http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/33513129-75/eweb-offers-loans-to-businesses-seeking-to-install-electric-vehicle-chargers.html.csp EWEB offers loans to businesses seeking to install electric vehicle chargers By Ilene Aleshire Sept. 16, 2015
The Eugene Water & Electric Board has started a low-interest loan program to encourage businesses, operators of fleets of vehicles, and owners of multifamily housing units to install chargers for electric vehicles. The loans, which have an interest rate of 4 percent, can be used to buy and install Level 1, Level 2 or DC fast chargers at a business for employee and public use or at apartment buildings and other multifamily housing sites that have shared parking for tenants. To qualify, applicants must be EWEB commercial customers, the chargers must be within the EWEB’s service area, and the chargers must be hardwired to a wall or pedestal mounted and listed by Underwriters Laboratories. EWEB said the goal is to reduce carbon emission. Utility officials said about one third of the nation’s greenhouse gases come from the transportation sector, with the majority of that — 60 percent — due to personal vehicle use. Electric vehicles also are significantly less expensive to operate than cars, truck and vans powered by fossil fuels, EWEB officials said, citing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the Nissan LEAF can go about 99 miles on the energy equivalent of one gallon of gasoline. Along with the EWEB loan program, there are also federal and state tax credits for the purchase of EVs and charging stations. EWEB staff will available on Friday from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency, 1010 Main St. in Springfield to provide information to anyone interested owning and driving an electric vehicle. For more information on EWEB’s commercial loan program or electric vehicles go to eweb.org/ev. [© registerguard.com] ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Water_%26_Electric_Board Eugene Water & Electric Board For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-eweb-org-offering-biz-low-interest-4-EVSE-loans-Eugene-OR-tp4677730.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
