In its draft plan, California describes the corridor gap segment approach. And this holds across many of the plans-it will be important to watch for the terms of the RFP and how strong the applications for funding are on the important criteria. Some important issues, like how operation and maintenance will be covered and how uptime requirements will be met, will be dealt with in the request for proposal process. Credit to Alabama for their attention to emergency preparedness in their planning. The state also notes the resilience of stations to restore power after a storm as important. The state plan indicates it will pursue higher power DC fast chargers at charging stations that are on those so that those stations can turnover more vehicles more quickly in an emergency. Measuring benefits to these areas is lacking in the plan.Īn interesting consideration that came up in the Alabama is power levels at stations on hurricane evacuation routes. In the Alabama plan, the equity discussions focus on low income and rural areas, and the overall recommendations include set-asides that include areas with a high ration of multi-unit dwellings to single-family homes along with low-income and rural areas. This plan shows that the economic opportunity from of EV manufacturing or anything in the EV charging supply chain can be a convincing influence for states. I think reason is new and increasing EV manufacturing in the state, as mentioned in the plan. The plan is very positive about EVs and infrastructure deployment. The state wants to make use of all federal NEVI program dollars available to it, and they’re considering the NEVI funding in the context of other EV infrastructure funding that is available in the state, including state and VW Settlement funds. The January plan provides a strong foundation for a plan that could be submitted to the Joint Office, though I do see the need for some updates to tailor the plan to the NEVI Program Guidance and plan template, which were both released after Alabama’s plan.Īlabama’s plan was an interesting read.
#Satisfactory planner update
But it seems likely: In my internet search quest to figure out whether the January plan would be the plan for Alabama, I did discover that an update to that plan is in the works and will be finalized in time to coincide with the deadline to submit plans. It is not clear that this plan or a version of this plan is what the Alabama DOT will submit to the Joint Office for approval to get the state’s NEVI funds. The Alabama draft plan I reviewed is the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan released in January 2022 by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs-not the Alabama Department of Transportation (DOT). That’s because the timeline for states to compile a plan was quite short in the grand scheme of state regulatory agency action. Truth be told, I was pleasantly surprised that so many states did go through a plan proposal, public comment period, and refinement process. I decided to start with Alabama, California, Texas, and Wyoming. I couldn’t get quite the representative cross section I wanted because there are still big gaps in which states have released a draft plan. I pulled a few draft plans to look at as a starting point, aiming for a cross section of states in different regions, with different politics, with different economic stakes in the EV transition, at different places in EV adoption, with different weather. Funds will be allocated to states each year for implementation based on a pre-established formula, provided the departments of transportation in those states submit a satisfactory EV charging plan to the Joint Office, with updates to the plan required annually.
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Funding under the NEVI program totals $5 billion from 2022 through 2026.
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Program funds can be used to plan for, install, operate, and maintain EV charging stations along travel corridors, with a focus on designated Alternative Fuel Corridors. The NEVI Program is one of two programs in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that provide funding for publicly-accessible electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. State plans for the National EV Charging Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program are due to the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation today, and many states released a draft plan for feedback in the last couple of months.