EVgo Pennsylvania Charging Stations, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania signs EVgo Services LLC up for 14 new fast chargers at three locations with $750,000 awarded from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The funding is being provided through the DEP’s “Driving PA Forward” program, which derives its capital source from the national settlement with Volkswagen Group of America. The projects will serve local residents’ day-to-day charging needs, helping to make electric vehicle ownership an option for residents who live in apartments as well as homeowners. The projects will also be additional stops in a network of highway segments that DEP and PennDOT are helping to develop into electric vehicle corridors for longer distance drivers. These corridors will eventually have chargers located every 50 miles along the highway and no more than 5 miles from the road, with accompanying roadside signage. Interstates 76, 95, 376, and 476 are part of this growing network, which currently totals 731 miles. DEP awarded $750,000 to EVgo Services for three projects: $250,000 to install six fast-charging plugs at Cedar Realty Trust. Quartermaster Plaza, 2300 West Oregon Avenue, Philadelphia. The site is located in an Environmental Justice community and within a half-mile of Interstate 76 and three miles of Interstate 95. $250,000 to install four fast-charging plugs at Albertsons Acme Market, 124 Morton Avenue, Ridley Township, Delaware County. The location is within two miles of Interstate 95 and Interstate 476. $250,000 to install four fast-charging plugs at a Sheetz gas station/ convenience store at 9002 University Boulevard, Moon Township, Allegheny County. The site is located in an Environmental Justice community and less than a mile from the Pittsburgh Airport, less than a half-mile from Interstate 376 Business, and less than four miles from Interstate 376. As part of this effort, the state has allocated approximately $10 million over a 5-year period to fund a competitive grant program for acquisition, installation, operation and maintenance of EV fast charging equipment and hydrogen fuel cell vehicle supply equipment. EVgo was chosen as a recipient for the first and second rounds of this state grant program, which is designed to assist with the installation or expansion of strategically significant zero emission vehicle fueling projects.

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