Search
Menu

Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Initiative

Efficiency Maine is administering an initiative to expand availability of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in Maine. This initiative will install a public network of higher voltage, fast-charging infrastructure along key corridors in Maine, including: I-95/295, Rt. 1, Rt. 2, Rt. 3, Rt. 27, Rt. 201, and Rt. 302.

Request for proposals for infrastructure, host sites, and other opportunities will be listed here. If you wish to receive email notifications about EV opportunities, please sign up here.

Click here for the Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Working Plan (Updated 2-13-2019).

The Initiative’s goals are to:

  • Strengthen the Maine economy by reducing Maine drivers’ energy costs for transportation and promoting tourism from neighboring provinces and states;
  • Advance Maine’s progress toward reducing emissions of nitrogen oxides and carbon from light-duty vehicles traveling Maine roads; and,
  • Deliver on the Governor’s commitment to the Premier of Quebec to establish corridors of publicly available, DC fast-chargers, spaced not more than 50 miles apart linking Quebec to tourist destinations in Maine.

This Initiative is funded by the VW Environmental Mitigation Trust pursuant to the State of Maine’s Beneficiary Mitigation Plan, as proposed by the Maine Department of Transportation, Maine’s designee to receive and disburse the settlement funds from VW. This three-year initiative has a budget of $3.15 million which will be allocated across three phases of activity:

  • Phase I: Establish the foundation of Maine’s EV Fast-Charge Infrastructure – this phase will fund installation of fast chargers at several key sites along Maine’s EV corridors on I-95 and on connectors with Quebec and New Hampshire. These installations will be bundled together as part of a single request for proposal (RFP). The RFP will be published in July 2018.
  • Phase II: Level 2 Chargers to Improve Local Access and Destination Charging – this phase will further develop Maine’s charging infrastructure through the addition of Level 2 chargers at workplaces, hotels, multifamily buildings, and other public sites. Sites will be selected through a competitive bidding process. This phase is expected to be launched in late winter or early spring of 2019.
  • Phase III: Extend Maine’s EV Fast-Charge Network – this phase will further develop Maine’s EV corridors to encourage and reassure travelers embarking to Maine destinations, lower energy costs for Maine drivers, and further facilitate the market transformation to increased purchase and use of electric vehicles. Equipment vendors and host sites will be selected through one or more rounds of competitive bidding. The first call for Level 3, fast charger project proposals along designated corridors is expected to be launched by summer 2019.

Resources