WASHINGTON—Last week NACS learned that a bipartisan infrastructure bill would create a loophole in the half-century-old law that prevents commercial activity at interstate rest areas by allowing electric vehicle chargers.
The EV charging provision has made its way into a draft of the nearly 3,000-page, $1 trillion infrastructure bill. NACS opposes this language as it would create monopoly businesses at rest stops and depress private sector investment in EV chargers. It will undermine business, local communities and tax revenues, and it will mean fewer new EV chargers because of the message it will send to private businesses.
NACS is encouraging its members to reach out to their senators and ask that they remove this language from the appropriations section of the infrastructure bill to protect private investment in the EV charging sector.
The convenience store industry has invested heavily in refueling stops for consumers at interstate exits. Current law ensures those investments remain viable by preventing commercial activities at interstate rest stops. If the language in the infrastructure bill were to pass, customers would be less likely to stop at convenience stores if they could buy what they need at the rest area and recharge their vehicle.
“Our concern is that customers could charge at rest stops and bypass convenience stores also located at interstate exits, including stores with EV chargers,” said Paige Anderson, NACS director of government relations. “We’re asking our members to contact their senators and make sure this language is not included in the infrastructure bill as it continues to move through White House and Senate negotiations.”
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