The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs is accepting applications for its Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Projects (Tier 1).
Donor Name: Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA)
State: Alabama
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/10/2022
Size of the Grant: $500,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
The purpose of ADECA’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program is to fund projects to support the electric vehicle infrastructure needs of citizens, visitors, and the automobile manufacturing sector of the state of Alabama by installing Electric Vehicle (EV) Direct Current Fast Charging (DCFC) and Level 2 Charging infrastructure on Alabama’s interstate and non-interstate corridors.
Per the Alabama Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan, Tier 1 priority is given for Interstate 22 (I22). Installing the first DCFC along this corridor will allow it to achieve a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) EV “corridor pending” designation.
Program Goals
- Increased EV Adoption: EV manufacturing in Alabama is new and increasing. There are 17 DC fast-charging sites with 38 charging ports and 10 Tesla-only DC fast-charging sites with 84 charging ports currently in Alabama. The availability of vehicle charging stations is a major challenge facing the adoption of EVs. Expanding publicly accessible EV charging infrastructure is critical to achieving increased EV adoption.
- Economic Development: Economic development potential is a major focus for the state of Alabama. Directing funding to projects that rely on domestic sources of fuel and utilize vehicles and technologies produced in Alabama can have a significant economic impact for the state by ensuring that more money stays in their local economy to create more local jobs. Projects that facilitate local, regional, and long-distance EV travel and enhance consumer EV adoption will support the Alabama EV manufacturing industry as well as support and grow associated interstate commerce.
- Fuel Security and Energy Assurance: To address the goal of increasing fuel security and energy assurance, EV infrastructure projects will rely on domestically-sourced energy. These types of projects increase their fuel security and energy assurance by reducing dependence on foreign fuels and the global oil market.
Funding Information
- The ADECA Energy Division intends to issue one award for Tier 1 totaling no more than $500,000.00. The program will have a grant ceiling of $500,000.00 per application.
- The project must support the Alabama Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan and have an anticipated completion timeframe of 12 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants for this round of funding are government and non-government entities looking to install EV DCFC infrastructure equipment along the I-22 corridor. Joint project partners are permitted; however, the application should be submitted by the primary partner.
For more information, visit ADECA.
