While construction for the infrastructure to support electric car charging stations in Parking Lot B is complete, De Anza College is still looking for a company to provide and operate the actual charging stations.

“We can’t buy [electric car charging stations] and run them on our own,” said Donna Jones-Dulin, associate vice president of Educational Resources and College Operations. “We have to get them from a vendor and then we have to set up an agreement about how they’re going to get paid.”

How much users of the charging stations will pay will be determined by the contract De Anza signs with the vendor.

The newly installed charging stations are the latest addition to the Photovoltaic Project, a $10 million sustainability project also responsible for the solar panel installation in parking lots A and B.

“It’s wonderful that De Anza is moving toward this new technology,” said Julie Phillips, environmental studies instructor. “I don’t how many students can afford to buy an electric car, but it’s neat that at least the technology is coming back.”

The stations, marked by yellow posts, are also capable of recharging the new generation of plug-in hybrids.

“I think it’s a step that we need to take for the future,” said De Anza student Daniel Slabolepszy. “Even though we might not use them now, if people see that it’s there and available, maybe in five years, students will start switching over.”