Helix Water District Selects Black & Veatch for Electrical Car Charging Infrastructure

Black & Veatch, a worldwide chief in vital infrastructure options, has been chosen by Helix Water District in San Diego County, California, to carry out design and engineering companies for the district’s electrical automobile (EV) charging infrastructure challenge. Black & Veatch and Helix Water District are each members of Cleantech San Diego.

As water districts, utilities, authorities entities and business and industrial fleet homeowners advance sustainability efforts and obtain compliance with the newest rules, the transition to electrified automobiles and wishes for associated charging infrastructure have gotten extra commonplace. 

The state of California’s Air Sources Board (CARB) just lately accepted the Superior Clear Fleets (ACF) regulation, which is able to usually require 50 p.c of state and native authorities fleet purchases of medium- and heavy-duty automobiles to be zero-emission automobiles (ZEV) or near-zero-emission automobiles (NZEV) beginning in 2024, and all medium- and heavy-duty fleet purchases to be ZEV or NZEV by 2027 in California. Beginning in 2035, solely ZEVs will meet the ACF necessities.

“Our expertise with industry-leading clear transportation options on a worldwide scale offers a mannequin for dependable and resilient EV infrastructure that may be replicated for water utilities and different fleet operators world wide,” stated Scott Maloni, shopper govt for Black & Veatch.

Water utilities’ curiosity in electrification is on the rise as a result of rules and as a part of their sustainability plans. As a local weather mitigation or adaptation technique, 48 p.c of respondents to Black & Veatch’s 2023 Water Report stated they had been pursuing or had been planning to pursue the conversion of fleet automobile(s) to EVs.

Black & Veatch will present design of all infrastructure for the Helix Water District’s new EV charging stations at its operations middle, which is able to embody greater than 70 chargers. The challenge helps the district’s addition of electric-powered gentle, medium and heavy-duty fleet automobiles and gear.

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