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West Virginia still hasn't developed a request for proposals for the first phase of its electric vehicle infrastructure plan, a year after it said it would award contracts under the plan. The plan is federally funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
The West Virginia Department of Transportation held its second of three meetings Wednesday night where it spoke with the public on the newly-created West Virginia EV Infrastructure Development Plan.
The West Virginia Department of Transportation is behind neighboring states in implementing a federally funded program to build out electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The DOT hasn't yet determined how it will procure a vendor for the first phase of the program supported by $45.7 million from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
This editorial was originally published in the Parkersburg News and Sentinel and was distributed by The Associated Press.