WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- "Today, two of
National Grid's service territories, MA and RI, along with
jurisdictions across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, made a
historic commitment to address one of the largest challenges
threatening our clean energy future – transportation emissions.
National Grid commends the Transportation and Climate Initiative
and their members for their willingness to study and design a
regional, market-based system transportation policy to reduce
carbon emissions from transportation fuels."
Sobolewski continued: "Through similar regional partnerships
like the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and forward thinking
policies, National Grid and our jurisdictions have achieved
meaningful greenhouse gas reductions in the power sector and have
made commitments to significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions
in the transportation and heating sectors in the coming years."
"National Grid welcomes the opportunity to participate in the
stakeholder process to explore this transportation program and
support the states undertaking a full technical, environmental, and
economic analysis to evaluate the potential benefits and costs of a
regional transportation program. We will look forward to
contributing as stakeholders to the design of a market-based
transportation policy that reduces carbon emissions, minimizes
impacts on our customers, and benefits all communities across our
states."
National Grid is committed to leading by example on the
electrification of the transportation sector. To date the company
has:
- Launched an electric vehicle (EV) adoption program for
employees, facilitating the sale of more than 250 EVs in 2018;
- Installed charging stations at 20 of our facilities to date,
with more planned in the near future;
- Committed to investing 5% of corporate fleet budget to
EVs;
- We own and manage 150 Level 2 stations across our
jurisdictions, and have installed three DC fast charging stations
in the Commonwealth with state grant funding.
- In the last year, National Grid has received approvals for
almost $40 million for electric
transport related initiatives - such as charging infrastructure,
customer outreach/education, and grid integration - over the next
three years in all of our National Grid jurisdiction; and
- National Grid US President Dean
Seavers serves as a co-chair of the national Alliance to
Save Energy's "50x50 Commission," a diverse group of stakeholders
working to reduce energy use in the transportation sector by 50% by
2050 while also meeting future mobility needs.
The announcement from the Transportation and Climate Initiative
can be found here.
About National Grid
National Grid (LSE: NG; NYSE: NGG) is an electricity, natural gas,
and clean energy delivery company serving more than 20 million
people through our networks in New
York, Massachusetts, and
Rhode Island. We are the largest
distributor of natural gas in the Northeast. National Grid also
operates the systems that deliver gas and electricity across
Great Britain.
National Grid is transforming our electricity and natural gas
networks with smarter, cleaner, and more resilient energy solutions
to meet the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent
by 2050. Our Northeast 80x50 Pathway is an industry
leading analysis for how to reach that goal in the states we serve,
focusing on the power generation, heat, and transportation
sectors.
Read more about the innovative projects across our footprint
in The Democratization of Energy, an eBook
written by National Grid's U.S. president, Dean Seavers.
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