Washington Department of Commerce is accepting grant applications for the Clean Energy Fund – Electrification of Transportation Systems (ETS) Grants program.
Donor Name: Washington State Department of Commerce
State: Washington
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/15/2022
Size of the Grant: $970,000
Details:
This grant fund is for the continued transformation of the electric transportation market in Washington State. The Electrification of Transportation Systems Program (ETS) provides grants to Washington local governments, Tribal Governments, and retail electric utilities for electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
The Washington State Legislature created the Clean Energy Fund (CEF) to provide a public benefit to the citizens of Washington State through the deployment of clean energy technologies that save energy and reduce energy costs, reduce harmful air emissions, or otherwise increase energy independence for the state. The ETS Program is funded as part of CEF 5 enacted in section 1064 (11) of Substitute House Bill 1080. Funding authorized in Substitute House Bill 1080 will be competitively awarded through two separate solicitations. This RFA outlines the first round only. The second round will be initiated later in 2022 and will provide funds for electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) infrastructure gaps in rural communities. The purchase and installation of EVSE charging infrastructure is reserved for the next round of CEF ETS funding and is not included in this RFA.
Funding Information
- There is currently up to $3,000,000 in state funding available from the Clean Energy Fund Electrification of Transportation Systems program as authorized by section 1064 (11) of Substitute House Bill 1080, in the 2021 Capital Budget.
- In this round, $970,000 in Washington State will be competitively awarded.
Eligible Projects
Commerce is seeking projects that aim to:
- Integrate and manage load using behavioral, software, hardware, or other demand-side management technologies for on-road end-uses and non-maritime off-road end-uses;
- Provide enduring benefits to vulnerable communities disproportionately burdened by air pollution, climate change impacts, or lack of transportation systems.
- Examples of eligible technologies to manage and/or integrate load include, but are not limited to:
- Battery EV supply equipment.
- On-site generation or storage, where the technology directly supplies electricity to the EVSE.
- Electric grid distribution system infrastructure upgrades, where the upgrade is needed as a result of installed EVSE.
- Other demand response, time-of-use rates, or behavioral programming strategies and related assets/infrastructure.
Eligibility Criteria
- Federally recognized Tribal governments
- Small utilities (the definition of “small utility” is adopted from RCW 19.29A.010)
- Washington state agencies
- Local governments
For more information, visit Washington State Department of Commerce.
