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SLC airport adds 24 charging stations for electric cars

FILE - In this April 25, 2016, file photo, an electric Fiat is plugged into a charging station in a parking lot in Los Angeles. California utilities will invest nearly $768 million to expand a network of charging stations and other infrastructure for electric vehicles as the state moves toward a goal of 5 million zero-emission cars on the roads by 2030. The California Public Utilities Commission voted 5-0 Thursday, May 31, 2018, to fund programs statewide, with an emphasis on building facilities in disadvantaged communities. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

  | July 3, 2018, 10:33 p.m.
| Updated: July 4, 2018, 12:55 a.m.

Salt Lake City International Airport has installed 24 new electric vehicle charging ports — which are free to use and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

The ports are at four locations: economy parking lot (four dual port stations), parking garage level P1 (one dual port), parking garage level P2 (three dual ports) and the employee parking lot (four dual ports).

Also, the Touch n’ Go Convenience Store at the airport that opened in December has one charging station.

The charging stations have an instruction video, and phone support is available around the clock.

Bill Wyatt, executive director of the Salt Lake City Department of Airports, said that in 2020 when the first phase of a $3.6 billion project to rebuild the airport is completed, it will have 50 recharging stations in its new parking structure.