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Comment 88 for Informal Public Comments on the Proposed Advanced Clean Fleets Rulemaking (acf-comments-ws) - 1st Workshop.


First Name: Joe
Last Name: Berry
Email Address: jberry@yourcba.com
Affiliation: California Broadcasters Association

Subject: News and Emergency Information
Comment:
Communities rely on our radio and television stations to be their
minute-by-minute resource in emergency situations.  Often stations
will go commercial-free for many hours and sometimes days for
around-the-clock coverage of wildfires, floods, etc. from remote or
secured areas.

The CBA is concerned that even with significant improvements in
technology and reductions in cost, electronic vehicles may not
provide the flexibility that vehicles used in the broadcasting
industry demand: vehicles can be assigned to travel both short and
long distances; can stay on location for extended periods of time
without returning to base; locations can vary from urban to
remotely rural; and fuel delivery is currently integral to
maintaining operations while on locations.

It would be helpful for those industry professionals that do
remote, extended location-based work, if you could address how the
Board predicts electric vehicle technology will advance to comply
with the rules as written.  As you can imagine, the locations for
the situations we cover are unpredictable and often without power
as a result of the emergency.  These and other remote locations are
reasonably expected to lack charging infrastructure for quite some
time.
 
California Broadcasters Association

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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2021-10-28 16:42:55



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