BELLEVUE, Wash. — As more and more electric vehicles hit the road in Washington, officials at Puget Sound Energy are hoping to ease the stress of finding charging stations to plug into through their"Charge anxiety is a very real thing for all EV drives so we feel our role can be to help fill those gaps," said Heather Mulligan, who manages Clean Energy Solutions at PSE.
So far PSE has received 40 workplace applications and is evaluating them based on factors like community impact, geographic diversity and likelihood of utilization. "Clearly the infrastructure needs to be there so as an employer we want to do at least our part and offer that benefit," said COO of PeaceHealth Elliot Kuida.
Kuida said they're looking into working with PSE to add eight more chargers with the option to add 12 more down the line in their new garage opening next winter. As the person in charge of emergency preparedness for several PeaceHealth hospitals and clinics in Washington, Davidson said he had previously considered buying an EV but needed a game plan for when and where he was going to charge it.