JACKSON,
Mich., Oct. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers
Energy is taking another new step to power Michigan's electric vehicle transformation by
announcing an effort to install EV chargers at workplaces
across the state. Consumers Energy expects over 500 workplaces will
install charging by 2030.
"Consumers Energy is offering new approaches that will drive the
growth of EVs. We're breaking down barriers that will help get EVs
into driveways at home, to fast public chargers and, now, places
where we work," said Lauren Snyder,
Consumers Energy's vice president of customer experience.
"Employers who are looking to attract and keep good workers now
have another tool that will allow them to charge at work."
The new workplace EV charging program offers $7,500 rebates to businesses that install two or
more EV chargers for employees. Consumers Energy started offering
the incentives in response to demand from businesses and surveys
that show as many as three-quarters of EV drivers want the option
to charge at work.
Businesses can earn larger rebates if they make chargers
available to the public, building on Consumers Energy's community
charging program that promotes charging in public parking
locations.
Learn more:
ConsumersEnergy.com/workplaceev
"Consumers Energy has seen the number of EVs in our communities
triple in the last four years," Snyder said. "We know people are
looking more and more at clean vehicles, so we will continue to
look for ways to power that interest with easy-to-use
programs."
Consumers Energy is making EV ownership more affordable and
convenient wherever people drive their vehicles in Michigan. Members of the company's EV team
recently took part in National Drive Electric Week events and are
sponsoring an opportunity to test-drive EVs on Saturday in
Kalamazoo.
The company projects it will power more than 1,500 public fast
charging locations by the end of 2030. Electric vehicles will be
powered by an electric grid that is moving fast to become carbon
neutral. Consumers Energy's Clean Energy Plan calls for eliminating
coal in 2025, reducing energy waste and adding renewable energy
sources.
Consumers Energy is Michigan's
largest energy provider, providing natural gas and/or electricity
to 6.8 million of the state's 10 million residents in all 68 Lower
Peninsula counties. Consumers Energy's Clean Energy Plan calls for
eliminating coal as an energy source by 2025, achieving net-zero
carbon emissions and meeting 90% of customers' energy needs through
clean sources, including wind and solar.
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ConsumersEnergy.com.
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