Midwest utilities envision regional electric vehicle charging network

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A group of electric utilities serving customers from Oklahoma to Michigan wants to make it easier for electric vehicle owners to travel across the Midwest. Ameren Illinois Co., Ameren Missouri, Consumers Energy Co., DTE Energy Co., Evergy Inc., and OGE Energy Corp. subsidiary Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. said Sept. 22 that they have agreed to work together to build a network of charging stations by the end of 2022. "The bottom line is, we want our customers to know that in the coming months and years they can purchase an electric vehicle and drive throughout the entire Midwest - not just our service territory - with confidence that the infrastructure is going to be in place to support them," Matt Forck, Ameren Missouri's vice president of community, economic development and energy solutions, told S&P Global Market Intelligence. In Missouri, the Ameren Corp. subsidiary is known legally as Union Electric Co.