$1 million in grants support Vermont electric vehicle charging stations

By Brent Addleman | The Center Square

A new grant program designed to assist electric vehicle owners is now open in Vermont.

The Multiunit Dwelling Electric Vehicles Supply Equipment grant program, with $1 million in funding, will subsidize the cost of purchasing charging stations at apartment complexes throughout the state.

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A new grant program designed to assist electric vehicle owners is now open in Vermont.

The funding, according to a state release, is being distributed through the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development and will be used for the purchase and installation of charging stations in an effort to supply residents with at-home charging stations at affordable and nonprofit housing facilities.

According to the release, the first round of grants has been awarded to supply 84 new Level 2 charging ports at 37 locations in eight counties and servicing 6,230 homes.

The department, according to the release, garnered 16 applicants through the first round of the pilot program, totaling $1.2 million in grant funding for 44 locations in eight counties. Residential areas are both large and small.

“This was a pilot program, and we didn’t know what the demand would be,” DHCD Commissioner Josh Hanford said in the release. “The geographic spread of applications and diversity of housing types that applied was impressive and showed us that there is a high level of interest in providing EV charging for multiunit residents statewide which have resulted in additional funds to continue the program.”

According to the release, an additional $3 million was approved by the governor during the legislative session to fund the program.

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5 thoughts on “$1 million in grants support Vermont electric vehicle charging stations

  1. plant trees……lots of em, make em fruit trees, cause your gonna want something to eat…….

  2. After this is done, they have to start thinking about where all that energy will come from.
    I think the next phase in renewable energy will be wind-up spring motors. They had those when I was a kid, and they worked fine.
    Also the flywheel friction motors, you’d give the car a shove and it would keep going a ways.
    All these new forms of energy storage must be explored, because electricity is so like, pre-mllennial. Civilization is regressing.

  3. How about the several billion and 20 plus years to upgrade Vermont’s electric infrastructure to support all these compulsory charging stations?
    The grant for that comes from where, exactly?
    Oh yeah. the ratepayers pocket- thru rate increases and additional “fees” and taxes.

    • That’s why they call it Biofuels instead of wood. More Orwellian new speak for the masses. If you don’t know what it is people are okay with burning it because it’s also called a renewable. What a farce!

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