White Plains OKs New Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

WHITE PLAINS, NY — The city of White Plains Common Council approved the installation of six new electric vehicle chargers at one of its parking lots.

The council unanimously approved the resolution through a consent agenda vote at its meeting Monday.

The New York Power Authority proposed the installation of six new Level 3 electric vehicle charging stations at the city’s Chester-Maple Parking Garage.

Installation, maintenance and operation of the units by the power authority will be at no cost to the city. The city will also receive an annual fee.

According to the ordinance, the charging stations will be 150kW DCFC.

The city will allocate four to six parking spaces for the charging stations, plus an approximately 10-foot-by-20-foot area for the power equipment to feed the charging stations.

The power authority will pay the city an annual maintenance fee of at least $12,000.

“As more and more people are getting electric cars,” Mayor Tom Roach said during the meeting, there is a need for more and more chargers.

He noted that the new chargers will be Level 3 units, meaning that cars can be charged much faster than with Level 1 or Level 2 chargers.

Roach said that the city also wants to make sure that people who live in apartments have the ability to charge electric vehicles.