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NCSL briefs House committee on replacing shrinking gas-tax revenue with EV fees, mileage charges and new user levies
Summary
National Conference of State Legislators presenters told the House Transportation Committee that states are experimenting with electric-vehicle registration fees, per-kilowatt charging fees, TNC surcharges, retail-delivery levies and voluntary mileage-based road-usage charges as motor-fuel tax revenue declines.
Doug Schenkel of the National Conference of State Legislators told the House Transportation Committee on Jan. 22 that motor-fuel taxes "are traditionally the largest source of revenue for states to fund the operation and maintenance of their transportation systems," but that revenue and purchasing power have declined in recent years.
Sch enkel and his colleague Lexi Ilio outlined a range of user-fee and non-user-fee options states are using or testing to make up the gap. They said many states have adopted higher annual registration fees for electric vehicles and hybrids; 41 states and the District of Columbia now levy higher EV…
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