Trump order freezes funding for Illinois EV charging network, raises questions about other clean energy projects

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Source: Chicago Tribune

Trump order freezes funding for Illinois EV charging network, raises questions about other clean energy projects

Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune
Updated Mon, January 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM EST·6 min read

In its quest to get a million electric vehicles on the road by 2030, Illinois was counting on $148 million in federal funding to help build a statewide network of public EV chargers.

Now that funding has been frozen — and targeted for possible reduction or elimination — under a wide-ranging executive order that President Donald Trump signed on his first day in office.

Also in limbo: another federal program that was to provide Illinois with millions of dollars for public EV chargers.

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EVs and their chargers appear to be a prime target of Trump’s “Unleashing American Energy” executive order, but they are by no means the only Illinois clean energy projects that could be in for a bumpy ride as the president takes bold steps to reverse the ambitious clean energy policies of his predecessor.

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