State: Pennsylvania
The EV Bill: Pennsylvania’s HB 1446 (2018)
The EV Charging Station framework proposed by HB1446:
- Governor must set EV charging station rollout based at 50% above 2030 estimates
- the framework must set statewide goals
- the framework must also establish separate regional goals
- developed by stakeholders including agencies, municipalities & electric distribution companies
The response by an EV charging station company:
- before HB 1446, “the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission should set rules of the road and evaluate how rate payer funds should be used by utilities in support of EV infrastructure”
- “utilities must work with private businesses in the EV industry” to “leverage matching payments when ratepayer dollars are spent.”
- “Consumers should have the ability to choose things like charging station type, manufacturer and network services.”
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