This region-led knowledge exchange breakout at REACH IE featured:

• Kara Crohn, Director, Transparency & Insights, Center for Sustainable Energy
• Norah Kyassa, Clean Mobility Program Specialist, GRID Alternatives
• Lindsey-Paige McCloy, Director, City of Palm Springs, Office of Sustainability

Key best practices include:

• City of Palm Springs’s Climate Action Roadmap identified that transportation makes up largest single share of its emissions. They are providing city-owned chargers to increase EV trips. Received a grant to study how heat and shade impact transportation.
• Center for Sustainable Energy is tracking EV and EV charging incentives in Inland SoCal, which illustrates that desert regions are underserved.
• Grid Alternatives Community’s In Charge Program is helping identify eligible local and tribal project sites to apply for charger rebates