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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#303030">Do you have ideas for how Rhode Island could build a strong network of electric vehicle chargers?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">The draft plan –
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<span style="color:#5E81CA">A Plan for Improving Access to Charging Vehicle Charging Infrastructure and Clean Transportation Technologies in Rhode Island [r20.rs6.net]</span></a> – is available for public review and comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#303030">In 2021, the Rhode Island General Assembly passed bills H5031/S0994, which direct the Department of Transportation (RIDOT), the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV),
and the Office of Energy Resources (OER) to “develop, no later than January 1, 2022, a plan for a statewide electric vehicle charging station infrastructure in order to make such electric vehicle charging stations more accessible to the public.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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