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06/27/2023

Governor Lamont Announces Release of $6 Million in Volkswagen Settlement Funds To Expand Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Connecticut

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration is releasing more than $6 million from the legal settlement in the Volkswagen Corporation (VW) emissions cheating scandal to fund 54 electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) projects across Connecticut.

Administered by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the state is making these funds available for the installation of EVSE to encourage the use of electric vehicles. Approximately $1.8 million is being awarded for EVSE deployment at state government sites to advance the sustainability goals of Governor Lamont’s Executive Order No. 1, with an additional $3.3 million awarded for municipal projects, ten of which are located in environmental justice communities. Additionally, nearly $1 million is being dedicated to support non-government, public EVSE.

“I’m really proud of the investments we’re making in Connecticut’s future while driving down air pollution from cars and trucks at the same time,” Governor Lamont said. “The projects we are announcing today will go a long way in helping to improve air quality and protect public health throughout Connecticut, while also providing economic development opportunities.”

“The transportation sector is responsible for approximately 70% of smog forming air pollution and 40% of climate pollution in Connecticut,” Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes said. “Expanding the availability of charging infrastructure around the state is critical to scaling up EV adoption.”

The transportation sector is responsible for approximately Connecticut’s 70% of smog-forming nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions and 40% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This funding from the VW settlement will leverage utility sponsored incentives to support the growing number of electric vehicles and move the state closer toward meeting its health-based air quality standards, as well as its long-term climate goals, while at the same time creating economic development opportunities.

In 2015, Volkswagen publicly admitted that it had deliberately installed a defeat device – software designed to cheat emissions tests and deceive federal and state regulators – in nearly 590,000 VW, Audi, and Porsche model year 2009 to 2016 diesel vehicles sold nationwide, with nearly 12,000 vehicles sold in Connecticut. As a result of a federal civil enforcement case against VW for violating the Clean Air Act, Connecticut was allocated more than $55.7 million to be distributed over a ten-year period for use toward offsetting the excess NOx pollution emitted in the state by these vehicles.

NOx combines with organic compounds in the air to the form ground level ozone, an air pollutant known to cause a number of adverse respiratory health effects, including significant decreases in lung function and inflammation of airways. Ozone forms when NOx and volatile organic compounds from combustion sources like motor vehicles react in strong sunlight. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection continues to implement emission control programs to mitigate ozone’s negative impact on public health in Connecticut.

The fifty-five projects selected for funding under this funding cycle, over their lifetime, will cost-effectively reduce 2,760 tons of NOx emissions and almost 126,000 tons of GHGs from environmental justice communities and other areas of Connecticut that bear a disproportionate share of air pollution. The projects were selected from 87 submitted proposals for 163 projects at 181 individual sites (addresses) and included 24 state government projects, 50 municipal government projects, and 89 private (non-government) projects.

With the $6 million of this funding round, a total of $35 million of Connecticut’s VW settlement funding has been awarded to support more than 100 clean air projects statewide.

The projects announced under this funding cycle of DEEP’s VW Diesel Emissions Mitigation Program include:

State Grants

Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles

  • Install 10 Single-Port Level 2 Chargers and 16 Dual-Port Level 2 Chargers at 8 locations.
  • Award: $475,971.95
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $256,292.60
  • Location: Statewide

Connecticut State Colleges & Universities

  • Install 59 Dual-Port Level 2 Chargers at 18 locations.
  • Award: $739,535.95
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $398,211.60
  • Location: Statewide

University of Connecticut Health Center

  • Install 24 Single-Port, Overhead Level 2 Chargers
  • Award: $ 229,437.00
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $123,543.00
  • Location: 3 garages on campus at 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington

University of Connecticut, Storrs

  • Install 6 single-port wall-mounted Level 2 units and 12 Dual-port level 2 chargers on outdoor pedestals.
  • Award: $ 372,087.07
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $ 200,354.57
  • Location: UConn Main Campus, Storrs

Municipal Grants

Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES)

  • Install 14 Level 2, Dual-port Chargers and 2 Dual -port DC Fast Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $334,100.00
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $179,900.00
  • Locations:
    • 350 State Street, North Haven
    • 565 Chase Parkway, Waterbury
    • 130 Leeder Hill Drive, Hamden
    • 670 Wintergreen Avenue, Hamden
    • 205 Skiff Street, Hamden

Borough of Naugatuck

  • Install 2 Dual-Port, Level 2 chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $27,300.00
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $14,700.00
  • Location: 543 Rubber Avenue, Naugatuck

City of New Britain

  • Install 2 Single-Port DCFC Wall-Mounted Chargers and 2 Dual-Port Level 2 Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $19,926.77
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $10,729.80
  • Locations:
    • City Hall Parking Garage, 14 Franklin St., New Britain
    • Stanley Golf Course 245 Hartford Rd., New Britain

City of Norwalk

  • Install 24 Single-Port, Level 2 Wall-Mounted Chargers in 4 Garage Locations
  • Award: $179,400.00
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $96,600.00
  • Locations:
    • Maritime Garage, 23 Marshall Street, Norwalk
    • South Norwalk Railroad Station, Westbound, Monroe Street and State Street, Norwalk
    • South Norwalk Railroad Station, Eastbound, Monroe Street, Norwalk
    • Yankee Doodle Garage, 3 Burnell Boulevard, Norwalk

City of Stamford

  • Install 20 Dual-Port, Level 2 chargers and 2 Dual-Port DC Fast Chargers at one location
  • Award: $559,367.38
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $301,197.82
  • Location: Stamford Government Center, 888 Washington Blvd. Stamford

City of Torrington

  • Install 3 Dual-Port, Level 2 Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $ 40,680.25
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $21,904.75
  • Locations:
    • City Hall, 20 City Hall Avenue, Torrington
    • Franklin Street Parking Lot, 55 Franklin Street, Torrington
    • Riverview Parking lot, 10 Litchfield Street, Torrington

LEARN Regional Educational Service Center

  • Install 6 Dual-Port, Level 2 Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals and 2 Dual Port, DC Fast Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $276,900.00
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $189,100.00
  • Locations:
    • Ocean Avenue LEARNing Academy, 660 Ocean Avenue, New London
    • Multicultural Magnet High School, One Bulkeley Place, New London
    • Marine Science Magnet High School, 130 Shennecossett Road, Groton
    • LEARN Central Office, 44 Hatchetts Hill Road, Old Lyme

Regional School District 17

  • Install 8 Dual-Port, Level 2 chargers and 1 Dual-Port DC Fast Charger on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $193,700.01
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $104,300.00
  • Locations:
    • Haddam-Killingworth High School, 95 Little City Road, Higganum
    • Burr District Elementary School, 792 Killingworth Road, Higganum
    • Haddam-Killingworth Middle School, 451 Route 81, Killingworth
    • Killingworth Elementary School, 340 Route 81, Killingworth

Town of Avon

  • Install 1 Dual-Port, Level 2 Charger on Outdoor Pedestal
  • Award: $11,772.15
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $26,338.85
  • Location: Avon Free Public Library, 281 Country Club Road, Avon

Town of Beacon Falls

  • Install 2 Dual-Port, Level 2 Chargers on Outdoor Pedestal
  • Award: $97,219.85
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $52,349.15
  • Location: Commuter Parking Lot, 105 North Main Street, Beacon Falls

Town of Bloomfield

  • Install 1 Dual-Port, DC Fast charger on Outdoor Pedestal
  • Award: $133,456.05
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $71,860.95
  • Location: Bloomfield Community Center, 330 Park Avenue, Bloomfield

Town of Chester

  • Install 1 Dual-Port, Level 2 Charger on Outdoor Pedestal
  • Award: $33,592.00
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $18,088.00
  • Location: Water Street Parking Lot, 20 Water Street, Chester

Town of Columbia

  • Install 16 Single-Port, Level 2 Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $52,865.80
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $28,465.20
  • Locations:
    • Horace W. Porter School, 3 Schoolhouse Road, Columbia
    • Saxton B. Little Free Library, 319 CT-87, Columbia
    • Beckish Senior Center, 188 CT-66, Columbia
    • Columbia Town Hall, 323 CT-87, Columbia
    • Town Beach, 20 Lake Road, Columbia
    • Town Garage, 89 Route 6, Columbia

Town of Coventry

  • Install 9 Dual-Port, Level 2 Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $55,403.00
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $29,833.00
  • Locations:
    • Board of Education, 1700 Main Street, Coventry
    • GHR School, 227 Cross Street, Coventry
    • High School, 78 Ripley Hill Road, Coventry
    • Media Center,78 Ripley Hill Road, Coventry
    • HS Warehouse, 78 Ripley Hill Road, Coventry
    • Town Hall, 1712 Main Street, Coventry
    • Senior Center, 172 Lake Road, Coventry
    • Public Works, 100 Olsen Farm Road, Coventry
    • Grammar School, 3453 Main Street, Coventry

Town of Easton

  • Install 2 Dual-Port, Level 2 Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $15,868.13
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $44,412.50
  • Location: 691 Morehouse Road, Easton

Town of Enfield

  • Install 7 Dual Port, Level 2 Charging stations on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $115,951.71
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $62,435.54
  • Locations:
    • Town Hall, 820 Enfield Street, Enfield
    • High School, 1264 Enfield Street, Enfield
    • Department of Public Works, 40 Moody Road, Enfield
    • Library, 104 Middle Road, Enfield

Town of Essex

  • Install 2 Dual-Port, Level 2 Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $37,077.95
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $19,965.05
  • Locations:
    • 100 Ivoryton, Essex
    • 16 Grove Street, Essex

Town of Fairfield

  • Install 4 Dual-Port, Level 2 Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $52,780.00
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $28,420.00
  • Locations:
    • 140 Reef Road, Fairfield
    • Department of Public Works, 899 Richard White Way, Fairfield

Town of Glastonbury

  • Install 8 Dual-Port, Level 2 Chargers and 4 Single-Port DC Fast Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $381,387.50
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $205,362.50
  • Locations:
    • JB Williams Park, 789 Neispic Road, Glastonbury
    • Love Garden, 2327-2333 Main Street, Glastonbury
    • Riverfront Community Center, North, 300 Welles Street, Glastonbury
    • Town Hall-Academy, 2143 Main Street, Glastonbury
    • Welles Turner Library, 2407 Main Street, Glastonbury
    • Riverfront Community Center, South, 300 Welles Street, Glastonbury

Town of Guilford

  • Install 3 Dual-Port, Level 2 Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $35,340.50
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $79,029.50
  • Locations:
    • 31 Park Street, Guilford
    • 32 Church Street, Guilford
    • 15 Water Street, Guilford

Town of Litchfield

  • Install 4 Dual-Port, Level 2 Chargers and 1 Dual-Port DC Fast Charger on Outdoor Pedestals and 1 Wall-Mounted Dual Port Level 2 Charger
  • Award: $138,392.80
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $74,519.20
  • Locations:
    • Municipal Parking Lot, 37 West Street, Litchfield
    • Public Works, 101 Russell Street, Litchfield
    • Town Hall, 74 West Street, Litchfield
    • Town Hall Annex, 80 Doyle Road, Bantam
    • Litchfield Intermediate Schools, 14 Plumb Hill Road, Litchfield
    • Litchfield High School, 35 Plumb Hill Road, Litchfield

Town of Mansfield

  • Install 10 Single-Port, Level 2 Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $45,210.75
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $24,344.25
  • Locations:
    • 205 Spring Hill Road, Storrs
    • Public Works, 230 Clover Mill Road, Mansfield

Town of Newington

  • Install 2 Dual-Port, Level 2 Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $62,075.00
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $33,425.00
  • Location: 120 Garfield Street, Newington

Town of Pomfret

  • Install 4 Dual-Port, Level 2 Chargers and 1 Dual-Port DC Fast Charger on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $89,473.80
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $53,382.60
  • Locations:
    • Community Center, 207 Mashamoquet Road, Pomfret
    • Town Hall, Route 44, Pomfret Center
    • Library, 449 Route 44, Pomfret
    • Community School, 20 Pomfret Street, Pomfret

Town of Ridgefield

  • Install 6 Dual-Port, Level 2 Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $50,917.10
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $27,416.90
  • Locations:
    • Governor Street Municipal Parking Lot, Governor Street, Ridgefield
    • Richard E. Venus Building, 90 East Ridge Road, Ridgefield
    • Parks and Recreation Center, 195 Danbury Road, Ridgefield

Town of Union

  • Install 1 Dual-Port, Level 2 Charger on Outdoor Pedestal
  • Award: $19,912.75
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $10,722.25
  • Location: 1043 Buckley Highway, Union

Town of Watertown

  • Install 7 Dual-Port Level 2 Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $147,550.00
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $227,000.00
  • Locations:
    • 61 Echo Lake Road, Watertown
    • 680 Main Street, Watertown
    • 0 Depot Street, Watertown
    • Hemingway Park Road, Watertown
    • 29 Davis Street, Oakville

Town of Weston

  • Install 2 Dual-Port, Level 2 Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $20,171.45
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $30,861.55
  • Location: Public Works, 78 Old Hyde Road, Weston

Town of Winchester

  • Install 1 Dual-Port, Level 2 Charger on Outdoor Pedestal
  • Award: $11,700.00
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $6,300.00
  • Location: 75 Rowley Street, Winsted

Town of Windsor Locks

  • Install 4 Single-Port, Level 2 Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $33,863.00
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $38,234.00
  • Location: Town Hall, 50 Church Street, Windsor Locks

Private Sector Grants

Equilon Enterprises, dba Shell Oil Products

  • Install 4 Dual-port DCFC Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $490,719.44
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $327,146.30
  • Location: 10 Industrial Park Road, North Windham

GPM Investments, LLC

  • Install 2 Single-Port 80 kW DCFC Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $162,607.50
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $162,607.50
  • Location: 528 Main Street, West Haven

Greater Hartford YMCA

  • Install 2 Dual-Port Level 2 Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $4,105.20
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $2,736.80
  • Location: Wilson Gray Youth and Family Center, 444 Albany Avenue, Hartford

LAZ Parking

  • Install 4 Single-Port Level 2 Chargers at a Parking Garage
  • Award: $5,510.40
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $3,673.60
  • Location: 210 Asylum Street, Hartford

LAZ Parking

  • Install 4 Single-Port Level 2 Chargers at a Parking Garage
  • Award: $5,628.60
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $3,752.40
  • Location: 100 Trumbull Street, Hartford

LAZ Parking

  • Install 2 Single-Port Level 2 Chargers at a Parking Lot
  • Award: $2,875.20
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $1,916.80
  • Location: 1000 Morgan Street, Hartford

LAZ Parking

  • Install 3 Single-Port Level 2 Chargers at a Parking Garage
  • Award: $23,300.40
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $15,533.60
  • Location: 78 Audubon Street, New Haven

LAZ Parking

  • Install 4 Single-Port Level 2 Chargers at a Parking Garage
  • Award: $8,679.00
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $5,786.00
  • Location: 1 Station Place, Stamford

LAZ Parking

  • Install 4 Single-Port Level 2 Chargers at a Parking Garage
  • Award: $46,000.20
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $5,786.00
  • Location: 23 Station Place, Stamford

LAZ Parking

  • Install 4 Single-Port Level 2 Chargers at a Parking Garage
  • Award: $5,565.00
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $ 3,710.00
  • Location: STC Garage, 308 Washington Boulevard, Stamford

Universal EV, LLC, Level 2

  • Install 2 Dual Port, Level 2 chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $9,000.00
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $9,000.00
  • Locations:
    • Comfort Inn, Naugatuck/Waterbury
    • Hilton Garden Inn, Mystic/Groton

Volvo Car USA

  • Install 4 80 kW Single-Port DCFC Chargers on Outdoor Pedestals
  • Award: $232,884.00
  • Awardee’s Cost Share: $284,636.00
  • Location: Starbucks, 288 West Avenue, Plaza West, Stamford

For more information on Connecticut’s VW Diesel Emissions Mitigation Program, visit portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Air/Mobile-Sources/VW/VW-Settlement---Grants.

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