Charge Ahead Partnership (CAP) has engaged in regulatory activity in Vermont, submitting public comment in Case No. 24-3023-INV. As dictated by a law passed in 2021, the Vermont Public Utility Commission (PUC) must file an annual report with the legislature every year from 2022 to 2025 regarding the progress of Vermont’s utilities on implementing rates related to EVs and electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE). 2024 also saw the addition of a new requirement to report on the services upgrade practices related to the installation of EVSE by the utilities, including the ratepayer impact. In September of 2024, the Commission solicited information from the utilities and other interested parties in order to prepare the final 2025 report to the legislature through Case No. 24-3023-INV.
CAP submitted comments in this proceeding praising the progress that many of the state’s utilities had made on EV charging specific rates free of demand charges, while also encouraging continued progress for those utilities yet to implement such rates. The letter also referenced the importance of a level playing field in the EV charging market, pointing to the threat of utility ownership and utilities giving themselves favorable rates for utility-owned chargers as barriers to private investment in Vermont’s EV charging market.
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While CAP has engaged in Vermont through Case No. 24-3023-INV and the NEVI letter, if you have operations in the state or learn of additional activity that warrants CAP engagement, please do not hesitate to email us:
