Consumers Energy in Jackson, Michigan’s largest energy provider, has announced an effort to install EV chargers at workplaces across the state. Consumers Energy expects more than 500 workplaces will install charging units by 2030.
“Consumers Energy is offering new approaches that will drive the growth of EVs. We’re breaking down barriers that will help get EVs into driveways at home, to fast public chargers and now, places where we work,” says Lauren Snyder, vice president of customer experience at Consumers Energy. “Employers who are looking to attract and keep good workers now have another tool that will allow them to charge at work.”
The new workplace EV charging program offers $7,500 rebates to businesses that install two or more EV chargers for employees. Consumers Energy started offering the incentives in response to demand from businesses and surveys that show as many as three-quarters of EV drivers want the option to charge at work.
Businesses can earn larger rebates if they make chargers available to the public, building on Consumers Energy’s community charging program that promotes charging in public parking locations.
“We know people are looking more and more at clean vehicles, so we will continue to look for ways to power that interest with easy-to-use programs,” Snyder adds.
The company projects it will power more than 1,500 public fast charging locations by the end of 2030. Electric vehicles will be powered by an electric grid that is becoming more carbon neutral. Consumers Energy’s Clean Energy Plan calls for eliminating coal in 2025, reducing energy waste, and adding renewable energy sources.
Consumers Energy is Michigan’s largest energy provider, providing natural gas and/or electricity to 6.8 million of the state’s 10 million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties.
For more information, visit ConsumersEnergy.com.
