The Washington State Department of Ecology is seeking applications for its Air Quality VW Electric Vehicle Charging Level 2: Charge Where You Are Funding to help increase level 2 charging access across Washington State where drivers are likely to spend at least one to four hours.
Donor Name: Washington State Department of Ecology
State: Washington
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/29/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Goals
- Reduce emissions from diesel engines in the state where the 2.0- and 3.0-liter Volkswagen vehicles were, are, or will be operated.
- Fully mitigate the total, lifetime excess NOx emissions of the subject vehicles.
Priorities
- Accelerate adoption of electric vehicles, equipment, and vessels.
- Promote electrification technologies in public transportation fleets.
- Accelerate fleet turnover to the cleanest vehicles.
- Achieve substantial additional emission reductions, beyond what would already occur, absent trust funding.
- Ensure cost-effectiveness.
- Leverage additional matching funds.
Grant awards also align with the state’s objectives under the:
- Washington Clean Air Act
- Washington GHG emission reduction limits (70.235 RCW)
- Washington Fuel Usage Goals for Publicly Owned Vehicles (43.19.648 RCW)
- Washington State Clean Energy Fund
- Results Washington Clean Transportation and Healthy Air Goal
- State and local government vehicle procurement rules (194-28 and 194-29 WAC)
- Washington Climate Commitment Act
- Washington’s Healthy Environment for All Act
Funding Information
- $3.52M total available.
- All projects may be eligible for up to $10,000 per plug at the following percentages based on project category:
- Full Public Access, Government Owned Property: 80%
- Full Public Access, Non-Government Owned Property: 80%
- Multi-Unit/multi-family residential buildings: 60%
- Workplace/fleet (not publicly accessible): 60%
- All other use cases (not publicly accessible): 60%
Project Period
All recipients should complete their projects within one year of grant execution.
Eligible Projects
Eligible project categories include the following:
- Full Public Access, Government Owned Property
- Full Public Access, Non-Government Owned Property
- Multi-Unit/multi-family residential buildings
- Workplace/fleet (not publicly accessible)
- All other use cases (not publicly accessible)
Eligibility Criteria
- Businesses licensed in Washington State, including but not limited to:
- Corporations
- Partnerships
- Limited liability companies
- Other legal business entities
- Non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations
- Investor-owned utilities and contracted municipal utilities
- Multi-unit/multi-family residential buildings
- State, Local, or Tribal governments and related entities in Washington State, including but not limited to:
- Cities and towns
- State and local parks
- Counties
- Special districts (such as health districts, fire districts, college districts, metropolitan municipal corporations)
- Port Authorities
- Public utility districts and municipal utilities
- Air pollution control authorities
For more information, visit Washington State Department of Ecology.
