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Illinois to spend $25.1 million on public EV charging infrastructure

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April 14, 2024

Illinois to spend .1 million on public EV charging infrastructure

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director John J. Kim has announced plans to spend more than $25 million on new EV charging infrastructure under the Driving a Cleaner Illinois program.

That $25.1 million of Illinois EPA money ($25,152,259.44, to be exact) is being awarded to 20 applicants, and will eventually fund 643 new Direct Current Fast Charging (DCFC) ports at 141 locations throughout the state. These awards come in addition to $12.6 million the Illinois EPA awarded in Volkswagen Settlement funding (read: Dieselgate penalties) for more than 300 new EV fast charging ports in 2023.

“Through these grants, Illinois will increase the number of fast charging ports by over 100 percent, resulting in nearly 1,000 more fast charging ports available for Illinois’ EV motorists and visitors,” said Director Kim. “This is significant progress in building out EV charging infrastructure throughout Illinois, with more opportunities on the way.”

The money is geared towards putting DCFC charging stations at publicly accessible locations like malls, grocery stores, gas stations, and hotels (etc.). Additional “points” (translation: funds) were awarded to projects in Equity Investment Eligible Communities.

“In Illinois, we’re strategically turning our vision for a clean energy future into a reality,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “Thanks to recent grant awards, my administration will double the number of publicly available fast charging ports — putting us one step closer to our goal of reaching 100% clean energy by 2050.”

The complete list of award winners is listed, below.

Grantee	Award Amount	Location(s) of EV Chargers	Location Type
3216N Inc	$320,000.00	Elk Grove Village Stone Park	Gas Stations
Adams Electric Cooperative	$277,814.00	Quincy (2)	Community College Hotel
Amoco Food Shop Number 1 Inc	$320,000.00	Chicago (2)	Gas Stations
BP Products North America Inc	$8,320,000.00	Addison Aurora (2) Bellwood Bloomington Bolingbrook Chicago (2) Crystal Lake Des Plaines (2) Effingham (2) Elk Grove Village Glen Ellyn Hampshire Huntley Joliet (2) Kankakee Lake in the Hills Lombard McHenry Morris Mt. Vernon Naperville (2) Romeoville Round Lake Beach Round Lake Park Summit Third Lake Troy Volo West Chicago Woodridge Zion	Gas Stations
Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association	$320,000.00	Carbondale Carterville	University Hotel
Gjovik Ford	$400,000.00	Plano Sandwich	Car Dealerships
GPM Investments LLC	$319,751.44	Edgewood St. Elmo	Gas Stations
ITSM Software Consultants Inc	$1,810,000.00	Algonquin (2) Arlington Heights (2) Bridgeview Buffalo Grove Chicago Matteson North Chicago Roselle West Chicago (2)	Shopping/Retail
Lanman Oil Company	$480,000.00	Charleston Mattoon Tuscola	Gas Stations
OBE Power Networks 1 LLC	$320,000.00	Ottawa (2)	Parks/Recreation
OSF Healthcare System	$320,000.00	Peoria (2)	Healthcare
Pilot Travel Centers LLC	$1,440,000.00	Decatur Effingham Gilman Marion Marshall Oakwood Rochelle Vandalia Woodhull	Gas Stations
PowerPort EVC LLC	$320,000.00	Ashkum Bourbonnais	Shopping/Recreation
Red E Charging LLC	$2,079,402.00	Arcola Atlanta Bolingbrook Brimfield Chicago Fulton Loves Park Marion Peotone Richton Park Shorewood Villa Park Wilmette	Gas Stations
Rivian Automotive LLC	$920,000.00	Normal Oak Brook Springfield	Shopping/Retail
Road Ranger LLC	$1,600,000.00	Bourbonnais Dixon Grayville Marion Marshall McLean Minonk Princeton Rochelle Springfield	Gas Stations
Shiner Management Group Inc	$320,000.00	Gurnee Mundelein	Shopping/Retail
Sustainable Energies Corporation	$1,760,000.00	Country Club Hills East Peoria Glendale Grayslake Gurnee McHenry Melrose Park Moline Round Lake Beach Waukegan (2)	Restaurants
Universal EV LLC	$2,945,292.00	East Peoria (2) Princeton (2) Casey Sandoval Salem Granite City Peoria Decatur Ottawa (5) Gilman Marion Lincoln Hoffman Estates Chillicothe Elk Grove Village	Hotels Shopping/Retail
Victory Lane Ford Inc	$560,000.00	Carlinville Litchfield	Car Dealerships
TOTAL			$25,152,259.44

Via Illinois EPA.

Electrek’s Take

Mercedes charging hub — Mercedes-Benz Chargepoint charging hub; via Mercedes-Benz.

More EV charging infrastructure is undoubtedly a good thing, and these funds are going to help encourage business and public sector entities in the state to keep doing the right thing here and invest in the future of transportation.

It’s also worth noting that these Illinois EPA funds can “stack” with similar Make-Ready EV charging infrastructure rebate programs from ComEd, a utility company that provides service in northern Illinois. The first phase of the ComEd rebate program has a $77 million budget over two years.

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‘It’s a blessing’: Springfield Christmas dinner serves nearly 600

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December 25, 2024

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‘It’s a blessing’: Springfield Christmas dinner serves nearly 600

SPRINGFIELD — Edwin DeJesus was showing his holiday spirit on his sleeve, and his pants, as he and his mom tucked into a roast beef dinner at the High School of Commerce Christmas Day.

“It is a blessing,” DeJesus said, wearing a green shirt showing Snoopy’s doghouse decorated with Christmas lights, green Dr. Seuss’ Grinch pants and a bright red hat.

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Illinois state trooper mourned after being struck, killed by car on I-55

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December 25, 2024

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Trooper Clay Carns served 11 years with ISP and was a husband and a father to two young kids. Jermont Terry reports.

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Illinois will be fourth school for Tomiwa Durojaiye

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December 24, 2024

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Illinois will be fourth school for Tomiwa Durojaiye

Tomiwa Durojaiye was a three-star recruiting win for Kentucky in the 2022 high school cycle. The Delaware native picked the Wildcats over South Carolina after recording 58 tackles, 25.5 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, and two forced fumbles as a senior. The senior defensive lineman would spend just one season in Lexington.

Duojiaye entered the transfer portal in the spring window ahead of the 2023 season. Durojaiye landed at West Virginia and had a strong year as a redshirt freshman. The defensive lineman recorded 23 tackles, six tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, 14 pressures, and played 270 snaps. Despite the strong close to see playing for a 9-4 team, Durojaiye decided to enter the portal again.

Tomiwa Durojaiye landed at Florida State and only played 32 snaps this season. Durojaiye then became a three-time transfer when he entered the transfer portal on Dec. 9. The defensive lineman found another power conference home on Tuesday.

The defensive lineman has committed to Illinois and will play in a fourth power conference in 2025 after spending time in the SEC, Big 12, and ACC.

Alex Afari Jr. and Josh Kattus are the only signees from Kentucky’s 2022 high school class remaining on the roster.

The transfer portal is open for business and so far we know of 20 players who will be seeking out greener pastures this offseason.

DL Keeshawn Silver (Committed to USC on Dec. 19)
DB Avery Stuart
LB Jayvant Brown
TE Tanner Lemaster (Committed to Eastern Michigan on Dec. 22)
TE Khamari Anderson (Committed to Arizona State on Dec. 22)
TE Jordan Dingle (Committed to South Carolina on Dec. 18)
OL Courtland Ford (Committed to UCLA on Dec. 17)
OL Ben Christman
OL Dylan Ray (Committed to Minnesota on Dec. 21)
OL Koby Keenum (Committed to Mississippi State on Dec. 22)
DL Tommy Ziesmer (Committed to EKU on Dec. 15)
WR Dane Key
WR Barion Brown (Committed to LSU on Dec. 14)
WR Anthony Brown-Stephens
WR Brandon White
EDGE Tyreese Fearbry (Committed to Wisconsin on Dec. 22)
EDGE Noah Matthews
EDGE Caleb Redd (Committed to Kansas on Dec. 20)
RB Chip Trayanum
QB Gavin Wimsatt

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. Keep closer tabs on the Cats with our staff-only sticky thread on KSBoard, which will have updates on departures and targets throughout the offseason. Not a KSR+ member? Try it out today.

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