This is a competitive grant solicitation. The CEC’s Clean Transportation Program is seeking block grant implementer(s) to design and implement up to $500 million or more in grant funds for various light-duty electric vehicle charger incentive projects throughout California. References to the budget for this solicitation should be considered an estimate. Additional funds may become available based on state or federal actions or budget allocations.
BACKGROUND
Executive Order B-48-18 calls for 5 million zero-emission vehicles on California roadways by 2030 and sets a goal of having 250,000 EV chargers (including 10,000 direct current fast chargers) by 2025. In September 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-79-20, which sets the state goal of 100 percent of in-state sales of new passenger cars and trucks will be zero-emission vehicles by 2035; 100 percent of operating medium- and heavy-duty vehicles being zero-emission vehicles by 2045; and 100 percent of drayage trucks and off-road vehicles and equipment being zero-emission vehicles by 2035.
The Assembly Bill (AB) 2127 Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Assessment examines charging needs to support California’s plug-in electric vehicles in 2030 and expanded ZEV adoption targets identified in Executive Order N-79-20. The report projects 968,000 chargers are needed to support 5 million plug-in electric vehicles, and 1.5 million to support the nearly 8 million plug-in electric vehicles required under the new Executive Order.
California has over 67,000 public and shared private chargers installed. The report finds that an additional 121,000 are planned (as of September 2020), leaving a gap of installations to meet the state’s goals.
Agreement Goals & Objectives
The goal of this Agreement is to provide a block grant to a not-for-profit technology entity to design and implement light-duty EV charger incentive projects throughout California. The objective of this Agreement is to provide a nimble and flexible mechanisms to quickly, efficiently, and effectively deploy light-duty EV chargers throughout California.
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