Fall River Electric Cooperative will be providing residents and travelers to eastern Idaho a fast way to keep charged up in their electric vehicles.
Fall River Electric’s Clint Washburn joined the Idaho Commerce Department, Utah Clean Cities, the Montana Energy Office, the Wyoming Business Council, and the Yellowstone-Teton Clean Cities group at a kickoff event, called Charge West, to announce the plan to install fast EV chargers.
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation have each provided grants totaling nearly $900k to fund the construction of five Level 3 fast chargers in Ashton, Driggs, and Island Park Idaho.
The State of Idaho will award $30M in federal funds to create a network of 48 publicly available fast charging ports including these located in Fall River Electric’s service territory. Fall River will construct, operate, and maintain these EV locations.
Washburn said that they see a lot of vacation travelers coming to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and says there’s a huge need for it.
He said more travelers will be able to bring their EVs to Yellowstone now because of the new chargers.
Construction of Fall River Electric’s EV fast chargers will occur during the spring and early summer of 2023.
For more information visit, www.fallriverelectric.com.
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