"We're thankful for our partnerships with towns like Agawam, which share our clean energy vision to reduce carbon emissions and help prevent the effects of climate change," said Eversource Electric Vehicle Program Lead James Cater. "While the pandemic has certainly changed life for us all, we're still committed to helping customers keep their sustainability and EV charging goals on track. Now that businesses are opening back up, we continue to actively work with municipalities and businesses to install electric vehicle infrastructure throughout the commonwealth."
Town officials received support from Eversource's EV Charging Station program to install the infrastructure that provides power to the EV ports. The program covers all costs for electrical infrastructure needed for the stations and manages the process from start to finish. Participating municipalities only have to purchase and install the charging equipment. Additional stations are located at the town's library and senior center.
"Since 2017, our town has implemented energy-saving solutions in our schools and municipal buildings in order to achieve and maintain the Green Community designation," said Agawam Mayor Bill Sapelli. "Thanks to our continued partnership with Eversource, we are now proud to be able to offer more EV charging access and further our goal of creating a clean, safe and healthy future. We hope these stations will help dispel range anxiety' fears, and we encourage residents and visitors to take advantage of them while they're around town."
The EV charging stations are the latest in a series of actions Agawam has taken to lower carbon emissions. In partnership with Eversource and Columbia Gas, the town has also implemented energy saving measures in several municipal buildings and is in the process of completing additional energy efficiency projects. Collectively, these projects will save Agawam almost $3 million in energy costs and reduce its carbon emissions by an estimated 1,200 tons annually, which is the equivalent of removing approximately 260 cars from the road.
As the trusted source for energy expertise, Eversource is working with municipalities and large customers throughout the state to coordinate the installation and connection of EV charging stations. Other installations to date include: the Towns of Becket, Medway, and Milton; the Cities of Cambridge and Greenfield; the Marine Biological Laboratory in Falmouth; and several Mass Audubon locations.
For more information on Eversource's EV charging station program, please visit www.eversource.com.
About Eversource's Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station Program
To help Massachusetts achieve its goal of having 300,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2025, Eversource has committed to supporting the installation of nearly 3,500 individual EV ports at up to 400 locations across Massachusetts by 2020, 10 percent of those in Environmental Justice Communities. Eversource expects the program to lead to one of the largest networks of charging stations in the country. For more information on Eversource's EV Charging Station Program, please visit www.eversource.com.
About Eversource
Eversource (NYSE: ES) transmits and delivers electricity and natural gas and supplies water to approximately 4 million customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Celebrated as a national leader for its corporate citizenship, Eversource is the #1 energy company in Newsweek's list of America's Most Responsible Companies for 2020 and recognized as one of America's Most JUST Companies and the top utility by Forbes and JUST Capital. Eversource transmits and delivers electricity and natural gas and supplies water to 1.8 million customers throughout Massachusetts, including approximately 1.5 million electric customers in 139 communities, nearly 300,000 gas customers in 51 communities, and 19,800 water customers in five communities. Eversource harnesses the commitment of approximately 8,000 employees across three states to build a single, united company around the mission of safely delivering reliable energy and water with superior customer service. The company is empowering a clean energy future in the Northeast, with nationally recognized energy efficiency solutions and successful programs to integrate new clean energy resources like solar, offshore wind, electric vehicles and battery storage, into the electric system. For more information, please visit our website (www.eversource.com) and follow us on Twitter (@eversourceMA) and Facebook (facebook.com/EversourceMA). For more information on our water services, visit www.aquarionwater.com.
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