Electric Vehicle Charging Station
The Kentucky Department of Agriculture will begin accepting applications for 2027 Retail Electric Vehicle Charging Station Licenses on November 15, 2026. Pursuant to KRS 363.785, all electric vehicle power dealers operating electric vehicle charging stations with an electrical power charging capacity of twenty (20) kilowatts or more that sells electricity to the public at retail to charge a battery or other storage device of an electric vehicle must obtain a license by January 1, 2027. Please contact this program to gain access to the Department’s online licensure portal so you may submit your application.
On October 8, 2026, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture filed a new emergency regulation, 302 KAR 79.014E, and an identical ordinary regulation, 302 KAR 79.014 to implement KRS 363.785. Copies of those regulations are available below.
Written public comments to the emergency regulation will be accepted through November 30, 2026. A public hearing is currently scheduled to take place on November 23, 2026, at 1:00 p.m., at KDA Headquarters 107 Corporate Drive, Frankfort, KY 40601. Requests to speak at the hearing or submissions of written public comments may be addressed to me at this email address, marce.manley@ky.gov. Requests to speak at the public hearing for the emergency regulation must be received no later than November 16, 2026. If no requests to speak at the public hearing are received, then the public hearing for the emergency regulation will be canceled.
Written public comments to the identical ordinary regulation will be accepted through December 31, 2026. A public hearing is currently scheduled to take place on December 21, 2026, at 1:00 p.m., at KDA Headquarters 107 Corporate Drive, Frankfort, KY 40601. Requests to speak at the hearing or submissions of written public comments may be addressed to me at this email address, marce.manley@ky.gov. Requests to speak at the public hearing for the ordinary regulation must be received no later than December 14, 2026. If no requests to speak at the public hearing are received, then the public hearing for the ordinary regulation will be canceled.