This is a competitive grant solicitation. The California Energy Commission’s (CEC’s) Clean Transportation Program announces the availability of up to $40 million in grant funds for projects that will deploy medium- and heavy-duty (MDHD) zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) charging or hydrogen refueling infrastructure for California seaports and land ports of entry. Funding will support new installation of in-ground fueling infrastructure for battery electric or hydrogen fuel cell MDHD vehicles and/or port equipment and/or off-road equipment (e.g. gantries, cargo handling equipment, etc.).
A total of $40 million is available for awards under this solicitation. CEC, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to increase or decrease the amount of funds available under this solicitation.
Maximum Award Amounts and Minimum Infrastructure Requirements
- Projects are eligible for CEC funds totaling up to 75% of the total allowable project cost. “Total allowable project cost” is the sum of the CEC’s reimbursable share and Recipient’s match share of the project costs. See table below for more detail.
The total maximum award amounts and minimum infrastructure requirements for each Applicant Group are listed in the table below.
Applicant Group
Minimum # of new charging ports/ hydrogen fueling positions deployed
Total CEC Funding Available
Maximum Award Amount
Minimum Match Share Required
Group 1: Small Ports:
- Seaports with less than 5 million tons of cargo transported annually;
- Land ports of entry transporting less than $2 billion of freight annually
20 charging ports or 2 hydrogen fueling positions*
$20 million
$5 million
25%
Group 2: Large Ports:
- Seaports transporting over 5 million tons of cargo annually;
- Land ports of entry transporting over $2 billion of freight annually
40 charging ports or 4 hydrogen fueling positions*
$20 million
$10 million
25%
*If the project includes both charging and hydrogen refueling infrastructure, only the technology type identified as the principal technology in the application will be eligible for CEC reimbursement.
Applicants may submit an application for either charging infrastructure for MDHD battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and/or port equipment and/or off-road equipment (e.g. gantries, cargo handling equipment, etc.) or hydrogen refueling infrastructure for MDHD fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and/or port equipment and/or off-road equipment (e.g. gantries, cargo handling equipment, etc.). Each application must clearly identify which technology type the proposed project will principally address. If the project includes both charging and hydrogen refueling infrastructure, only the technology type identified as the principal technology in the application will be eligible for CEC reimbursement. The secondary technology type may be used as match and would not be required to install the minimum infrastructure requirements listed in the table above.
Applicants must identify whether the proposed project will focus on Small Ports or Large Ports. Applicants in the Small Ports Applicant Group (Group 1) proposing to install charging infrastructure for at least 20 new charging ports or at least two new hydrogen refueling positions are eligible for up to $5 million per award. Applicants in the Large Ports Applicant Group (Group 2) proposing to install charging infrastructure for at least 40 new charging ports or at least four new hydrogen refueling positions are eligible for up to $10 million per award.
If an Applicant plans to submit an application for a Small Ports project that focuses on installing charging or hydrogen refueling infrastructure, and another separate and distinct application for a Large Ports project that focuses on installing charging or hydrogen refueling infrastructure, the Applicant may be eligible for the maximum award amount in both groups, totaling $15 million. Applicants may submit multiple applications for each Applicant Group as long as each application is separate and distinct; however, no Applicant will be eligible for more than a total of $15 million.
Please note that Applicants are not required to submit an application that requests the maximum award amount. Applicants may submit applications that request less funding. Applicants must identify which Applicant Group the proposed project will address. The CEC expects to award at least four projects for Applicant Group 1: Small Ports and at least two projects for Applicant Group 2: Large Ports. Once the Applications achieving at least the minimum passing score in each Applicant Group are recommended for funding, if funding remains available, the CEC may shift remaining funds between Applicant Groups.
If there is a potential partial award in either Applicant Group, the CEC may choose not to fund it, partially fund it, or add funds to fully fund it. The CEC reserves the right to add funds to either Applicant Group and is not required to add funds to both Applicant Groups equally. If electing to add more funds to the solicitation, the CEC is not required to add funds to the Applicant Group with the higher scoring non-funded applications.
Federal funding received by ports may be stacked with CEC awards but project costs reimbursed under one award cannot also be reimbursed by the other award. Federal funding may be used as match funding.
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