UPDATE:

Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt and U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree will also be attending.

ROCKLAND - On Tuesday, Recharge Maine - the state's initiative to develop a statewide network of public, high-speed electric vehicle (EV) chargers - will celebrate the opening of the first EV charging stations in Maine funded by the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program. The five NEVI-funded chargers are among a bank of eight new Tesla charging stations located in the parking lot of the Hannaford in Rockland. Maine is the fifth station in the nation to have NEVI-funded charging stations come online.

**WHO:**
Shailen Bhatt, Federal Highway Administrator
U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree
Hannah Pingree, Director of the Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future
Bruce Van Note, Commissioner of the Maine Department of Transportation
Spencer R. Thibodeau, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy
Mike Scarpino, States & Corridor Electrification Technical Assistance Deployment Manager, Joint Office of Energy and Transportation
Shatorah Roberson, Policy Advisor, Tesla
George Parmenter, Brand Lead Health & Sustainability, Hannaford


**WHAT:**
Press conference at the site of the new NEVI-funded EV chargers


**WHERE:**
Hannaford
75 Maverick Street
Rockland, ME 04841


**WHEN:**
Tuesday, April 2nd
10:00 a.m.


**NOTE TO MEDIA:**

You may park in the Rockland Plaza parking lot, but please do not park near the store entrances.