Sams Club 8297 (Rockford, IL)

Of its 4 ports, 4 are DC fast. DC fast ports deliver direct current straight to the battery and are the ones used for quick stops on longer trips. That is about 17% above the Illinois average of 3.4 ports per station. The registry lists 2 connector types: CHAdeMO, Legacy DC fast connector (Nissan Leaf era); CCS, Combined Charging System — the J1772-based DC fast connector.

Rockford has 23 charging stations in the DOE registry with 95 ports, the 11th-most of 333 cities and towns in Illinois. Sams Club 8297 (Rockford, IL) accounts for 4% of the charging ports in Rockford. It is the only Electrify America station in Rockford. Statewide, Illinois has 2,056 stations and 7,047 ports, the 14th-largest station count of the 51 states and DC. The biggest station in Illinois, Hanover Park Il Sdc in Hanover Park, has 110 ports.

The Volkswagen-founded DC fast network along highway corridors. Electrify America operates 1,221 stations in the registry across 48 states, with 6,029 DC fast and 170 Level 2 ports in total. 39 of those stations are in Illinois, 2% of the state's 2,056.

“Available” means the station is open and in service according to the DOE registry. Its access code is public, meaning it is listed as open to any driver. It opened on Apr 26, 2019, one of 54 stations in Illinois with a 2019 open date. The station's record was last updated at the source on Oct 12, 2026.