The Board of Directors of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) has approved a new Wholesale Electricity Portfolio Policy that will guide future energy purchases and will allow the transit agency to buy even more of its power directly from renewable sources.
The new goals will require BART to have an electricity portfolio that has an average emission factor no greater than 100 lbs-CO2e/MWh during the period 2017 through 2024 (inclusive); is from at least 50% eligible renewable sources and from at least 90% low and zero carbon sources by 2025; is 100% from zero carbon sources by 2035; is 100% from eligible renewable sources by 2045.
“Given that renewable energy supply costs have fallen significantly in recent years and have approached cost parity with other supply sources, BART has an opportunity to set clean energy goals that are both ambitious and realistic,” said BART’s Sustainability Manager Holly Gordon.
BART plans to put out a request for proposals from renewable power providers in May. BART uses about 400,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity annually.
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