Connecticut Submits National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan

Aug. 2, 2022
Connecticut plans on having 125,000-150,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2025

The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) announced its submission of Connecticut's Charging Ahead Plan: A Strategy to Expand Public Electric Vehicle Charging to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) on Monday. The proposal establishes the state's National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program.

The NEVI program aims to build out a national system of electric vehicle (EV) chargers to enhance EV driver experience while traveling long distances.

The NEVI formula program, established in the bipartisan Infrustructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) will provide $5 billion over five years for states to deploy direct current fast EV chargers along highway corridors. The funds can be used within one mile of federally approved designated corridors, with less than a 50-mile gap between chargers.

“Connecticut’s NEVI plan will provide our state with a robust roadmap to catalyze the expansion of a safe, reliable, and accessible fast-charging EV network along our interstates,” CTDOT Commissioner Joe Giulietti said. “Transformational infrastructure programs focused on reducing carbon emissions like this will create a cleaner, more equitable, and resilient transportation system for all drivers.”

The NEVI Program provides formula funding to states to award grants to private, public, and nonprofit entities to build, own, maintain and operate chargers. The program pays up to 80 percent of eligible costs for charging infrastructure. CTDOT will not own or operate any EV chargers.

Phase one of Connecticut’s NEVI Plan will focus on building up to 10 locations consisting of at least four individual public fast chargers with a minimum power level of 150kW per port along Connecticut’s interstate system.

Connecticut was one of eleven states to sign the Zero-Emission Vehicle Memorandum of Understanding in 2013 and has committed to an ambitious EV adoption goal of 125,000-150,000 EVs on the road by 2025.

As of July 2022, there were over 25,000 EVs registered in Connecticut, a fraction of the nearly 2.9 million light-duty passenger cars and trucks registered in Connecticut. Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles (CTDMV) records indicate that over the last year, more than 10,800 new light-duty EVs have been registered in Connecticut, increasing from over 9,700 the previous year.

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Source: CTDOT

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