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Agency details myDMV integration, vendors and outreach plan for mileage-fee rollout
Summary
Agency officials told the Senate Transportation Committee the mileage-fee system will be built into myDMV with integration work by existing vendors (Parsons and Fast), that no third-party app will be required, and that outreach — funded in part by a $3 million FHWA grant — will target EV owners with direct mail, hotlines and webinars.
Agency witnesses told the Senate Transportation Committee the new mileage-based user fee system will be integrated into the state’s existing DMV platform so drivers can view estimated payments within their myDMV account and will not need a separate third-party app.
"The system that we've proposed builds off what we have for existing systems...Parsons [inspection vendor] and Fast [the core IT vendor] will need development work so these systems can talk to each other," Patrick Murphy said, describing needed integrations so registrations, inspections and payments can be reconciled.
Michelle Bloompower, identified as Vermont Agency of Transportation Policy Director, told senators the agency has names and addresses for all registered EV owners and plans targeted outreach: direct letters, hotline support, web tools (myDMV), webinars and possible collaboration with Drive Electric Vermont. "We do have the names and addresses of every vehicle owner who has an EV who will be immediately impacted by this," she said, and urged staging outreach once statutory language is finalized and vendor costs are known.
Murphy said the agency recently finalized a vendor contract and expects delivery by Jan. 1, 2027 for the initial system build; he and staff urged a staged onboarding tied to registration and inspection cycles so some vehicles may not be fully transitioned until later years. Committee members requested an itemized budget showing outreach and implementation line items; Murphy said a FHWA grant of about $3 million funds the program and an earlier slide showed roughly $800,000 assigned for public outreach, with state match money set aside in prior bills.
The committee asked the agency to include outreach language in implementation/reporting sections of the draft and to work with staff to supply specific outreach tasks for vendor solicitations.
