Lobbying Activity Report

837-9358

Organization: Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium
Associated registration: 1946-837-11
Lobbying Activity date: 2021-04-21
Arranged a meeting: No
Posted date: 2021-05-14

In-house lobbyists who participated in the lobbying activity: Grace Reilly
Josipa Petrunic
Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity: Chris Koski, Director of Clean Government
Resilience and Clean Government Branch, Environment and Climate Change Strategy
 
Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activity
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications Intended Outcomes Associated Subject Matters
Facilitate a neutral feasibility assessment of H2 heavy duty vehicle performance throughout public fleets across British Columbia to support its private H2 ecosystem (fuellers/generators, suppliers, integrators and parts manufacturers). a) Recognizing investments already made in the battery-driven electrification of transit across B.C. and Canada, B.C. is ideally situated to support the additional electrification of systems via hydrogen fuel cell technologies and green or low-carbon hydrogen production. To support the national launch of H2 projects to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs), we encourage the B.C. government to consider funding (through its existing funds) a CUTRIC-led data-based simulation and feasibility analysis of the performance of H2 heavy-duty vehicles and fuelling systems across mountainous terrain as operated across four seasons of temperature gradient. This type of neutral consortium study led by CUTRIC's B.C. office would demonstrate the benefits, costs, opportunities and risks associated with the adoption, performance and maintenance of H2 heavy-duty vehicles applied to public fleets such as transit, delivery vehicles, garbage trucks and other city or regional vehicular fleets. b) CUTRIC proposes to complete this study using a combination of its Members' contributions through crowd-sourced support (i.e., from BC Hydro, Fortis BC, Ballard), along with federal MITACS research funded graduate students (located at the University of Victoria, University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University) and with additional relevant funds from the province (likely from its existing clean funds for innovation) within the next six-month period to complete a full and complete H2 electric performance analysis for heavy-duty vehicles in B.C.
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
  • Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
COVID-19, Economic Development and Trade, Energy, Environment, Non-Profit Organization, Transportation
 
Senior officer who filed this Lobbying Activity Report: Josipa Petrunic
 
The above name is that of the most senior paid officer who is responsible for filing a Lobbying Activity Report for the organization (the Designated Filer), whether that person participated in this lobbying activity or not.

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