Public EV Charging
Streetside EV Chargers
Electric vehicle drivers in Tacoma’s Neighborhood Business Districts can charge their EVs using streetside Level 2 chargers.
13 of the City of Tacoma’s 15 Neighborhood Business Districts have received one new streetside charger.
A collaboration between Tacoma Power, the City of Tacoma Public Works Department, the City’s Parking Services, and its Community and Economic Development Office made the EV chargers possible. They reviewed existing infrastructure to find locations with the capability to support a new charger to keep the installation and construction costs low, prioritize locations, and ensure the chosen locations would meet traffic and parking management requirements to match existing parking structures. The utility also worked with Community and Economic Development Office and business district representatives to secure support for the locations in each unique business community. Most chargers will mount to streetlight poles. Two won’t but they will still use existing infrastructure.
Click here and tell us where you would like to see an EV charger in your neighborhood. We will consider your suggestions when we install future chargers.
- Streetside Charger Locations
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- 6th Avenue – 3102 6th Ave
- Dome District – 301 E 26th St (temporarily removed)
- Fern Hill – 8402 S Park Ave
- Hilltop – 1105 S 10th St (temporarily removed)
- Lincoln – 3831 S 39th St
- McKinley – 799 E Harrison
- Narrows – 601 N Rochester
- Old Town – 2306 N 30th
- Pacific – 5402 Pacific Ave
- Portland Avenue – 1606 E 31st
- Proctor – 3803 N 26th
- Ruston-Pt. Defiance – 5113 N Pearl St
- Stadium District – 124 N Tacoma
- Fast Facts
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- Signage identifies the charging locations, including signs at the sites and way finding signs.
- You can find the charging sites on public EV charging services (website/app) like PlugShare.
- You can find the chargers streetside in the right of way (ROW).
- TPU charges a fee to charge at the stations, consistent with other utility-owned EV chargers.
More EV charging coming to downtown Tacoma
We’ve partnered with the City of Tacoma to add EV charging to 8 downtown parking lots and garages. This project is funded through a grant award to the City through the WA Commerce Clean Energy Fund. We are excited to participate in this project and charge more EV’s with our clean, renewable hydroelectric energy. Learn more about this project on the City’s website here.