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Committee approves first 13 public sites for city-backed electric vehicle charging network
Summary
The Public Works Committee approved a plan to advance the first 13 publicly owned sites in Milwaukee for an $18.7 million electric vehicle charging network funded primarily by a federal grant, with a private operator to be procured to build and run the stations under a five-year contract.
The Milwaukee Public Works Committee voted to approve the first batch of public sites for a citywide electric vehicle (EV) charging network, directing staff to proceed with environmental reviews and preparations needed to seek construction funding from federal grantors.
City staff said the program is funded by a roughly $15,000,000 federal grant with about $3,700,000 in local match and other funds, for a total program budget of about $18,700,000. Eric Schambarger of the city’s Environmental Collaboration Office said the plan is to install at least 53 sites over multiple phases and to begin with 13 public locations to speed delivery and increase certainty for private-sector bidders.
“The theory is that if we have more electric vehicle charging, more people will feel comfortable buying electric cars,” Schambarger said, describing the grant-funded program and an intended public-private partnership in which a private network operator would provide the local match, install and operate the chargers and assume maintenance for an initial…
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