A proposal has been officially unveiled in Colorado calling for the construction of up to 460 new electric vehicle charging stations.
Xcel Energy says it wants to build the facilities across the state and in response to what could be the existence of some 940,000 operating electric vehicles on the roads of Colorado by the end of the decade.
In public testimony before the Colorado’s Public Utilities Commission, Jack Ihle, vice president for regulatory policy with the Public Service Company of Colorado, a subsidiary of Excel, said the company’s electrification initiative is “bolstered by new federal and state opportunities, ensuring the maximization of available opportunities to support side spread transportation electrification.”
The company has filed its blueprint for the new stations, officially called the 2024-2026 Transportation Electrification Plan, with the utilities commission.
Based in Minneapolis, Xcel serves more than 3.7 million electric customers and some 2.1 million natural gas customers in Colorado and seven other states.
Late last year the company proposed building around 730 new electric charging stations in its home state of Minnesota, a proposal that is still being reviewed by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.
By Garry Boulard
