Funds Available for Electric Vehicle Chargers

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  Susan Phillips tells stories about the consequences of political decisions on people's every day lives. She has worked as a reporter for WHYY since 2004. Susan's coverage of the 2008 Presidential election resulted in a story on the front page of the New York Times. In 2010 she traveled to Haiti to cover the earthquake. That same year she produced an award-winning series on Pennsylvania's natural gas rush called "The Shale Game." She received a 2013 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Journalism Award for her work covering natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania. She has also won several Edward R. Murrow awards for her work with StateImpact. In 2013/14 she spent a year at MIT as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow. She has also been a Metcalf Fellow, an MBL Logan Science Journalism Fellow and reported from Marrakech on the 2016 climate talks as an International Reporting Project Fellow. A graduate of Columbia School of Journalism, she earned her Bachelor's degree in International Relations from George Washington University.

Philadelphia area residents may eligible for free electric car chargers. The Department of Energy’s EV Project began back in 2009 as a public private partnership with ECOtality, a company that builds charger stations. Since then, the project has provided $230 million dollars worth of electric vehicle infrastructure in major metropolitan areas, primarily along the West Coast. On Wednesday, the Department of Energy announced the expansion of the project to include Philadelphia.
Owners of the Nissan LEAF or Chevy Volt qualify for the wall mount chargers, as well as installation credits.
“By signing up for a free charger, EV owners can take part in this massive research project that can help reduce our country’s dependence on foreign oil,” said Don Karner, Chief Innovation Officer of ECOtality, Inc.  The project now operates in nine states and 21 major metropolitan areas.

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