{"id":1577,"date":"2024-01-17T15:31:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T15:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/17\/wisconsin-lawmakers-drive-bills-forward-for-statewide-electric-vehicle-charging-stations\/"},"modified":"2024-01-17T15:31:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T15:31:59","slug":"wisconsin-lawmakers-drive-bills-forward-for-statewide-electric-vehicle-charging-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/17\/wisconsin-lawmakers-drive-bills-forward-for-statewide-electric-vehicle-charging-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin lawmakers drive bills forward for statewide electric vehicle charging stations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wisconsin lawmakers<\/a> took another step Tuesday toward creating a network of electric vehicle charging stations across the state, passing a pair of bills that would make it easier for businesses to operate the stations and free up nearly $80 million in federal construction aid.<\/p>\n

The Senate passed both Republican-authored bills<\/a> 30-2 with no debate. The legislation now goes to the Assembly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A host of groups have registered in favor of the bills, including 7-Eleven, Inc., the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Kwik Trip, Inc., and environmental group Clean Wisconsin. No organizations have registered against the bills.<\/p>\n

WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS ADVANCE 75% ELECTRIC VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE HIKE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The first bill would exempt businesses that set up charging stations from regulation as public utilities and require anyone running a charging station to obtain a permit from the state Department of Revenue.<\/p>\n

The measure would create a 3-cent per kilowatt-hour excise tax on electricity sold at a charging station. Consumers would not have to pay the state’s 5% sales tax.<\/p>\n

However, state estimates on how much revenue the tax would generate vary. The state Department of Transportation projects it could amount to as much as $27,600 by fiscal year 2025-26; the Department of Revenue estimates it could produce as much as $930,000. Not imposing the 5% sales tax on charging station electricity would result in a loss of $1.3 million annually, according to the Department of Revenue.<\/p>\n

WISCONSIN ASSEMBLY PASSES BILLS OUTLAWING LOCAL GAS ENGINE BANS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Local government entities and state agencies would not be allowed to operate public charging stations but could run their own stations to charge their vehicles.<\/p>\n

The second bill would allow the state Department of Transportation<\/a> to administer $78.7 million in federal grants to help businesses construct charging stations over the next five years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The grants would cover up to 80% of costs; grant recipients would have to put up the remaining 20%. The federal dollars are intended to jump-start construction of stations along Wisconsin interstates and highways, with federal guidance calling for stations no more than 50 miles apart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wisconsin lawmakers took another step Tuesday toward creating a network of electric vehicle charging stations across the state, passing a pair of bills that would make it easier for businesses to operate the stations and free up nearly $80 million in federal construction aid. The Senate passed both Republican-authored bills 30-2 with no debate. The … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}