By Electronic Mail Re: Comments on the Cpuc Staff White Paper " Light-duty Vehicle Electrification in California: Potential Barriers and Opportunities "

On behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council (“NRDC”) and our 1.2 million members and activists, I appreciate the opportunity to comment on the CPUC’s Staff White Paper, Light-Duty Vehicle Electrification in California: Potential Barriers and Opportunities. 1 The document will serve as an important tool to stakeholders and policymakers working on reducing barriers to electrification in the transportation sector. The author(s) have done an admirable job of identifying the potential role for CPUC policy to prepare for expected electrification and to incent commercialization of plug-in electric in a manner consistent with overall CPUC policy goals. NRDC has worked for nearly three decades to reduce emissions and energy use from the transportation sector. We support a comprehensive framework to address emissions due to vehicles, fuels, and vehicle travel – with the goal of ensuring that the transportation sector achieves the necessary greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions to allow