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VTrans outlines EV incentives, NEVI buildout and carbon-reduction strategy, says gaps remain to meet climate targets
Summary
Vermont’s Agency of Transportation briefed the House committee on its environmental policy and sustainability efforts, including $27 million in EV programs to date, a NEVI corridor plan, and a Carbon Reduction Strategy that models a remaining emissions gap without additional measures.
Vermont’s Agency of Transportation told the House Transportation Committee Thursday that the agency’s Environmental Policy and Sustainability team is leading efforts on electric-vehicle incentives and charging infrastructure, climate mitigation and resilience, and carbon-reduction planning — but that modeling shows a remaining gap between current programs and the state’s long-term emissions targets.
Andrea Wright, environmental policy manager at VTrans, and Patrick Murphy, state policy director, presented the program’s three-part focus: environmental stewardship, climate mitigation and climate resilience. Wright said the division’s state‑fiscal‑year‑2025 budget is approximately $8 million in state funds plus additional local and vendor match tied largely to EV charging infrastructure projects.
Wright summarized federal and state funding streams VTrans uses for EV charging and mitigation work: the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) formula program (the presentation lists roughly $21 million in formula NEVI funds for Vermont), ARPA allocations and…
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