Upper Cumberland Area "Community Charging Planning Workshop"

1104 England Drive,Cookeville TN 38501

06 June, 2022

Description

Join numerous partners to help develop an electric vehicle charging plan for the entire Upper Cumberland region! Calling all Upper Cumberland community businesses and citizens to raise your voice! A SIGNIFICANT amount of funding is coming out to help communities install electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment, including fast charging (DCFC) and "Level 2" charging. Additionally, EV adoption is growing quickly in Tennessee - the purchase of EVs grow by 62% in 2021 compared to 2020. In concert with numerous community partners like TDOT, the Upper Cumberland Regional Planning Office, and Tennessee Tech. University, we are hosting a Community Planning Workshop on June 6 in Cookeville that will focus on developing some larger plans for the Upper Cumberland (UC) region related to DC fast charging along corridors,DC fast charging in rural areas, and Level 2 charging throughout the UC.This event will be an immersive, three-hour workshop where we will provide a background on EVs and how you charge them, what is going on in Tennessee with jobs and EV production, discuss the funding opportunities that are coming in 2022, 2023 and beyond, and then delve into the different kinds of charging that can be installed and find the best sites for all kinds of charging to help the UC develop a Community Charging Plan. This will be an in-person event at the new Upper Cumberland Development District office at 1104 England Drive, Cookeville, TN 38501. We will be in the main conference room. This is your opportunity to speak up and help bring EV charging into your community, no matter where you are across the entire Upper Cumberland region!!