The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $1,200,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Interstate Renewable Energy Council Inc. (IREC) under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117). The project aims to accelerate innovative solutions addressing gaps and unclear requirements in new and developing solar, storage, electric vehicle (EV), and electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) markets. Key goals...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $5,493,941 Cooperative Agreement to the Electric Power Research Institute Inc. (EPRI) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program. The objective of the "GridFAST EXPRESS" project is to establish a comprehensive national program focused on streamlining the utility interconnection process for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, including both AC Level 2 and DC...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $1,520,750 Cooperative Agreement to the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), a non-profit organization, under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program. The project, titled "Electric Vehicle Carshare Viability: Assessing Business Models in US Cities for Resiliency, Equity and EV Charging Integration," will run from September 1, 2024 to March 26, 2025. The project aims to...
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 U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $2,296,542 Cooperative Agreement to Evgo Services LLC to develop low-cost tools for enabling third-party interoperability testing for electric vehicles (EVs) and electric vehicle service equipment (EVSE) with the ISO-15118 plug and charge standard. The project also aims to develop conformance testing to define current and future iterations of the standard to promote widespread interoperability and...
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 Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $5,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Plug In America under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program. The objective of this 3-year award, effective August 1, 2024, is to reach approximately 5 million consumers with practical, brand-neutral information about electric vehicles (EVs), charging, and incentives. The campaign is designed to provide socially and culturally relevant...
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 (CFDA 81.086) program provides $1,750,000 in funding to the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) to advance zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure planning and implementation at the state and local level. The goal is to ensure electric vehicle (EV) charging station infrastructure and other...
This federal 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 (CFDA 81.086) program provides $1,220,000 to evaluate and enhance the resilience of electric vehicle charging stations (EVCS) and associated distribution grid infrastructure in Indianapolis, IN, Dayton, OH, and Ames, IA. The primary objectives are to: (A) quantify the resilience of EVCS and the supporting power...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program provides $6,046,425 to deploy an Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Interoperability Test Bed. The project aims to increase industrial capacity, competition, redundancy, and broad access to validation testing and certification of Direct Current (DC) fast chargers with power ratings between 150 kilowatts...