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Vermont officials press for statutory authority to launch mileage-based fee for electric vehicles by 2027
Summary
State transportation staff told the Senate Transportation Committee the agency needs new statutory language this year to implement a mileage-based user fee for battery electric vehicles and said a University of Vermont study on rate-setting will be shared soon; the committee also heard Hawaii’s experience as a model.
Patrick Murphy, policy director with the Vermont Agency of Transportation, told the Senate Transportation Committee that the agency has federal grant funding and an IT foundation to run a mileage-based user fee (MBUF) for electric vehicles, but that statutory language is needed this legislative session to create the fee, define rate-setting authority and set implementation rules. “The implementation of the miles based user fee in January 2027 — that is still our goal,” Murphy said.
The agency has sought an 80 percent federal match through programs set up by the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law and applied for a federal grant administered by the Federal Highway Administration; delays in obligating those funds have pushed the timeline, Murphy said. He told…
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