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Committee keeps EV provisions in T bill; debates mileage-based fee, ACCD appropriation and Drive Electric funding
Summary
The committee retained Section 13 (EV infrastructure fee and mileage-based user fee intent), debated a one-time appropriation to the Agency of Commerce and Community Development for EV charging, and agreed to pursue adding language to fund Drive Electric Vermont’s electrify-your-fleet work.
The House Transportation Committee on March 14 approved keeping Section 13 in the Transportation bill, which adds language shifting an earlier-proposed annual registration fee toward an "electric vehicle infrastructure" fee and preserves legislative intent that the Agency of Transportation (AOT) propose rate-setting authority later.
Section 13 changes in the draft add "battery electric vehicle" in definitions, rename the fee to an "electric vehicle infrastructure fee" rather than a registration fee, and cross-reference established definitions for BEV, PEV and PHEV. The committee left the final per-mile rate unspecified and directed that AOT develop rate proposals and fiscal projections for future committee review.
Members argued for keeping funding to…
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