“Just seven electric-vehicle (EV) charging stations have begun operating with funding from a $5-billion U.S. government program created in 2021, marking “pathetic” progress, a Democratic senator said on Wednesday.”
“Just seven electric-vehicle (EV) charging stations have begun operating with funding from a $5-billion U.S. government program created in 2021, marking “pathetic” progress, a Democratic senator said on Wednesday.”
I think it says more about the problems with local jurisdictions, permitting, and inspections than anything else.
I signed a solar contract in April of '22 and I knew going in that my city has major permitting problems. But they had a deal, no payments for the first 6 months, I figured I was golden. Solar would be up June? July? Peak wattage? Sure…
Well… OCTOBER rolls around, first bill is about due, NO work done. No panels, no site inspection, NOTHING.
So I called the company. “I’m not paying for work that hasn’t been done.” That lights a fire under SOMEBODY, panels get up, 6 more months of credits, but we can’t actually turn the system on until the city inspection…
Which it failed 3 times…
Finally passed and online in March of '23… 11 months after signing the contract.