GSA partners with agencies to eliminate wasteful vehicle charging stations at federal facilities

April 03, 2025

 Pursuant to President Trump’s Executive Order on Unleashing American Energy

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) issued a memorandum to tenants in federal facilities under its jurisdiction. The memorandum provides agencies with the criteria to be used to justify that any electric vehicle charging infrastructure is mission critical. Charging infrastructure not deemed mission critical will be deactivated and associated contracts or orders will be terminated. This is the first step in GSA’s process of evaluating the mission critical needs of our partner agencies for electric vehicle charging infrastructures. 

“GSA is quickly correcting course on efforts to install electric vehicle charging ports and looks forward to working closely with our federal agency partners to stop wastefully spending taxpayer dollars on charging stations that are not used or needed,” said Public Buildings Service Commissioner Michael P. Peters.

GSA Directive 5605.1B, issued March 3, 2025, establishes that no new charging station installations are authorized, and federal agencies must provide a written determination stating they have a mission-critical need to charge electric vehicles at a GSA-managed facility.

Since the President issued the Unleashing American Energy Executive Order on January 20, 2025, GSA has canceled 32 electric vehicle charging projects worth over $23 million — with additional savings expected as a result of the swift action.

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