Massachusetts is providing more than $13 million in grants to install more than 300 electric vehicle fast-charging stations at 150 locations around the state.
The grants have been awarded to 54 government and private entities under the Massachusetts Electric Vehicle Incentive Program, the state Department of Environmental Protection said in a statement.
The grants cover 100% of the eligible cost to acquire and install publicly accessible charging stations at government-owned properties and 80% at all other locations, up to $50,000 per charging port.
The charging stations are “a step towards the increased deployment of these clean vehicles, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality and public health, enhance energy diversity and promote economic growth,” Gov. Charlie Baker said in a statement.
Maine to vote on lobster relief fund
A plan to create a $30 million fund to help Maine fishermen cope with the economic impact of new whale conservation rules faces a possible key vote on Tuesday.
The new federal rules are intended to protect rare North Atlantic right whales from entanglement in fishing gear. The rules make nearly 1,000 square miles of the Gulf of Maine mostly off limits to certain kinds of fishing in parts of the fall and winter.
The new rules are especially challenging for the state’s lobster industry, which is the biggest of its kind in the country. The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Marine Resources is due to consider the fund proposal on Tuesday in a work session.
The Maine Lobstermen’s Association has backed the creation of the fund.
Bill sponsor Rep. Holly Stover, D-Boothbay, has said the money from the fund could be used for necessities such as boat payments and gear.
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