Political Quotes

“I recently introduced the RECHARGE Act, S. 2241, with my friend and colleague, Senator Whitehouse, and we are very pleased that this bill, as amended, is included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act as Section 40431. Section 40431 amends section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 U.S.C. 2621(d) in order to establish a new requirement that all public utilities--investor-owned utilities, customer-owned cooperatives, and public power utilities--must consider establishing EV-specific rates for residential customers, EV drivers, and commercial customers, who operate public and fleet EV charging stations, to promote greater electrification in the transportation sector. Lowering emissions in the transportation sector will hinge upon the electrification of our country's motorized vehicles. Large investments in electric vehicle, or EV, charging infrastructure of the type included in other sections of this legislation will provide a catalyst for mass EV adoption. The successful adoption of EVs will depend not only upon modernizing America's grid and charging infrastructure, but also upon updating our electricity sector rates, so that the infrastructure funded by this act can operate in an economically sustainable manner for decades to come. The commercial rates present today were not designed with the unique electricity load profile of a growing EV fleet in mind.…”