This is a competitive grant solicitation. The California Energy Commission (CEC) announces the availability of up to $79,000,000 in grant funds for projects that will strategically deploy high-powered, direct current (DC) fast charging infrastructure to support medium- and heavy-duty (MDHD) electric vehicle (EV) travel along major corridors of the state highway system in southern parts of California. The purpose of this solicitation is to significantly expand the MDHD EV charging infrastructure along these corridors per National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) formula program requirements, contributing to the national charging network being built under this program.
Submitted projects should be for installation and operation of DC fast chargers, using commercially available technology, within a previously disturbed or developed area such that the projects will qualify for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) categorical exclusion for electric vehicle charging stations codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Chapter X, Part 1021, Appendix B, Categorical Exclusion B5.23, as explained in the Federal Register notice of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s adoption of the electric vehicle charging stations categorical exclusion (see https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/09/20/2023-20238/notice-of-adoption-of-electric-vehicle-charging-stations-categorical-exclusion-under-the-national).
Up to $79,500,000 in grant funds for projects that will strategically deploy high-powered, direct current (DC) fast charging infrastructure to support medium- and heavy-duty (MDHD) electric vehicle (EV) travel along major corridors of the state highway system in the south of California.
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