Downtown Columbia, Maryland now has a dozen more Level 2 EV charging connectors. The ChargePoint EVSEs are located in the garage at Broken Land Parkway and Divided Sky Lane in the Merriweather District in downtown Columbia. Map link
The parking garage serves the offices, restaurants and retail establishments in the buildings called One and Two Merriweather. Cured Table & Tap and 18th & 21st are two of the restaurants in those buildings.
These charging stations add to the existing 40 charging ports at Merriweather District that opened in early 2020. The Mall in Columbia has 14 Volta charging stations that are free for up to two hours of use.
Near the Merriweather District, BGE operates six charging stations at the Central Branch of the Howard County Library. These utility-owned public charging stations are part of a five-year ratepayer-funded pilot program approved by the Public Service Commission in 2019. The Level 2 stations at the library cost $0.18/kWh to use.
The garage at One and Two Merriweather has two charging stations on the ground floor. Each of those two stations can charge two cars simultaneously. There are additional stations on levels 2, 3, 4 and 5. The EV charging stations are currently free however they require a ChargePoint account to activate a session.
