Charging your Personal Vehicle
The University of Southern Maine provides electric vehicle (EV) charging on campus, as one of many strategies, to help achieve its goal of carbon neutrality by the year 2040.
The charging stations in the new parking garage (located by Glickman and Wishcamper) in Portland are now operational and available for charging. A campus-wide email will be sent when the work is done. All free stations on the Portland campus will be closed from 9/21 onward.
Fifty-eight level-2 charging plugs are available throughout the parking garage. All plugs require payment and only vehicles plugged in may be parked in the designated EV charging spaces. There is no designated time limit for parking in these spaces, as long as the vehicle is plugged in. If it is not plugged in, then a citation will be issued.
The price for charging and for being plugged in is currently $2 per hour during the day (8 am till 5 pm) and $1.25 during the night (5 pm till 8 am). These rates are subject to change, so please this website or the Blink ap regularly. You can pay using either the Blink ap or the credit card swipe on the station. Whenever you are plugged in, you are being charged regardless of if you are drawing electricity. This is to incentivize turnover of the spaces after vehicles are fully charged, so that others may charge.
The Gorham campus currently has one free, level-2 charging station. It is available to staff and faculty and is located in the Russell Hall lot. This space has a two-hour limit before a citation will be issued.
The Lewiston campus does not currently have any charging stations.
Only vehicles permitted or paying to be on campus may use the charging stations.
EV Charging Policy
For more details about current rules and charging rates, please view the University’s EV charging policy here.
University’s Electric Fleet
The USM Facilities Management department operates several electric-powered bicycles toting trailers on campus, in an effort to get more gasoline trucks and vans off the road. These vehicles are used year-round by technicians.