Beverly's Cummings Center Adds 30 Electric Vehicle Charging Ports

BEVERLY, MA — Electric vehicle owners in the Greater Beverly area have a new option for charging their cars and SUVs after the Cummings Center office park added 30 new ports to its Beverly campus.

The solar- and electric-powered points are located at 15 dual-port charging stations.

"Sustainability is an essential consideration in everything we undertake at Cummings," said Cummings Center general manager Steve Drohosky in a news release. "We use energy-efficient building systems and materials, repurpose leftover construction materials, recycle groundwater, and host regular electronics recycling events for client firms across our portfolio. The next logical addition to our varied green initiatives was to make Cummings Center a more EV-friendly environment."

ChargePoint will operate the stations with drivers charged a fee of 22 cents per kilowatt-hour. Vehicles can be left at the charging station following charging free of charge for now until future demand may dictate otherwise.

The Level 2 charging stations are on the third floor near the West Garage, south of the pedestrian bridge to the 900 building, on the Route 62 side of 100 Cummings Center, near the ramp to the East Garage and on the Balch Street side of the campus near the 800 building.

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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)