PennDOT's 515 Planned EV Ports Include at Least 219 On-Street Level 2 Plugs

Pennsylvania's newly announced plan for 515 public EV charging ports includes at least 219 ports expressly described as on-street Level 2 charging in the state's five-county award list. Of those, 157 are proposed across Philadelphia neighborhoods. An item-by-item count of the same October 28 release also identifies 232 DC fast-charging ports—a different kind of charging access from plugs intended for longer parking stays.¹

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced more than $37 million in federal National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Community Charging awards for Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties. These are planned ports supported by awards, not completed, available charging stations.¹²

The county-by-county charging mix

We categorized every numbered port entry in PennDOT's October 28 county-grant summary. The 35 grouped recipient entries explicitly list 489 proposed ports: 232 DC fast, 219 identified as on-street Level 2, and 38 other Level 2 ports for which the announcement does not expressly say on-street. Some entries name several locations, so an entry is neither necessarily one award nor one charging site.¹

County	DC fast	Explicitly on-street Level 2	Other listed Level 2	Total listed
Bucks	38	11	4	53
Chester	24	23	4	51
Delaware	24	10	0	34
Montgomery	48	18	10	76
Philadelphia	98	157	20	275
Total explicitly listed	232	219	38	489

Method: Each port count in PennDOT's five county sections was added once under its stated charging category. “Other listed Level 2” means the source did not expressly label those ports on-street; it does not prove they are off-street. The 219 expressly on-street ports equal approximately 42.5% of the agency's 515-port regional target, and the published detail does not establish a complete charging-type classification of all 515.¹

Where the street-side ports are proposed

In Philadelphia, PennDOT lists an award to It's Electric PA for 157 on-street Level 2 ports across Hartranft, Mantua, West Passyunk, Olney, Richmond, Lawndale, Grays Ferry, Frankford, Wissinoming, Ludlow, Franklinville, Tioga and Logan. That is a set of named neighborhoods—not exact locations for 157 individual curbside plugs or evidence any are ready to use.¹

The city also accounts for 98 explicitly listed DC fast ports. Among the bigger groups are 54 in a project covering 11 Philadelphia Parking Authority lots, and 24 across five retail destinations listed under PNE Solutions America. Penn Park and the Penn Museum are named for another 16 Level 2 ports, not specifically identified in the announcement as on-street.¹

The surrounding counties show a different balance. PennDOT names 23 on-street Level 2 ports in West Chester, Phoenixville and Malvern; 18 in Norristown and North Wales; 11 in Doylestown and New Hope; and 10 in Drexel Hill. The same award list separately identifies DC fast-charging projects at shopping centers, convenience stores and other destinations across the five counties.¹

For a driver who cannot charge at home, the distinction matters: an on-street Level 2 port is relevant to parking for an extended period, while a DC fast-charging port is the category to look for when planning a shorter charging stop. Neither type can be relied on for a trip today merely because its funding was announced.

Why the published port totals do not match line for line

PennDOT's regional announcement calls for 515 future public ports, whereas the specific numerals in its 35 county-grouped press-release entries total 489—a difference of 26. Its separate Community Charging program page reports 71 awards. Those are three different descriptions of the announcement: a regional port target, a summarized list of numeric port entries, and an award count.¹²

The 26-port difference only describes what the public press-release bullets individually enumerate. It is not evidence of missing funded chargers, an error in the awards, or unused money. The checked documents do not provide a fully reconciled 71-award, port-by-port roster from which to assign those 26 ports to counties or charging types.¹²

For residents looking for an actual place to charge, the announcement is a project-location guide at best, not a live station directory. The checked PennDOT award material establishes the proposed general locations and categories above, but not confirmed opening dates, availability, prices or working plugs.¹²

Sources

Footnotes

1. Shapiro Administration Invests $37 Million in EV Chargers in Southeastern Pennsylvania — Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, original October 28, 2026 county-grouped award announcement, rechecked October 29, 2026. https://www.pa.gov/agencies/penndot/news-and-media/newsroom/statewide/2026/shapiro-administration-invests--37-million-in-ev-chargers-in-sou The 489-port and 232/219/38 county/category totals are an independent count of the announcement's expressly itemized figures, not a comprehensive project-level grant database or observed operational ports. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

2. Community Charging Funding Rounds — Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, current state program page, rechecked October 29, 2026. https://www.pa.gov/agencies/penndot/research-planning-and-innovation/electric-vehicles-and-alternative-fuels/community-charging-funding-rounds Reports 71 southeastern awards totaling more than $37 million announced October 28, 2026. Does not allocate the release's 26-port numeric-summary difference or establish site-opening dates. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴