​​​Electric Vehicle Charging Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator (EVC-RAA) Program

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) established the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program to provide funding to states to strategically deploy EV charging infrastructure and to establish an interconnected network to facilitate data collection, access, and reliability. The BIL directed that 10% of the NEVI funds be set aside “to make grants to States and localities that require additional assistance to strategically deploy electric vehicle charging infrastructure". The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) used a portion of the 10% set-aside funds for the Electric Vehicle Charger Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator (EVC-RAA) program to focus on repairing and replacing broken or non-operational EV chargers to improve the reliability of existing EV charging infrastructure. 

PennDOT subsequently applied for funding through the EVC-RAA program and was awarded $5 million. In accordance with FHWA requirements, these funds may only be used to bring specific charging stations into compliance with 23 CFR 680 requirements, including the requirements to operate a minimum of 4 charging ports and maintain a greater than 97% uptime. For more information about the EVC-RAA program, please visit https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/nevi/evc_raa/. 

EVC-RAA Funding Opportunity

The PennDOT EVC-RAA Funding Opportunity is now available! The EVC-RAA program will begin accepting online proposals on July 2, 2024 and will close on August 14, 2024 at precisely 5:00 PM EDT. The deadline to submit technical questions to ra-pdevcorridors@pa.gov is June 24, 2024. Please see below for additional funding opportunity details and resources. 

• PennDOT EVC-RAA Funding Opportunity​
  
• Davis-Bacon Wage Rate Update (Will be provided on August 5, 2024)
• PennDOT EVC-RAA Technical Questions and Responses (Will be provided on July 1, 2024)
• PennDOT EVC-RAA Important Considerations for Prospective Contractors​​
  
• Final List of 174 Eligible Charging Stations in Pennsylvania​
  
• PennDOT EVC-RAA Informational Webinar held on June 11, 2024
  
• Webinar Recording​
  
• Webinar Slides
  
• PennDOT EVC-RAA Proposal Excel File to be Uploaded with Online Proposals​ (See Appendix II of the EVC-RAA Funding Opportunity for more details)
• Search for Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program (EVITP) Certified Electricians
• Search for Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program (EVITP) Certified Electricians in Pennsylvania​​​

EVC-RAA Timeline