Enel X Way North America, the Enel Group’s global e-mobility business, recently signed a contract with Kentucky’s largest utilities, Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company. The five-year agreement, awarded through the utilities’ competitive bidding process, will provide LG&E and KU with DC fast electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, software, and operations and maintenance services.
The partnership with Enel is the first step in the utilities’ commitment to add fast EV charging to as many as eight locations across their service territories to increase accessibility, reduce range anxiety and support the growing number of EV motorists in and traveling through Kentucky. The first phase of the project will include four locations to be determined by LG&E and KU in 2023 and will provide EV drivers with access to eight Enel X Way 350-kilowatt (kW) DC fast charging stations, capable of simultaneous charging.
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“As part of our business, we’re constantly working to understand our customers’ energy needs, how those are evolving and to develop programs and services to assist them,” said LG&E and KU Vice President of Customer Services Eileen Saunders. “We know our customers, like motorists across the nation, are increasingly interested in driving electric and many of them will do so within this decade. We’ve made it a priority to do what we can to expand the EV charging network and to empower them with the information they need to confidently make the switch.”
Kentucky was one of the first states to get its National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) funding contract approved and is set to make a total of $86.9 million available for EV charging infrastructure over the next five years (with matching funds). According to the Lane Report, Kentucky has already attracted more than $9 billion in investments from EV battery makers and automotive suppliers have received federal approval to develop a nearly $70 million EV charging network.
SOURCE: PR Newswire