{"id":148875,"date":"2024-01-16T16:01:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T21:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/?p=148875"},"modified":"2024-01-16T16:01:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T21:01:34","slug":"district-council-approves-lakeland-for-new-ev-charging-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-council-approves-lakeland-for-new-ev-charging-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"District Council approves Lakeland for new EV charging stations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By Thomas Goyer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muskoka District Council has approved a bid to install new EV chargers in Muskoka.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Monday afternoon meeting, District Council voted unanimously to approve the application made by Lakeland Solutions to install new EV chargers throughout Muskoka. The new EV chargers will come at no cost to the District.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a presentation before the Finance and Corporate Services Committee in December, there were bids from Alectra Energy Solutions and Lakeland Solutions, a division of Bracebridge Generation (BGL).\u00a0 These bids were to work with the District to install new EV chargers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A key component to the bids was to be able to use the ChargeON grants, a provincial government initiative to help cover installation costs for new EV projects. The ChargeON grants would only be available to both companies if their application was approved by the District before the end of January.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After deliberations by district staff, it was recommended that the district partner with Lakeland. The deal will be a lease agreement where the district permits Lakeland to install and operate chargers on district property for public use. Lakeland will pay for all capital and operating costs involved in the installation and maintenance of the chargers while keeping all resulting revenues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lakeland Power is a municipally owned local entity with experience installing EV chargers in Muskoka. The project is eligible for up to 75 per cent of costs to be covered under ChargeON grants. Presently, District staff stated that they had outlined six potential locations for the chargers in Muskoka but had yet to finalize plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chargers will allow for more Muskoka residents to transition to electric vehicles. Increased use of electric vehicles will be particularly beneficial for reducing GHG emissions. According to a 2018 report from the District, up to 74 per cent of all community emissions in Muskoka are from the transportation sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-hears-proposal-for-dozens-of-new-ev-stations\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">District hears proposal for dozens of new EV stations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Thomas Goyer Muskoka District Council has approved a bid to install new EV chargers in Muskoka.&nbsp; At the Monday afternoon meeting, District Council voted unanimously to approve the application [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1904,"featured_media":148879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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