Fee for using city-owned EV chargers goes into effect Monday in Edmond
In February, city council approved the decision to charge EV owners a fee that will be applied per kilowatt hour The fee for using city-owned EV chargers in Edmond, Oklahoma, goes into effect on Monday. The Department of Transportation Commissions prioritized businesses across the state who could receive nearly $9 million in Federal Funds to install EV CHARGing Stations. The money comes from the National Electric Vehicle InfrasTRUCTure Program, which will provide $66 million to Oklahoma from 2022 to 2027 to help private businesses build EV CHARging StATIONS. The state has not yet set a date to approve these grants. The Electric Vehicle Drivers Association supports the move, arguing that existing charging stations are inadequate.
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INVESTMENT. BUT THERE’S NOT ENOUGH ELECTRIC VEHICLE DRIVERS IN OKLAHOMA WILL SOON HAVE AN EASIER TIME CHARGING UP ON MONDAY, THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION NAMED 13 BUSINESSES ACROSS THE STATE WHO COULD GET NEARLY 9 MILLION IN FEDERAL DOLLARS TO INSTALL EV CHARGING STATIONS. AS LOVE’S TRAVEL STOP TAKING EIGHT OF THE 13 PROPOSED SLOTS. WHAT OKLAHOMA DID, WHICH WAS REALLY SMART, IS THEY PRIORITIZED BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY OPERATING ALONG THE HIGHWAYS, ALONG THE INTERSTATES. THE MONEY COMES FROM THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, WHICH WILL TUNNEL $66 MILLION TO OKLAHOMA. FROM 2022 TO 2027 TO HELP PRIVATE BUSINESSES BUILD EV CHARGING STATIONS. THAT MONEY IS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT THE STATE DETERMINES WHO GETS IT. AND BASICALLY WHAT THEY DO IS THEY GIVE OUT GRANTS TO BUSINESSES THAT APPLY, AND THE GRANT COVERS THE BULK OF THE STARTUP COSTS FOR GETTING AN EV CHARGING STATION AT YOUR BUSINESS. CHARGER HEAD HEAD PARTNERSHIP IS A COALITION WORKING TO EXPAND THE NATION’S ELECTRIC VEHICLE MARKET PLACE. THE GROUP SAYS DEVELOPING A COMPETITIVE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING MARKET IS CRITICAL TO SUSTAINING THE GROWTH OF EV. I BELIEVE BUSINESSES LIKE THIS ANYWHERE GAS STATIONS, THEY SHOULD. THEY SHOULD HAVE THEM. EV DRIVERS IN OKLAHOMA SAY THERE SIMPLY ISN’T ENOUGH CHARGING STATIONS, LIMITING WHERE THEY CAN GO AND WIN. WE ONLY HAVE TWO TESLA SUPER CHARGING STATIONS IN ALL OKC. YOU HAVE TO WATCH YOUR RANGE. YOU HAVE TO WATCH HOW FAR YOU’RE GOING TO KNOW. I NEED TO GET OVER TO THE CHARGING STATION, WHICH IS IT’S BAD WHEN THEY SHOULD BE EVERYWHERE. THE LIST IS PRELIMINARY. ODOT HAS NOT YET SET A TIME TO APPROVE THE AWARDED GRANTS.
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