Dozens of chargers being added to Maine’s EV charging network
COULD SLIP INTO THE RED BY THE END OF SUMMER. NEW AT NOON– 17 NEW HIGH-SPEED ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGES WILL OPEN ACROSS MAINE OVER THE NEXT YEAR. THE NEW SPOTS WERE SELECTED WITH THE GOAL OF EXPANDING THE CHARGING NETWORK IN THE STATE. HERE ARE SOME OF THE LOCATIONS– IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY– HANNAFORD ON MAIN ST IN GORHAM. –UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE, SCHOOL STREET, GORHAM –MARGINAL WAY PARKING LOT, PORTLAND –HANNAFORD SUPERMARKET, FOREST AVENUE, PORTLAND IN PENOBSCOT COUNTY– ONE WILL BE AT TRACTOR SUPPLY PLAZA, CENTRAL STREET, MILLINOCKET AIRPORT MALL, UNION STREET, BANGOR? AND UNIVERSITY OF MAINE, BEDDINGTON ROAD, ORON
Maine’s electric vehicle charging network is expanding
More than 50 new chargers will be installed over the next year
Updated: 2:23 PM EDT Jun 12, 2024
Dozens of new high-speed electric vehicle chargers are coming to Maine.Gov. Janet Mills announced Wednesday that 17 new charging stations with a total of 52 chargers will open across the state over the next year.The sites were selected to help build a charging network along heavily traveled routes, including Interstate 95, Route 2, and Route 302, as well as areas of Portland and Bangor and to support outdoor recreation and university communities. The project is being funded by $5.7 million from the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program, $2.8 million through the Governor’s Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan, and settlement funds from the New England Clean Energy Connect project. “Drivers across Maine and the nation are increasingly choosing electric vehicles because they are safe, reliable, and better for our environment,” said Mills. “This means that Maine must have a robust charging infrastructure to help ensure that you can get there from here.”Sites selected for high-speed EV chargers include: Cumberland County Hannaford Supermarket, Main Street, Gorham Nouria, Ossipee Trail, Gorham University of Southern Maine, School Street, Gorham Marginal Way Parking Lot, Portland Hannaford Supermarket, Forest Avenue, Portland Shaw’s Plaza, Roosevelt Trail, Windham Nouria, Portland Road, Bridgton Franklin County Rangeley Hideaway, Main Street, RangeleyOxford County River Street Parking Lot, RumfordPenobscot County Tractor Supply Plaza, Central Street, Millinocket Dysart’s Restaurant and Truck Stop, Coldbrook Road, Hermon Airport Mall, Union Street, Bangor Hannaford Supermarket, Stillwater Avenue, Bangor Hannaford Supermarket, Moosehead Trail, Newport Alltown Market, Park Street, Orono University of Maine, Beddington Road, Orono Piscataquis County Indian Hill Trading Post, Moosehead Lake Road, Greenville The nine sites funded through the Federal NEVI program (in Bangor, Bridgton, Hermon, Newport, Portland, Rumford, and Windham) will offer at least four chargers. The other eight sites will have two chargers at each location. “This expansion of high-speed charging infrastructure will help reduce range anxiety for current and future Maine EV drivers and will help communities attract commerce and tourism,” said Joyce Taylor, the chief engineer at the Maine Department of Transportation. “MaineDOT, through Recharge Maine, will continue to work to expand this network to ensure that Maine has an accessible, available, and reliable charging network across the state.”The availability of public electric vehicle charging stations has more than doubled in Maine since 2019. In January, the state received a $15-million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to support the further installation of 62 Level 3 fast charging ports and 520 Level 2 charger ports at more than 70 sites in 63 Maine cities and towns – adding to the more than 1,000 public EV charging ports now available in Maine.Currently, a total of 830 Level 2 community ports at 409 locations and 241 DCFC high-speed charging ports at 88 locations are publicly available in Maine.
Dozens of new high-speed electric vehicle chargers are coming to Maine.
Gov. Janet Mills announced Wednesday that 17 new charging stations with a total of 52 chargers will open across the state over the next year.
The sites were selected to help build a charging network along heavily traveled routes, including Interstate 95, Route 2, and Route 302, as well as areas of Portland and Bangor and to support outdoor recreation and university communities.
The project is being funded by $5.7 million from the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program, $2.8 million through the Governor’s Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan, and settlement funds from the New England Clean Energy Connect project.
“Drivers across Maine and the nation are increasingly choosing electric vehicles because they are safe, reliable, and better for our environment,” said Mills. “This means that Maine must have a robust charging infrastructure to help ensure that you can get there from here.”
Sites selected for high-speed EV chargers include:
Cumberland County
- Hannaford Supermarket, Main Street, Gorham
- Nouria, Ossipee Trail, Gorham
- University of Southern Maine, School Street, Gorham
- Marginal Way Parking Lot, Portland
- Hannaford Supermarket, Forest Avenue, Portland
- Shaw’s Plaza, Roosevelt Trail, Windham
- Nouria, Portland Road, Bridgton
Franklin County
- Rangeley Hideaway, Main Street, Rangeley
Oxford County
- River Street Parking Lot, Rumford
Penobscot County
- Tractor Supply Plaza, Central Street, Millinocket
- Dysart’s Restaurant and Truck Stop, Coldbrook Road, Hermon
- Airport Mall, Union Street, Bangor
- Hannaford Supermarket, Stillwater Avenue, Bangor
- Hannaford Supermarket, Moosehead Trail, Newport
- Alltown Market, Park Street, Orono
- University of Maine, Beddington Road, Orono
Piscataquis County
- Indian Hill Trading Post, Moosehead Lake Road, Greenville
The nine sites funded through the Federal NEVI program (in Bangor, Bridgton, Hermon, Newport, Portland, Rumford, and Windham) will offer at least four chargers. The other eight sites will have two chargers at each location.
“This expansion of high-speed charging infrastructure will help reduce range anxiety for current and future Maine EV drivers and will help communities attract commerce and tourism,” said Joyce Taylor, the chief engineer at the Maine Department of Transportation. “MaineDOT, through Recharge Maine, will continue to work to expand this network to ensure that Maine has an accessible, available, and reliable charging network across the state.”
The availability of public electric vehicle charging stations has more than doubled in Maine since 2019. In January, the state received a $15-million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to support the further installation of 62 Level 3 fast charging ports and 520 Level 2 charger ports at more than 70 sites in 63 Maine cities and towns – adding to the more than 1,000 public EV charging ports now available in Maine.
Currently, a total of 830 Level 2 community ports at 409 locations and 241 DCFC high-speed charging ports at 88 locations are publicly available in Maine.
