Electric Mobility for All in the Pittsburgh Region
Duquesne Light
Economic Equity
As the electric utility provider for most of Allegheny and Beaver Counties, Duquesne Light Company (DLC) envisions a clean energy future for all and is working to empower all its customers to experience the benefits of electric mobility.
Seeking to evaluate its approach to administering electric mobility efforts equitably, including people of color and those within traditionally underserved, low-income, geographically diverse, and otherwise vulnerable population areas, DLC partnered with Fourth Economy Consulting to help evaluate and guide its current and future work in this area.
Our Approach
Fourth Economy engaged with DLC to document its work to date and understand current levels of electric mobility, and conducted desktop research to identify the ways that other communities around the country are approaching electric mobility equity and opportunity. To provide critical information on consumer behavior, community concerns, and opinions about electric mobility, we partnered with Bellwether Research and Consulting to conduct a phone survey of residents within the selected communities. Fourth Economy organized neighborhood conversations in four selected communities.
The Results
The report offers tailored recommendations for each community as well as topic-specific strategic actions to advance e-mobility adoption, awareness, and advocacy. Recommendations were specifically designed to advance DLC’s electric mobility equity objectives:
making EV charging more accessible
assisting in fleet electrification; investing in traditionally underserved, low-income, minority, and otherwise vulnerable population areas
increasing EV awareness, education, and technical capacity; supporting shared e-mobility options
easing administrative costs and building community capacity
and helping stakeholders pursue e-mobility funding opportunities.
Location
Pittsburgh Region