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State updates EV charging investments; officials cite rural gaps and demand-charge barrier
Summary
ACCD staff told the House Transportation Committee on Feb. 5 that state-funded EV charging investments show rising use and more unique users, but gaps remain in rural areas and demand charges make DC fast charging financially difficult in some utility territories.
Ronald Cook, community planning and policy manager at the Agency of Commerce and Community Development, told the House Transportation Committee on Feb. 5 that Vermont's state-supported electric-vehicle charging programs are showing rising use but face persistent rural gaps and cost barriers.
Cook said ACCD's early grants (roughly $4 million, awarded 2014'2022) are largely installed and now being monitored. He described Charge Vermont, a $9.12 million program launched in mid-2023 with Green Mountain Power as administrative partner. Cook said ACCD has processed about 610 applications, with roughly 136 projects moving forward; about 200 applications are on hold because funding requested exceeds what ACCD currently has available, and another ~200 were deemed not eligible under program rules.
"If you build it, EV drivers show up," Cook said, summing up results from more than 70,000 anonymized session…
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