NRG To Build Network Of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Throughout Texas

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/evgo-charging-station.jpg?w=300" width="300" height="200" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-246140" /></img> NRG Energy— a wholesale generator and publicly traded company— announced plans to build a network of 150 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in Houston starting in February 2011, then to expand this network throughout Texas and the United States. According to the most recent, annual <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/datacenter/green_cities.html?appSession=60085717848550&RecordID=26&PageID=3&PrevPageID=2&cpipage=3&CPIsortType=&CPIorderBy=">Green Cities Index</a>, 78% of Houston commuters drive alone, and the city ranked 38th worst out of 43 measured U.S. cities in terms of air quality.