2022-05-19 Leeward Exh B (Item 2 Council Bill No 120 PL-CC-2022-000001)

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And so in order to have the fair and equitable distributions of these chargers across the island, we need to be able to, we targeted that slightly smaller lot. I'm happy to answer any questions after Noel gives his presentation. Again, he is going to just give you a sense of where the market is and where we are with infrastructure on the island. So I don't know if we need a little time to transition so Noel can show his slides, or can you just go ahead and do that? MORIN: I think I should be able to do it. Are you able to see the screen? VITOUSEK: Yes. MORIN: Yes? KIMBALL: I can, but I don'tCommission, can you see VITOUSEK: It's blocked by the pictures, though. One second. Okay, we are good. MORIN: Excellent. Aloha, good morning, my name is Noel Morin. I'm a resident of Hilo. I've been involved in advocacy for electric vehicles for over a decade, and as stated, I'll be sharing some information about EVs and EV charging to offer you additional context. Let me start by saying that the electric car is just one of a number of solutions that will help us enhance our transportation system and enable a clean transportation future. We can, in addition to electrifying our cars, we can reduce the need for cars, right? With some of the things I've listed here, we can also increase the efficiency of our vehicles, regardless of the type of a vehicle. Now, if we must drive a personal car or own a personal car, I think it really behooves us to make that an electric vehicle, and I'll share our reasons now. So the main reason is the ability to immediately contribute to solving important problems. Driving electric allows us to reduce emissions and contribute to climate action. They allow us to improve local air quality. They help us break our addiction to oil. As we know, we import a lot of fossil fuel from countries like Libya and in fact until recently Russia, so this dependence also represents an energy security risk. This dependence also exposes us to pricing volatility, right? We see gas prices going all over the place, and it adds to our already high cost of living, something that we are unfortunately experiencing today. They also allow us to maximize our transportation dollars; as mentioned already by Councilmember Kimball, the traditional vehicles are more costly to fuel, as well as maintain. So let's, let's zoom into the pocketbook benefits. Again, we touched on this briefly, but I'd like to expand on a few things. First of all, electric cars are very, very efficient, 80-plus percent efficient, and that's because most of the energy that we put into the battery is actually used to operate the car. They also charge their batteries, they recharge their batteries, whenever the car is slowing down, so if you are coming down a hill, for example, you are adding more energy into the battery. On the other hand, gas cars are only about 20 to 30 percent efficient. What that means is that, you know, you fill up your tank and only about 20 or 30 percent of the fuel is 11 EXHIBIT B