Governor Hochul Announces Milestone of More Than 100 Evolve NY Electric Vehicle Fast Chargers Installed

To spherical out Climate Week, Governor Kathy Hochul at this time introduced greater than 100 high-speed chargers have been put in throughout the state as half of the New York Power Authority’s EVolve NY quick charging community for electrical automobiles. The newest direct present quick chargers put in in downtown Riverhead and Commack in Suffolk County mark the EVolve NY community’s first quick charging hubs on Long Island, the place almost 30 % of New York State’s electrical car house owners reside. An further quick charging station in Bridgehampton might be accomplished in October.  

“With over 100 Evolve NY high-speed chargers across the state, New York has cemented itself as a leader in advancing clean transportation and curbing emissions from the transportation sector – the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the nation,” Governor Hochul mentioned. “The latest three chargers coming to Long Island, which has more EV drivers than anywhere else in the state, mark our progress in building the necessary infrastructure to support our transition to electric vehicles in the battle against climate change.” 

New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) EVolve NY high-speed, open-access charging community has put in quick chargers in key areas alongside major journey corridors and in city areas to make it simpler for extra New Yorkers to drive EVs. Any battery-powered EV can cost up at an EVolve NY website in as little as 20 minutes. EVs provide a cleaner mode of transportation that helps offset the emissions from gas-fueled automobiles and helps advance New York’s nation-leading Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (Climate Act) objective of lowering carbon emissions 85 % by 2050. 

Three New Long Island Sites Expand Fast (*100*) Network 

According to EvaluateNY, Long Island accounts for nearly 30 % of New York’s EV possession with 32,090 automobiles on the highway, the next share than every other area of the state. More than 26 % of the present private and non-private 1,020 DCFC quick charger ports within the state are sited on Long Island. EVolve NY’s enlargement onto Long Island will present even larger entry to EV charging for Long Island residents. 

EVolve NY chargers at the moment are operational at a shopping mall at 656 Commack Road in Commack and a municipal-owned parking zone at 209 East Ave. in Riverhead. Chargers at a Bridgehampton municipal lot at 99 School Street is anticipated to open in late October. A complete of 140 EVolve NY quick chargers are anticipated to be accessible throughout the state by the top of the 12 months. 

The 4 direct present quick chargers (DCFC) positioned in each Riverhead and Commack can cost any make or mannequin of EV to 80 % in as little as 20 minutes. The charging stations are geared up with fast-charging connectors that allow all electrical automobiles, together with Tesla vehicles with an adapter, to plug in. The Riverhead and Commack quick charger blocks are powered by PSEG Long Island, on behalf of the Long Island Power Authority. Riverhead additionally has 4 public Level 2 chargers, which can be utilized for charging throughout an extended cease. The Commack chargers are the primary quick or Level 2 chargers within the hamlet. 

The set up of the Riverhead chargers—positioned downtown at 209 East Avenue—is a website recognized by way of the Department of State’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI). The program builds on private and non-private investments to create vibrant downtown enterprise districts. Riverhead is one of six cities deploying EVolve NY chargers in live performance with the DRI program to make EV driving a extra accessible choice for extra native residents and all New Yorkers whereas additionally supporting financial improvement in downtowns throughout the state. The multi-agency program, dubbed DRIve EV Downtown, consists of different DRI areas which have put in EV quick charging, together with in Amsterdam (Montgomery County), Geneva (Ontario County), Middletown (Orange County within the Hudson Valley), Utica (Oneida County), and Oswego (Oswego County). 

New York Power Authority Interim President and CEO Justin E. Driscoll mentioned, “As a first mover in the EV charging space, NYPA is laying the foundation in a rapidly growing industry, installing high-speed chargers throughout the state in an expedited, tech-savvy, cost-contained way. Surpassing 100 chargers solidifies the backbone of our state-wide network and inspires even more investment in our original goal of helping to electrify travel along New York’s major travel corridors. EV use is skyrocketing on Long Island and NYPA is proud to help make EV driving easier.”   

New York Secretary of State Robert J. Rodriguez mentioned, “This milestone represents the State’s leadership in making a cleaner greener New York. Decarbonizing downtowns and investing in climate-friendly infrastructure is an important building block for downtown revitalization. New Yorkers are returning into more vibrant and reimagined downtowns and making them more resilient is a DOS priority.” 

Chief Executive Officer of the Long Island Power Authority Thomas Falcone mentioned, “Congratulations to NYPA on their milestone of 100 fast EV chargers, as well as for launching the first three EVolve NY fast chargers on Long Island. With EV chargers becoming more readily available, public interest in the technology will only increase and put us on the road to success in meeting New York’s clean energy goals. We look forward to continuing to work alongside our partners at NYPA to do all that we can to encourage the adoption of EVs across our region through education and incentives.” 

Riverhead Town Supervisor Yvette Aguilar mentioned, “Charging stations, such as these EVolve fast chargers, help comprise the bolstering of Downtown Riverhead’s overall infrastructure, which is critical to the overall revitalization and resurgence of our downtown. As more and more New Yorkers make the switch to electric vehicles, the availability of these chargers will unquestionably become more prevalent.” 

President and CEO of Electrify America Giovanni Palazzo mentioned, “We are excited to celebrate New York Power Authority’s milestone of more than 100 chargers in its EVolve NY charging network. Through our continued collaboration, Electrify America is helping NYPA to advance electric vehicle mobility for all in the state of New York.” 

Director of Energy Efficiency and Renewables at PSEG Long Island Michael Voltz mentioned, “PSEG Long Island congratulates NYPA on this exciting milestone. We were pleased to work with NYPA to come up with a mutually agreed upon design for connecting the fast EV charge station to the electric grid to supply fast, reliable power to EV owners looking to quickly charge their vehicles. Long Island has the highest percentage of electric vehicles per total car ownership of any area in New York State, and we are excited for additional EV stations coming into our region.” 

Chairwoman of Drive Electric Long Island Marjaneh Issapour mentioned, “Drive Electric Long Island commends NYPA on its Evolve NY fast charging program to make EV charging fast, affordable and convenient here on Long Island and throughout New York. Our goal is to accelerate and encourage the adoption of EVs and additional charging infrastructure through advocacy, education and outreach. The Evolve NY network makes accomplishing that much easier and responds to the needs of Long Island EV drivers. With Long Island boasting 30 percent of the EVs in New York State, our drivers definitely need more charging options. We are proud to celebrate the 100th EVolve station here in Riverhead and the addition of Commack and Bridgehampton to the network.” 

New York State’s Advancements in Clean Transportation  

New York State has a objective of reaching 850,000 zero-emission automobiles by 2025, and for all new passenger automobiles to be zero-emission by 2035. New York is quickly advancing these targets by way of a variety of initiatives together with EV Make Ready, EVolve NY, the Drive Clean Rebate, the New York Truck Voucher Incentive Program (NYTVIP) and Charge NY. These efforts contributed to a file improve within the quantity of electrical automobiles offered in New York in 2021, bringing the full quantity of EVs on the highway as of September 2022 to greater than 114,000, and the quantity of charging stations within the state to greater than 10,000, together with Level 2 and quick chargers.  

New York State’s Nation-Leading Climate Plan

New York State’s nation-leading local weather agenda is essentially the most aggressive local weather and clear vitality initiative within the nation, calling for an orderly and simply transition to scrub vitality that creates jobs and continues fostering a inexperienced financial system as New York State recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. Enshrined into regulation by way of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, New York is on a path to realize its mandated objective of a zero-emission electrical energy sector by 2040, together with 70 % renewable vitality era by 2030, and to achieve financial system broad carbon neutrality. It builds on New York’s unprecedented investments to ramp-up clear vitality together with over $35 billion in 120 large-scale renewable and transmission tasks throughout the state, $6.8 billion to scale back buildings emissions, $1.8 billion to scale up photo voltaic, greater than $1 billion for clear transportation initiatives, and over $1.6 billion in NY Green Bank commitments. Combined, these investments are supporting almost 158,000 jobs in New York’s clear vitality sector in 2020, a 2,100 % development within the distributed photo voltaic sector since 2011 and a dedication to develop 9,000 megawatts of offshore wind by 2035. Under the Climate Act, New York will construct on this progress and cut back greenhouse gasoline emissions by 85 % from 1990 ranges by 2050, whereas making certain that a minimum of 35 % with a objective of 40 % of the advantages of clear vitality investments are directed to deprived communities, and advance progress in direction of the state’s 2025 vitality effectivity goal of lowering on-site vitality consumption by 185 trillion BTUs of end-use vitality financial savings. 

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