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Many states and communities are working to adapt their infrastructure to carbon free technologies including electric vehicles. A recently released report ranks states on how well they are enabling the use and building infrastructure for EV’s.
The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy recently released its State Transportation Electrification Scorecard. It ranked California first, New York second, Massachusetts fifth, Vermont seventh and Connecticut thirteenth in planning for and transitioning to electric vehicles.
During a recent webinar on the report, state Department of Public Service Office of Markets and Innovation Deputy Director Zeryai Hagos said the state has established a 40 percent greenhouse gas reduction goal by 2030 and net zero economy by 2050. “Given how New York’s electric sector is generally less carbon intensive than the rest of the country we have to be especially responsive to decarbonizing the transportation sector here. We’ve set