PSE&G offers free car charging to employees who buy electric vehicles

PSE&G offers free car charging to employees who buy electric vehicles

Public Service Electric & Gas today opened 13 electric vehicle charging stations at its company headquarters in Newark and said it had begun offering free charging to employees who purchase plug-in cars.

While the number of electric vehicle charging stations is the highest in a single location in New Jersey, the facility is not open to the public.

Public car charging stations in New Jersey are still a rarity, with only 77 located in mostly central Jersey, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. New York, meanwhile, has 218 public car charging stations and Pennsylvania has 119.

PSE&G, the state’s largest electric utility, said employees who purchase electric vehicles and work in its Newark, Edison and Salem offices may charge their plug-in vehicles for free through July 2016.

Employees in the Newark office will also park their electric vehicles in the company lot for free. PSE&G does not offer free parking to all employees, said spokesman Paul Rosengren.

Nine employees have signed up for the program, and most have already purchased an electric vehicle, said Randy Mehrberg, PSE&G’s executive vice president of strategy. Employees who participate agree to complete regular surveys about their electric car experience.

Electric vehicles are generally more expensive than their gasoline-powered counterparts but get better mileage. The Energy Department last month launched a web tool to calculate the cost of fueling electric vehicles compared to gasoline vehicles.

In New Jersey today, the average cost of a gallon of unleaded gasoline is $3.54 compared to $1.51 for an "eGallon" to travel the same distance, according to the Energy Department.

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PSE&G offers free car charging to employees who buy electric vehicles

Public Service Electric & Gas today opened 13 electric vehicle charging stations at its company headquarters in Newark and said it had begun offering free charging to employees who purchase plug-in cars.

While the number of electric vehicle charging stations is the highest in a single location in New Jersey, the facility is not open to the public.

Public car charging stations in New Jersey are still a rarity, with only 77 located in mostly central Jersey, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. New York, meanwhile, has 218 public car charging stations and Pennsylvania has 119.

PSE&G, the state’s largest electric utility, said employees who purchase electric vehicles and work in its Newark, Edison and Salem offices may charge their plug-in vehicles for free through July 2016.

Employees in the Newark office will also park their electric vehicles in the company lot for free. PSE&G does not offer free parking to all employees, said spokesman Paul Rosengren.

Nine employees have signed up for the program, and most have already purchased an electric vehicle, said Randy Mehrberg, PSE&G’s executive vice president of strategy. Employees who participate agree to complete regular surveys about their electric car experience.

Electric vehicles are generally more expensive than their gasoline-powered counterparts but get better mileage. The Energy Department last month launched a web tool to calculate the cost of fueling electric vehicles compared to gasoline vehicles.

In New Jersey today, the average cost of a gallon of unleaded gasoline is $3.54 compared to $1.51 for an "eGallon" to travel the same distance, according to the Energy Department.

original source
http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2013/07/pseg_offers_free_fillups_for_e.html

cmack 4,136