The federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act established the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program. The NEVI Program will provide the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) $175 million for electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers along designated corridors, adding new funds to New York State’s clean transportation programs. The funding will be apportioned over five years, with funding for FYs 2022–2024 approved and funding for FY 2025–2026 to be determined.
New York State’s NEVI Plan describes how the funding will be released through a portfolio of programs issued by the NYSDOT in partnership with the New York Power Authority (NYPA), New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA), and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). New York State’s NEVI funds are for publicly available direct current fast charging (DCFC) sites along EV Alternative Fuel Corridors (AFCs), which are shown on this map, as designated by the United States Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
Programs
- NYSERDA’s Upstate NEVI DCFC Program (PON 5865), round 1 due December 4, 2024, provides up to $21.5 million for chargers north of and including I-84. NYSERDA will fund a maximum of 80 percent of eligible costs, not to exceed $1,536,000 or $1,200 per kW per site. Another round of funding is expected in the near future.
- NYPA is collaborating with NYSDOT to build out NEVI-funded chargers through its EVolve NY Program’s vendor pool and has announced the installation of new NEVI-funded chargers.
- On its NEVI Program website, NYSERDA indicated a forthcoming $15 million in funding obtained through the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program (CFI Program), which was also created under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
A large portion of New York State’s $175 million of NEVI funding has yet to be allocated. Any chargers funded under the NEVI Program must meet the extensive NEVI standards, including spacing between stations, availability, interoperability, data communications, charging ports, and connectivity. These standards all flow through and are applicable to any projects applying to New York State’s programs funded by NEVI. In addition, applicants will need to ensure compliance with the program-specific rules as NYSDOT, NYSERDA, NYPA, and NYSTA collaborate to issue and negotiate contracts for winning applicants.
Barclay Damon’s Regulatory Practice Area attorneys will continue to monitor the NEVI Plan and provide updates once funding is allocated.
If you have any questions regarding the content of this alert, please contact Ekin Senlet, Regulatory Practice Area co-chair, at esenlet@barclaydamon.com; Ben Falber, partner, at bfalber@barclaydamon.com; or another member of the firm’s Regulatory Practice Area.