespread adoption of electric motor vehicles and mitigate adverse environmental and health impacts of transportation system use.
SB21-260 creates three new transportation electrification enterprises: the Clean Transit Enterprise housed in the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), the Clean Fleet Enterprise housed in the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), and the Community Access Enterprise housed in CEO.
The Community Access Enterprise supports the widespread adoption of electric motor vehicles, equitably invests in charging and fueling infrastructure, and incentivizes the acquisition and use of electric motor vehicles and electric alternatives to motor vehicles by low and moderate income residents. Over the first decade, the Community Access Enterprise is expected to receive approximately $310 million to support electric vehicle (EV) charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure and low and moderate income adoption of EVs and electric bicycles.
The Community Access Enterprise Board includes four Governor-appointed members and executive directors or their designees from CDOT, CDPHE and CEO. Appointed board members will serve terms of three or four years.
The Community Access Enterprise Board is as follows:
- Reverend Eugene Downing - New Hope Baptist Church (3 year term)
- Sarah Meirose - Ford Motor Company (3 year term)
- Alice Laird - Clean Energy Economy for the Region (CLEER) (4 year term)
- Ryan Hurst - Motiv Power Systems, Inc. (4 year term)
- Shoshana Lew - Colorado Department of Transportation
- Trisha Oeth - Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
- Will Toor - Colorado Energy Office
The Polis administration is committed to taking bold action on climate and improving air quality. Through the passage of HB19-1261, the state adopted science-based greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets of 50% below 2005 levels by 2030 and 90% by 2050. The state’s GHG Pollution Reduction Roadmap identified transportation as the largest single source of GHG pollution in Colorado.
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