BIL Joint Office of Energy and Transportation Ride and Drive Electric 2023

The Joint Office of Energy and Transportation (Joint Office), through the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), is issuing a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Joint Office of Energy and Transportation Ride and Drive Electric, 2023 Funding Opportunity Announcement” (Ride and Drive Electric FOA).

Donor Name: Joint Office of Energy and Transportation

State: All States

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 06/16/2023

Size of the Grant: $4,000,000

Grant Duration: 36 months

Details:

The Biden Administration has laid out a bold agenda to modernize and transform the nation’s infrastructure, tackle the climate crisis, support good-paying American jobs, and ensure a just and equitable transition. Transportation is the sector that contributes most to greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Transportation electrification has a key role to play in realizing all these outcomes and the Administration has established key targets to achieve by 2030: 1. Build an affordable, reliable, and convenient national network of 500,000 public EV charging ports. 2. Have EVs account for 50% of light-duty vehicle sales in the United States.

Technology Space and Strategic Goals

This Ride and Drive Electric FOA seeks applications to address discrete barriers to a future where everyone can ride and drive electric. Specifically, this FOA will directly advance the goal of building a national network of EV chargers for all Americans by supporting EV charging reliability, resiliency, equity, and workforce development. Enhancing and expanding EV infrastructure nationwide will also indirectly contribute to the goal of having 50% of all new light-duty vehicle sales be electric by 2030.

Key Benefits

• Development of specific and actionable plans and strategies that ensure continuity of operations and services of EV charging infrastructure for all EV users in a given region;
• Help communities identify, develop, and test business models, such as for shared mobility or fleet-based services, that complement or integrate operation of EV charging infrastructure;
• Help develop a high-quality workforce within the electrified transportation industry to support the deployment and maintenance of equipment related to EV charging (i.e., electric vehicle service equipment (EVSE);
• Increase industrial capacity, competition, and redundancy for validation testing and certification in the United States of DC fast chargers with rated power capacity between 150 kW and 1 MW;
• Assess the performance and reliability of DC fast charging (DCFC) stations across the United States; and
• Create opportunities for underserved communities and groups, measured through metrics such as new jobs and training resources, partnerships with Minority Serving Institutions and Indian tribes, engagement with labor organizations, community engagement activities, and other relevant indicators from the Community Benefits Plan

Topic Areas

The following five topics are included in this funding opportunity.

• Topic 1: Enhancing EV Charging Resiliency
• Topic 2A: Community-Driven Models for Electric Vehicle Charging Deployment
  • Topic 2B: Workforce Development
• Topic 3A: Increasing Commercial Capacity for Testing and Certification of High-Power Electric Vehicle Chargers
  • Topic 3B: Validating Public EV Charging Infrastructure Real-World Performance and Reliability

Funding Information

Enhancing EV Charging Resiliency

• Anticipated Minimum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share): $1,000,000
• Anticipated Maximum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share): $1,500,000
• Anticipated Period of Performance (months): 24 months

Community-Driven Models for Electric Vehicle Charging Deployment

• Anticipated Minimum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share): $250,000
• Anticipated Maximum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share): $1,500,000
• Anticipated Period of Performance (months): 24 months

Workforce Development

• Anticipated Minimum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share): $1,000,000
• Anticipated Maximum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share): $1,500,000
• Anticipated Period of Performance (months): 24 months

Increasing Commercial Capacity for Testing and Certification of HighPower Electric Vehicle Chargers

• Anticipated Minimum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share): $2,000,000
• Anticipated Maximum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share): $3,000,000
• Anticipated Period of Performance (months): 24 months

Validating Public EV Charging Infrastructure RealWorld Performance and Reliability

• Anticipated Minimum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share): $2,000,000
• Anticipated Maximum Award Size for Any One Individual Award (Fed Share): $4,000,000
• Anticipated Period of Performance (months): 36months

Eligibility Criteria

The proposed prime recipient and subrecipient(s) must be domestic entities. The following types of domestic entities are eligible to participate as a prime recipient or subrecipient of this FOA:

• Institutions of higher education;
• For-profit entities;
• Nonprofit entities; and
• State and local governmental entities, and Indian tribes.

To qualify as a domestic entity, the entity must be organized, chartered, or incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of a particular state or territory of the United States; have majority domestic ownership and control; and have a physical place of business in the United States.

DOE/NNSA FFRDCs are eligible to apply for funding as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient. Non-DOE/NNSA FFRDCs are eligible to participate as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient.

Federal agencies and instrumentalities (other than DOE and DOT) are eligible to participate as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient.

Entities banned from doing business with the United States government such as entities debarred, suspended, or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participating in federal programs are not eligible.

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