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Send A new state program using nearly $1 million from Volkswagen s environmental mitigation fund will offer rebates for companies and individuals installing electric vehicle charging stations in Arkansas.
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Arkansas is launching two programs that will expand the number of electric vehicle charging stations throughout the state. $2 million from the Volkswagen Mitigation Trust Fund is going toward providing more than 200 charging stations.
Becky Keogh, secretary of the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment, says the grant will pay for infrastructure and incentivize private and public investments to leverage their funds.
“As we look at commercial transportation, Arkansas is a key corridor for the U.S. as we transport goods across our country,” Keogh said. “It’s going to be imperative that Arkansas stay up to speed and, in fact, advance to be able to continue to be such a leader in the transportation sector and what we can provide as a state.”
Send Entegrity of Little Rock and top state officials are trumpeting big solar energy savings for the state s prison system, further projects for the Arkansas Department of Corrections and a victory in Gov. Asa Hutchinson s crusade for streamlining government operations and costs.
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