Many leading auto manufacturers are ramping up their production of electric vehicles, and Pennsylvania is currently expanding its electric charging facilities across the Commonwealth. These installations and the manufacturing and distribution of electric charging products create work. Electric vehicles also improve air quality and lower emissions.
 
As such, electric vehicle ownership is rising in the United States and Pennsylvania; however, there are barriers in place that restrict their usage. Many electric car owners struggle to properly charge their vehicles due to restrictions that prevent the construction of charging stations in some private residential areas.
 
To combat this problem and promote an expansion of electric car usage, I am planning to introduce legislation that would allow residents of condominiums, planned communities, and common interest communities to install electric car charging stations in their designated parking spaces. Residents will be responsible for the cost of installing the electric car charging stations. This legislation will bar unreasonable restrictions and enforcement against the use and expansion of electric car charging stations, as well as the deliberate disregard of applications.
 
This legislation is modeled after similar efforts in New Jersey and New York to facilitate the expansion of electric car charging stations. Let us join our neighboring states in their mission to make electric car ownership hassle-free and accessible.
 
Please consider co-sponsoring this legislation so that we can take important steps to address climate change while also addressing the barriers that may impede electric vehicle ownership.