Government procurment body the GSA says that 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 - pursuant to President Trump’s Executive Order on Unleashing American Energy - of evaluating the mission critical needs of the GSA's partner agencies for EV 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 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, the GSA says it has canceled 32 electric vehicle charging projects worth over US$23m — with additional savings expected as a result of the swift action.
