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kWh Billing and New EV Charging Tax Policies: What You Need to Know

Blink Charging

As both EV adoption increases and internal combustion engine vehicles have become more fuel efficient, states are seeking to offset lost revenue from the gas tax. With states enacting new kWh taxes on EVs and EV charging, we want to make sure you have the right information. Kentucky will implement the kWh tax starting in January 2024.

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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

Cars That Think

DOE analysts flagged only 35 recently retired and 96 operating coal sites that could house a large light-water reactor within half a mile. In neighboring Montana, state legislators recently approved a study for converting one coal plant to nuclear. But in the future, not all reactors might be so large.

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State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

Green Car Congress

The proposed Keystone XL project consists of a 36-inch, 875-mile (1,408-kilometer) long pipeline and related facilities to transport up to 830,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil from the WCSB and the Bakken Shale Formation in Montana. Length of new pipeline (miles). NDEQ-identified Sand Hills Region crossed (miles).

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State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

Green Car Congress

The proposed Keystone XL project consists of a 875-mile (1,408 km) long pipeline and related facilities to transport up to 830,000 barrels per day of crude oil from Alberta, Canada and the Bakken Shale Formation in Montana. From Steele City, existing pipelines would transport the crude oil to the Gulf Coast area.

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The United States plans to build charging piles in the wilderness

Setec Powerr

With rolling mountains and boundless plains, Montana has magnificent scenery and vast horizons. On Montana’s 147,000 square miles of land, the state’s latest count of charging points was just 57, most of which were concentrated in towns and cities rather than along highways. One charger every 50 miles.