The Colorado Energy Office supports initiatives to ensure access to electric vehicle charging stations in Colorado.
Donor Name: Colorado Energy Office (CEO)
State: Colorado
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/13/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
CEO developed the Direct Current Fast-Charging (DCFC) Plazas program in partnership with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to increase access to high-speed charging in communities and along highway corridors throughout the state.
This funding opportunity is designed to increase access to high-speed charging throughout the state and to fill remaining gaps along Colorado’s transportation corridors and within urban and rural communities.
Funding Information
- DCFC Plazas Incentives
- Seven County Denver Metro Area: $75,000.
- Front Range Urban: $100,000.
- Rural: $125,000.
- Enhanced Incentives
- Enhanced incentives are also available for the following applicant or project types:
- Disproportionately Impacted Communities: +$5,000 per charging port
- Battery Integrated Storage (Battery Energy Storage Systems): +$25,000 per site
- Standalone Battery Storage: +$45,000 per site.
- Enhanced incentives are also available for the following applicant or project types:
Grant Period
CEO anticipates that final installation for each Plaza will be completed and operational within 24 months of contract execution.
Eligible Costs
- Networking and data plans
- Warranties for equipment and parts and labor (at least 5 years required)
- Service Level Agreements
- Utility upgrades such as transformers and extensions
- Solar and storage equipment that are exclusively dedicated to the charging equipment (for example, solar panels on roofs serving the entire building or installation of offsite solar farms will not be acceptable).
- Other hard costs (switchgear, concrete, conduit, wire, signage, etc.)
- Video surveillance equipment of the site for security and remote monitoring
- Landscaping remediation directly resulting from the installation of the charging stations
- Parking stall striping directly resulting from the installation of the charging stations
- Other equipment and non-labor project costs including design and engineering, site surveys and permitting
- Future-proofing including additional conduit and wiring
- Shipping of equipment
- Public outreach and education as it directly relate to the proposed project
- Labor associated with site preparation, such as trenching, or equipment installation (applicants will be required to clearly separate equipment, non-labor project costs, and labor costs in their proposals)
- Labor associated with project management
Geographical Limitations
Location regions are defined as follows:
- Seven County Denver Metro Area: Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson County.
- Front Range Urban: Pueblo, El Paso, Larimer, and Weld County.
- Rural: Includes the remainder of the state outside of the counties listed.
Eligibility Criteria
Businesses & Industry, Government & Public Institutions, Tribal Governments and Entities, Non-profit.
For more information, visit CEO.
