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AOT outlines mileage‑based fee pilot for electric vehicles; agency stresses stepwise approach
Summary
The Vermont Agency of Transportation told the Senate committee it plans a mileage‑based user fee (MBUF) for fully electric vehicles as a first step to address long‑term gas tax revenue loss, pending federal grant approvals and further legislative direction; senators raised concerns about equity, inflation indexing and timing
The Vermont Agency of Transportation (AOT) presented details of a mileage‑based user fee (MBUF) plan for fully electric vehicles, describing the measure as a first, incremental step toward addressing long‑term declines in gas‑tax revenue.
Pat Murphy, senior policy director at the Vermont Agency of Transportation, told the Senate Transportation Committee the agency is focusing first on fully electric vehicles and related piloting because electrification has removed those drivers from traditional fuel tax collection. "What we propose and what's been adopted in language in Act 62 (2023) is just for electric vehicles," Murphy said, explaining that the agency models administrative costs and fleet miles‑per‑gallon scenarios when setting a rate.
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