Madison, WI - Wisconsin is taking action to access federal funding through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program which will help install EV fast charging stations along the state's major highway corridors. On the latest episode of the Electric Wire podcast, a production of the Customers First Coalition, our special guests include Emma Heins of the Electrification Coalition and Kaleb Vander Wiele of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

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Links from Episode

Wisconsin Department of Transportation – Electrification

https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/projec...

Interactive Map of Potential Charging Station Locations

https://experience.arcgis.com/experie...

Electrification Coalition

https://electrificationcoalition.org/

Key Moments

1:40 - Interview with Emma Heins begins

4:40 - WI legislation

8:00 - Additional aspects of legislation

11:15 - Why federal incentives for EVs?

13:00 - How will EV charging in WI change over the next year?

14:30 - Other policy actions needed on EVs?

17:40 - Emma's "All the Power" moment

19:57 - Interview with Kaleb Vander Wiele begins

25:00 - Changes in EV policies since 2017

28:10 - NEVI

30:30 - Charging Station Map (See map online: https://experience.arcgis.com/experie...)

38:22 - Where do we go from here?

46:37 - Kaleb's "All the Power" moment