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Briefing
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- Electrical Portfolio Policy – Commits to advance regional sustainability and public health outcomes by requiring renewables to run half of Bay Area Rapid Transit's (BART) power by 2025, and completely by 2045
- BART Electric Train System – Currently one of largest consumers of electrical power in Northern California, consuming about 400 gigawatt hours of electricity annually
- Potential Results – Cut area carbon emissions and decarbonize electricity while maintaining low and stable cost for district
- 2015 California Law – Gave BART freedom to choose renewable power supplies, rather than previously buying from federal power marketing agency or municipal utility
- Next Steps – Aside from releasing non-virtual power purchase agreement and request for proposal (PPA RFP), where companies will have to bid into California transmission network, they are also partnering with SolarCity to build onsite solar generation
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Accelerator
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Market Disruption
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Sector
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Transportation and Logistics
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Organization
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Bay Area Rapid Transit
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Source
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Original Publication Date
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May 5, 2017
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