New Mexico considers adding electric car chargers to new homes [View all]

Griffin Rushton | KOB
5 hours ago

SANTA FE, N.M. — A proposal at the Roundhouse, Senate Bill 77, would require every new home built in New Mexico to be equipped to handle an electric vehicle charger.

However, that’s easier said than done. “Obviously, this is something that more and more people are going toward,” said Jack Milarch, CEO of the New Mexico Home Builders Association. “As builders, we build houses like people want them.”

Milarch said the infrastructure needed for charging electric vehicles is more complicated than a special plug on the wall.

“The standard in the industry at this point is a 50 amp circuit,” he said. “Your typical house, as the entire house, is a 200 amp circuit. So it’s a heavy-duty circuit. It has to be supported by your panel, which is your circuit breakers. It has to be supported by all the wiring all the way up the line back into the subdivision.”

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