The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is announcing the launch of the first round of Light Duty Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Program (EVSE) funding under its Volkswagen NOx Mitigation Program!
Donor Name: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
State: Connecticut
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/30/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $4 million
Details:
These funds originate from the settlement of In re: Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2672 CRB (JSC) (Dkt. No. 2103-1) and are being held by Wilmington Trust, a third-party trustee selected by the COURT to administer the VW Environmental Mitigation Trust (Trust) as specified in Appendix D-2 to the Environmental Mitigation Trust Agreement for State Beneficiaries (Mitigation Trust Agreement).1 The Settlement allows for 15% of the total Trust to be allocated towards light duty electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE). For this first round of EVSE funding DEEP is making available up to $4 million in funding:
- $3 million will be available for EVSE project grants to fund municipal and state government EVSE infrastructure.
- $1.2 million is set-aside for EVSE deployment at state government sites to advance the sustainability goals of Executive Order 1.
- $1.8 million is set aside for additional state or municipal government sites.
- $1 million dollars will be dedicated to support non-government public EVSE.
Eligibility Criteria
Connecticut or local government agency (including a school district, municipality, city, county, special district, transit district, joint powers authority, or port authority, owning fleets purchased with government funds), and a tribal government or native village.
For more information, visit DEEP.