A ribbon cutting ceremony was held this week on the Oklahoma City Community College campus marking the official opening of the college’s electric car charging station.
OCCC’s mission is ‘Student success, community enrichment,’” said OCCC Interim President Dr. Jeremy Thomas. “An Electric Vehicle charging station right here on our main campus – right next to our EMBARK bus stop – shows our commitment to enriching our community, and our community’s commitment to us, too.”
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the South Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce joined college officials in the Monday afternoon ceremony.
“We are excited to officially launch the OCCC electric car charging station. Creating infrastructure that supports zero direct emission vehicles is important to our agency, and we are hopeful this station will be utilized by students, faculty, and employees now and into the future,” said DEQ Air Quality Division Director Kendal Stegmann.
The OCCC car charging station was funded through DEQ’s ChargeOK Program. The ChargeOK Program was developed through money awarded to the state from the 2016 Volkswagen settlement. Some of the settlement money is being used help increase access to electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the state.
