Electric Vehicle Charging Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator grant

Funding opportunity

• We are pleased to announce the availability of $9,545,728 in federal funding through the EVC RAA notice of funding opportunity and request for proposals (PDF 1.3MB). Applications are due at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on January 30, 2025. 
• This funding was authorized under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure formula program. Projects funded under EVC RAA will need to meet NEVI charger requirements.

Key activities

• December 31, 2024: Notice of funding opportunity and request for proposals (PDF 1.3MB)
• January 10, 2025: Pre-application webinar at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time, register through Teams
• January 17, 2025: Questions due to partnerships@wsdot.wa.gov
• January 22, 2025: Answers posted to EVC RAA website
• January 30, 2025: Applications due at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time
• February 14, 2025: Notice of proposed awards posted to EVC RAA website

Eligible applicants

• EVC RAA is open to public and private entities registered to do business in Washington, excluding investor-owned utilities.
• Applicants must either own the property where the charging station is located or must obtain a site-host agreement allowing the construction and operation of the station for at least five years.

Eligible projects

• Projects must support the repair or replacement of existing broken or non-operational publicly accessible chargers, as listed by FHWA's Final List or Final List Addendum of Non-Operational chargers. Washington's final station eligibility list (XLSX 13KB) contains 330 stations.
• Projects must comply with the NEVI standards. Some of the key requirements include, but are not limited to, Buy America Build America, prevailing wages, number and type of charging ports, payment methods, long-term stewardship, technician qualifications, data submittal, and minimum uptime. Please note that NEVI standards have differing requirements depending on the power level of the charging station and whether the charger is designed to serve users of designated Alternative Fuel Corridors.

Cost share

• The total match share is at least 20% of the total allowable costs for the charging station. The total allowable costs are the sum of the WSDOT's reimbursable share, up to the maximum award per port, and the recipient's match share of the costs for the charging station.

Get involved

• Please subscribe to the NEVI GovDelivery distribution list to receive EVC RAA program and funding announcements.
• Please consider submitting program feedback through this brief questionnaire form.