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Chicago · building permits · 2025-W52

New EV charging permits in Chicago — week of December 22, 2025

Every matching building permit the City of Chicago issued from 2025-12-22 to 2025-12-28, read from the City’s own dataset ydr8-5enu and re-read hourly. Filter: Any permit whose work description mentions an electric vehicle, EV charging, or EVSE. The City has no dedicated EV permit type, so all three spellings are matched. 456 in the year to 2026-07-01.

EV charging permits issued this week

3

Combined reported cost

$15,764

where the permit reports one

Permits reporting a cost

3

Measured 2026-07-31 · City of Chicago dataset ydr8-5enu

Chicago EV charging permits issued 2025-12-22 to 2025-12-28
IssuedAddressPermit typeReported costSource
2025-12-268855 S MERRILL AVEPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAM$4,360B200454860
2025-12-233435 W CARMEN AVEPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAM$3,404B200454737
2025-12-223424 W BEACH AVEPERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAM$8,000B200454716
Fetched 2026-07-31 · City of Chicago dataset ydr8-5enu · records as issued by the City

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