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From Maui Now:

Hawaiian Electric has developed an online tool designed to facilitate the installation of electric vehicle charging stations by showing available capacity on the electric grid at the circuit level.

The Electric Vehicle Charger Siting Tool is geared toward users such as EV service providers, fleet operators and government agencies who can use the tool’s map to determine which areas may be more suitable for the installation of charging equipment, particularly fast chargers.

“Hawaiian Electric aims to enable charging for Hawaiʻi’s growing number of electric vehicles,” said Aki Marceau, Hawaiian Electric’s director of electrification of transportation. “One way to catalyze growth is to provide greater transparency about where charging stations could be installed more quickly and cost-effectively.”

Hawaiian Electric joins about two dozen utilities nationally that have created maps designed to better support the planning and siting of EV charging infrastructure.

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