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DEP official: Board to consider EV rules even as it urges Legislature to revise regulations

Por: Portland Press Herald Nation December 29, 2023

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A Maine environmental official clarified on Thursday the state’s stance on a contentious proposal to expand electric vehicle use, saying that a regulatory board still will vote on the plan even as it asks the Legislature to consider revising state law so lawmakers can craft mandates in the future. David R. Madore, deputy commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, said in an email that the Board of Environmental Protection, a... + full article



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