National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) NEVI Formula Program provides funding to states to strategically deploy electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. Funding is available for up to 80% of eligible project costs, including:

• The acquisition, installation, and network connection of EV chargers to facilitate data collection, access, and reliability
• Proper operation and maintenance of EV chargers
• Long-term EV charger data sharing

EV chargers must be non-proprietary, allow for open-access payment methods, be publicly available or available to authorized commercial motor vehicle operators from more than one company, and be located along designated FHWA Alternative Fuel Corridors (AFCs). If a state and their FHWA Division Office determine that all AFCs in the state have been fully built out, then the state can propose alternative public locations and roads for EV charger installation.

FHWA must distribute the NEVI Program Formula Program funds made available each fiscal year (FY) through FY 2026, so that each state receives an amount equal to the state FHWA funding formula determined by 23 U.S. Code 104. To receive funding, states must submit updated plans to their FHWA Division Office for review and publicly post annually, describing how the state intends to distribute NEVI funds and related physical and cybersecurity strategies, and including a Community Engagement Outcomes Report.

Additionally, federal law requires that 10% of NEVI Formula funding be set aside each FY for DOT to provide grants for states and localities requiring additional assistance to strategically deploy EV charging infrastructure. The FY 2022 10% NEVI set aside funding was used for the EV Charger Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator Program (EVC-RAA), which provided grants focused on repairing or replacing non-operational EV chargers. The remainder of set-aside funds were allocated to the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Round 1B awards.

For additional information, see the FHWA NEVI website and EVC-RAA websites and the Joint Office website.

(Reference 23 U.S. Code 165, 90 Federal Register 39025, and Public Law 117-58)