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Comment 30 for Proposed Advanced Clean Cars II Regulations (accii2022) - 45 Day.

First NameJeff
Last NameHolden
Email Addressjeff@multipointcontentstrategies.com
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SubjectAdvanced Clean Cars II
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With all due respect to the engineers helping improve our environment with cleaner air, this potential mandate is extremely premature.  As a small business owner/operator, we're already experiencing outrageous expense increases as a result of transportation costs.  We rely heavily on the grid for our business as we're a small podcast production company and in the past year we've seen challenges with the ability to get out electricity to run the studio and A/C.  Yet, infrastructure be damned, we're considering a legal mandate to overwhelm the system with more electric draw?  One only has to use common sense to see the challenges of putting the cart before the horse.  As demand for electricity increases faster than supply, as it must under the proposed circumstances, the only result can be higher cost.  Period.  And then somebody has to pay for the infrastructure to support the demand.  Again, higher cost.  Who bears the responsibility of all this?  Small business and taxpayers.  With less in their pockets to spend, customers dwindle.  As customers dwindle, so do small businesses. Yes, we have a problem in the state.  Many of them.  But why create additional burden when no matter what happens on the road, is offset with one large fire... for the year!  

Please focus your energies on what's currently realistic.  The majority of CA residents are not in a position to absorb higher utility bills, they're unable to afford an EV and if the lowest income communities did get EV's they would have no way to charge them.  Think before acting and do what's best for the environment by taking one step at a time rather than leaping before looking.  Thank you.


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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted 2022-05-25 16:50:52

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