Recent Grants

The Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program (CFI Program) is a new competitive grant program to strategically deploy publicly accessible electric vehicle charging and alternative fueling infrastructure in the places people live and work, urban and rural areas alike, in addition to along designated Alternative Fuel Corridors (AFCs). 

CFI Program investments will make modern and sustainable infrastructure accessible to all drivers of electric, hydrogen, propane, and natural gas vehicles. 

This program provides two funding categories of grants: 

• Community Charging and Fueling Grants (Community Program) which are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to expand or fill gaps in access to charging or alternative fueling infrastructure
• Alternative Fuel Corridor Grants (Corridor Program) which are expected to support buildout of charging or alternative fueling infrastructure along designated AFCs

Eligible Projects under Community Program include: 

• Eligible infrastructure is publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure. Propane fueling infrastructure is limited to infrastructure for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.
• Projects may be located on any public road or in other publicly accessible locations, such as parking facilities at public buildings, public schools, and public parks, or in publicly accessible parking facilities owned or managed by a private entity.

Eligible Project Costs under Community Program include:

• Acquisition and installation of eligible infrastructure (as defined above). An applicant that receives a CFI grant for installation of eligible infrastructure may also use grant funds for: 

• Any related construction or reconstruction and the acquisition of real property directly related to the project.
• Development phase activities, including planning, feasibility analysis, revenue forecasting, environmental review, preliminary engineering and design work, and other preconstruction activities.
• Contracting with a private entity for the acquisition, construction, installation, maintenance, or operation of eligible infrastructure included in the project.

• Educational and community engagement activities to develop and implement education programs through partnerships with schools, community organizations, and vehicle dealerships to support the use of zero-emission vehicles and associated infrastructure (may not exceed more than 5 percent of the grant amount awarded)

Eligible Projects under Corridor Program include:

• Corridor Program grants must be awarded to any project that contracts with a private entity for acquisition and installation, or operation, of eligible infrastructure. 

• Eligible infrastructure is publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, or natural gas fueling infrastructure that is directly related to the charging or fueling of a vehicle. Propane fueling infrastructure is limited to infrastructure for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.
• Projects must be located along an alternative fuel corridor designated in the NOFO.
• EV charging infrastructure should be conveniently and safely located as close to the AFC as possible, and, in general, no greater than one mile from Interstate exits or highway intersections along designated corridors. 
• Hydrogen fueling infrastructure, propane fueling infrastructure, and natural gas fueling infrastructure should be conveniently and safely located as close to the AFC as possible, and, in general, no greater than five miles from Interstate exits or highway intersections along designated corridors. 

Corridor Program Eligible Project Costs include:

• Contracting with a private entity for acquisition and installation of eligible infrastructure 
• Providing a private entity with operating assistance for the first 5 years of operations after the installation of eligible infrastructure while the facility transitions to independent system operations.
• Operating assistance shall be limited to costs allocable to operating and maintaining the eligible infrastructure and service and may not exceed the amount of a contract to acquire and install eligible infrastructure.
• An applicant that receives a CFI grant for acquisition and installation, or operations, of eligible infrastructure may also use grant funds for acquisition and installation of traffic control devices located in the right-of-way to provide directional information to eligible infrastructure included in the project.