Utilities Plan Charging Stations for New England

The companies expect the Department of Energy to award them a $693,750 grant, which will cover half of the project’s estimated $1.39 million cost.

The project would serve not only as a pilot program for the first wave of drivers who purchase plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles, but also help the utility conglomerate assess the impact those vehicles have on the grid. Maybe Boston will be the first U.S. city to sell GM’s PUMA?

Northeast Utilities Plans Charging Stations for E-cars (The Boston Globe)