PSE is committed to ensuring equitable access to the benefits of cleaner mobility. As a trusted utility, we’re uniquely positioned to support and enable market transformation for transportation electrification, address charging infrastructure gaps and manage associated loads.
PSE’s Transportation Electrification Plan is a strategic framework that will allow us to drive the transition to a cleaner energy future.
Electricity is the transportation fuel of the future
Currently, transportation accounts for 45 percent of the state’s emissions, and our most vulnerable neighbors bear a disproportionate amount of the health impacts from those emissions. Accelerating transportation electrification is not only vital to achieving the state’s carbon reduction goals and PSE’s aspiration to reach beyond net zero carbon emissions, but also creating a more equitable clean energy future.
We believe electricity is the transportation fuel of the future. In 2021, electric vehicles accounted for nearly 8 percent of new car sales in Washington state. That percentage should increase as the state plans to ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035.
PSE’s Transportation Electrification Plan is a strategic framework that will allow us to drive the transition to a cleaner energy future.
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PSE’s Transportation Electrification Plan is a strategic framework for launching new electric mobility programs under PSE Up & Go Electric in the coming years across two phases.
Phase 1 – 2023
- Up & Go Electric for Fleet: Empowering businesses, municipalities, government agencies, tribal entities and community-based service providers and organizations with electrifying their fleets. Learn more >>
- Up & Go Electric for Multifamily: Supporting charging installations at multifamily properties to meet the needs of site hosts and tenants. Learn more >>
- Load Management Pilots: Integrating load management strategies to encourage EV charging at optimal times of day as part of our commitment to a resilient and modern grid.
- Education & Outreach: Supporting EV adoption and wider transportation electrification through tactics that underscore customer benefits with reliable and accurate information.
Phase 2 – 2024
- Up & Go Electric Home Charging: Helping customers in single-family homes upgrade their at-home charging via instant PSE rebates on qualifying Level 2 chargers. Learn more >>
- Up & Go Electric for Public: Removing the barriers that keep property owners, businesses and communities from hosting public charging stations for all EV drivers. Learn more >>
- Up & Go Electric for Workplace: Supporting charging installations at workplaces to meet the needs of employees. Learn more >>
- New & Innovative Technology Pilots
PSE Up & Go Electric program goals:
Enable market transformation
Plan and manage electric loads
Address charging infrastructure gaps
Further energy equity and inclusion