Bay Area EV Coordinating Council

Sharing knowledge to accelerate electric vehicle adoption across the Bay Area and beyond

The Bay Area Electric Vehicle Coordinating Council, or EV Council, is a peer-to-peer forum of diverse stakeholders that meets several times a year, often hosting expert panels to discuss new EV trends, information, and best practices for projects.  

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Who We Are: 

EV Council members represent a cross-section of EV stakeholders from all nine Bay Area counties:

Charging infrastructure and technology companies
Auto manufacturers
City and county staff
Transit agencies and authorities
Federal and state government agencies
Utilities and community choice aggregators
Interest groups
Regional entities



Acterra facilitates all EV Council meetings and hosts meetings of the Steering Committee.

Meeting Calendar

We are planning our next meeting for Spring 2026. If you’d like to receive updates, including future meeting dates, we invite you to join the Council - we’d be happy to have you! In the meantime, you can browse our meetings archive.

 

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Join the EV Council by clicking the Join button below. You will receive notifications about upcoming Council meetings, newsletters, and other valuable EV Council resources. The EV Council invites individuals, organizations, and government entities to join meetings and work collectively towards a sustainable transportation future.

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Steering Committee

The EV Council benefits from a steering committee that advises the facilitation team on industry developments and helps shape meeting topics and format. Steering committee members connect with other industry thought leaders and actively contribute to important discussions. Members commit about six hours per year to steering committee meetings. We seek to have a broad representation of sectors on the steering committee.  

Steering Committee Members:

 

 

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Nicole Appenzeller
San Francisco Environment Department
Senior Clean Transportation Specialist
Maureen Blanc
Charge Across Town
Executive Director
Josh Chanin
San Jose Clean Energy
Senior Decarbonization Program Specialist
James Choe
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Climate Program Manager
Rachel DiFranco
City of Palo Alto
Utilities Program Services Manager
Brendan Havenar-Daughton
Contra Costa County
Energy Manager
Mikaela Hiatt
Transportation Authority of Marin
Associate Transportation Planner
Phillip Kobernick
Peninsula Clean Energy
Senior Transportation Programs Manager
Ted Lamm
UC Berkeley School of Law - CLEE
Senior Research Fellow, Climate
Caylee Mercado
Bay Area Air District
Grants Specialist
Sarah Moore
City of Berkeley
Sustainability Program Manager
Jennifer Sajor (Alternate)
City of Berkeley
Electric Mobility Coordinator
Annika Osborn
Cool the Earth
Director of Programs and Community Development
Vivian Rahwanji
Community Housing Development Corporation of North Richmond
Director of Operations
Stacey Reineccius
Powertree Services Inc.
CEO
Gopal Shanker
Récolte Energy
President
Heidi Sickler
BP Pulse Fleet
Energy and Environment Senior Associate
Zac Thompson
Ava Community Energy
Senior Associate, Energy Resources Program
Brett Wiley (Alternate)
Ava Community Energy
Senior Program Associate, Electric Mobility
Kevin Xue
Tesla
Policy Analyst, North American Charging

Resources

Electric Vehicle Resources

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Contact Us!

If you have questions about the Council or would like to be considered for the steering committee, please contact the facilitator at EV.Council [at] acterra.org.