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The Lacey City Council agreed on Tuesday to set the rates at 19 cents per kilowatt for Level-2 stations and 35 cents per kilowatt for the direct current (DC) fast stations. These rates recover the costs of energy, replacement and using the ChargePoint Network, which connects EV owners to stations through the ChargePoint app and website.

Officials with the East Side Expansion Project say they're planning to install 10 additional public charging stations.

A senior official of the Chandigarh Renewable Energy and Science and Technology Promotion Society (CREST) said by June-end, other 34 charging stations would also be made operational — thus the city will have 40 charging stations ready.