Cuts Expected for CHEAPR in 2025
The chart at the top of the post shows the number of rebates and amount of funds awarded monthly through August 2024. The reason for the dip in August is that there is only partial-month … Read more
Policy
Final Conference Agenda for NEEVS
NorthEast Electric Vehicle Symposium Set for September 15th and 16th We thank our Gold Sponsor: BMW Sunday – EV Test Drives Sunday will feature test drives with 10 EV models: BMW i4, i5, iX Tesla … Read more
EV Adoption in Environmental Justice Communities
post by Barry Kresch CT Roundtable for Climate and Jobs Panel The CT Roundtable for Climate and Jobs recently hosted a virtual event entitled “Transportation Infrastructure and Electric Vehicles in Connecticut.” I was one of … Read more
EV Charging Incentives from Eversource and UI Back Online
Post by Barry Kresch The Utilities and PURA Have Worked Out Their Differences I spoke today to United Illuminating and they advise that they and the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission have come to a meeting … Read more
Detail of the Eversource and United Illuminating Charging Incentive Suspension
Incentive Suspension This game of chicken that Eversource and UI are playing with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has now gotten to the point that EV charging incentive programs are being suspended. Eversource and UI … Read more
How Should Connecticut Tax EVs – Not Like New Jersey
All graphics from CT Department of Transportation The Next Shoe to Drop? Once upon a time, there was free public charging. Well, there wasn’t that much charging infrastructure, but there were grants available for level … Read more
Eversource and UI’s Sad Suspension of EV Charging Incentives
What Is Behind This Extreme Action by Eversource and United Illuminating The largest electric distribution company, EDC for short, (a.k.a. utility) in the state, Eversource, announced last week that it would suspend its participation in … Read more
How Challenging Is The Federal Used EV Incentive
Policy Environment for Used Electric Vehicle Incentives When the Inflation Reduction Act was drafted, it had multiple goals, which can be loosely summarized as promoting clean energy, reviving the domestic industrial base, and making clean … Read more
Dealers Hit The Brakes On EVs
Proposed EPA Rules Amidst the current contretemps over Connecticut’s stalled efforts to adopt phase 2 of the California emissions standards, known as ACC II/ACT, which stand for Advanced Clean Cars II and Advanced Clean Truck, … Read more
Transfer Provision is Now Live
Fisker Ocean pictured above Transfer Provision Details The transfer provision is now in place for the federal incentive. This allows the buyer to transfer the tax credit to the seller and take the incentive as, … Read more