MD/HD Electrification Blueprint

General Benefits

Planning for the ZEV transition is a critical first step to the rapid deployment of technologies. Once deployed, ZEVs will provide significant health benefits to populations along major goods movement facilities and corridors, often identified by the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal EPA) as disadvantaged communities (DAC. Additional general benefits include:

Increased State Revenue: ZEV sales tax. Since electricity and hydrogen can be produced in-state, additional state revenues are expected to be associated with new manufacturing.

Climate Pollutant Reduction: The ongoing deployment of ZEVs will eliminate tailpipe emissions, which are a significant source of climate pollutants such as particulate matter.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction: Electric and hydrogen fuels have significantly lower carbon intensities than fossil fuels. The transition to ZEVs will result in GHG emission reductions.

Petroleum Displacement: The transition to ZEVs will displace the need for petroleum fuels and reduce dependance on foreign fuels.

Impact to Low Income and Disadvantaged Communities (DAC): The reduction of tailpipe emissions along goods movement corridors is expected to improve local air quality for neighboring populations.

Localized Health Impact: While the Blueprint Project itself will not implement the benefits described above, organizing regional industrial stakeholders to support the Port of Stockton’s transition will help mobilize the ZEV transition in the state and realize critical emissions reductions targets earlier.