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Need an electrical fill-up? Santa Barbara County to get 150 new public electric vehicle chargers

Santa Barbara County plans to add 150 EV charging stations.
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Santa Barbara County plans to add 150 EV charging stations.

State agency kicks in $4.7 million for $7 million effort.

It could become a lot easier to drive an electric vehicle in Santa Barbara County. The county has received a state grant to help install 150 new EV chargers.

The California Energy Commission awarded the county $4.7 million. The county is making a $2.3 million commitment for the program, for what will be an overall $7 million effort.

The plan calls for installing the chargers at 14 spots in the county.

There are currently 217 public EV chargers in the county.

After the addition of the new chargers, there will be 367.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.