Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Chief Innovation Officer to enter into a professional services contract with GreenSpot JC, LLC., hereafter referenced as Greenspot, in an amount of up to $80,800.00 to install, own, and maintain two (2) DCFC charging units at one of two (2) “charger ready” sites in Downtown Columbus, Ohio, and to make the site entirely “EV ready”, as a pilot project for the Smart Columbus Public Access Charging Initiative.
The City of Columbus pursued and won a grant from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation (the “Foundation”) (PGAPh) with the goal of laying a practical path to replacing carbon-based fuel consumption and inspiring action across the region to protect and sustain the environment through decarbonization and electrification. With the cooperation of partners such as American Electric Power (AEP), The Ohio State University (OSU) and The Columbus Partnership, Columbus endeavors to use this grant as the catalyst to change the long-term trajectory of carbon emissions in the 7-county Columbus region (Franklin, Delaware, Fairfield, Licking, Pickaway, Madison, Union) and demonstrate the rewards of using clean energy sources in lieu of fossil fuel based sources.
The City of Columbus, along with an extensive network of public and private partners, has aligned around this vision to reduce the region’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through decarbonization of the electric supply and transportation sectors. The City was also awarded the $40 million Smart City Challenge grant from the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), which has the potential to greatly amplify the results from the Foundation grant and vice-versa.
As part of the effort to support electrification, the PMO solicited Requests for Proposals (RFP) for the Smart Columbus - Public Access Charging project, which advertised on
and the City of Columbus Vendor Services website from November 14, 2018 ...
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