Cooperative Agreement DEEE0008893

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $1.5M Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program to the non-profit organization Utah Clean Cities. The objective of this 3-year project, titled "ChargeWest - Revolutionizing Transportation in the Intermountain West", is to establish an electric vehicle (EV) corridor collaborative across eight states in the Intermountain West region. Utah...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award DEEE0011132, entitled "REWIRED: RURAL ELECTRIC UTILITY WORKFLOW IMPROVEMENTS FOR RAPID EVSE DEPLOYMENT," is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086). This $2,294,576 project, awarded on June 1, 2024, aims to develop processes that minimize the soft costs of electric vehicle charging infrastructure installations to enable swifter...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $5,493,941 Cooperative Agreement to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) on August 14, 2024 under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program. The objective of the "GRIDFAST EXPRESS" project is to establish a comprehensive national program focused on streamlining the utility interconnection process for both AC Level 2 and DC fast charging technologies for...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), seeks to develop frameworks, metrics, and tools to quantify the resilience of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and potential mitigation strategies for the state of Colorado. The $1,296,937 award to Colorado State University will create an EV charging infrastructure resiliency plan for...

This Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $195,769 to Tennessee Technological University (Tennessee Tech) to develop scalable models and forecasting tools for planning and operating an electrified transportation network (ETN). The key products to be delivered include: A scalable travel motif-based electric vehicle (EV) data generation model that uses publicly available data to simulate individual EV travel...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) provides $1,877,875 to create a roadmap for the Monterey Bay area to assess the climate change vulnerability of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and implement strategies to ensure EV infrastructure build-out increases equity and resiliency. The project, titled "Monterey Bay EV...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has awarded a $1,248,451 Cooperative Agreement to the West Virginia University Research Corporation to develop and pilot a nationwide network of higher education and career technical institutions. The goal is to provide sustainable, standardized hybrid online/in-person training on electric vehicle maintenance for the current automotive technician workforce. This work is being conducted under the Conservation Research and...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has awarded a $3,552,522 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program to the Central Pines Regional Council, also known as the North Carolina Association of Regional Councils of Government. The objective of this 1-year project is to assess the performance, reliability, usability, and safety of AC Level 2 and DC Fast Charging (DCFC) stations across all 50 states, the...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $1,487,838 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program to Virginia Electric & Power Co, doing business as Dominion Virginia Power, for the "Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation (BIL) Project SYNC" to develop electric vehicle charging infrastructure. This project aims to expand the network of available EV charging beyond urban centers to bridge the...

The federal Project Grant award for the "Southeast to Southwest Ohio Responsive Interregional Deployment of Electrification Solutions (RIDES) EV Charging Infrastructure Project" was provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205). The $6,882,104 award, granted on September 13, 2024, will fund the expansion of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure across southeastern and...