EV charging from a driver's perspective.
The parking lot behind the Howard County Government Office buildings in Ellicott City, Maryland is getting electric vehicle charging stations. There will be enough charging ports to recharge 16 cars at the same time. Visitors and staff of the George Read More …
Officials cut the ceremonial ribbon to open the new Howard County Courthouse yesterday. [map] The building is designed to be certified LEED Gold for environmental sustainability. Solar arrays on the roof and the adjacent field are projected to produce 1,177,500 kilowatt-hours of Read More …
Howard County, Maryland is adding hybrid and electric vehicles to their fleet as older vehicles are rotated out of service. The County is assigning 111 Hybrid Ford Explorers to the Police and Sheriff’s Departments. More than one third of Howard Read More …
Promotes Uniformity Among Signs at EV Charging Stations Spaces in front of EV charging stations are not parking spots, they are for electric vehicles while being refueled. Official signs that meet federal and state standards are the best way to Read More …
Zero Emissions to Improve Air Quality The Howard County Public School System plans to replace two diesel school buses with all-electric buses in a pilot program supported by a grant from the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE). The two zero Read More …
Status of Charging Sites Blandair Park: ChargePoint needs provisioning Elkridge Fire Dept: SemaConnects need repair Elkridge Library: Inoperable, breaker reset? All of above need standard signs BGE Sites – DCFC/Level2 Howard County Community College 2/6 Ascend One Building 2/6 Glenwood Read More …
A BGE EVsmart public charging site is coming to the Glenwood Branch of the Howard County Library System and Gary J. Arthur Community Center. The utility owned and operated charging stations are installed, but not yet operational as of May Read More …
The Howard County, Maryland EV-Ready ordinance that passed in 2018 is cited as an example in the recently published Great Plains Institute’s “Summary of Best Practices in Electric Vehicle Ordinances”. EV-Friendly Zoning Practices The Howard County legislation (CB76-2018) is recognized Read More …
Will Require EV Charging Infrastructure at New Residential Construction Starting January 11, 2019, Howard County, Maryland will require electric vehicle charging infrastructure at all new residential construction. This includes one EV charging station for each 25 units at apartments, condominiums Read More …
*Unofficial text of CB76-2018 – County Council of Howard County, Maryland – 2018 Legislative Session Bill No. 76-2018 Introduced by: Jennifer Terrasa AN ACT to require infrastructure for and charging stations for electric vehicles in certain new residential structures; and Read More …