SUN JOURNAL • July 13, 2023
Recharging electric vehicles in Maine is getting easier, with the number of public chargers expected to more than triple in the next few years. The Department of Energy, which tracks the number of charging sites in the country, shows 435 sites in Maine with 915 ports, or plugs available to the public. Efficiency Maine estimates that the new federal funds will result in 150 more direct current fast-charge ports at 60 sites around the state, that’s in addition to the 217 fast-charge stations already in operation. “We are expecting to supplement those high-speed chargers with approximately 1,300 new level 2 ports to facilitate community charging with the balance of the federal funds,” said Michael Stoddard, executive director of Efficiency Maine.