Electric vehicle charging station construction projects that are ready to break ground in the Bay Area can receive their share of $30 million in incentive funds, the California Energy Commission announced this week.
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In efforts to strengthen the state’s EV charging station network, energy officials have allocated funds to shovel-ready projects in 30 counties around the state. Projects in all nine counties of the Bay Area are eligible for funding.
Funds stem from the state’s Golden State Priority Project, which is an initiative to expedite fast-charging station infrastructure in low-income and tribal communities.
CEC Commissioner Patty Monahan said the money is meant to « fill the gap » in areas with few places to charge electric cars, and ultimately make it easier for all Californians to switch to cleaner transportation.
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« This new model is designed to deploy charging infrastructure swiftly and equitably to make sure every EV driver feels confident they can refuel, and that need is especially critical in rural, low-income and tribal communities, » said Monahan.
Businesses, community organizations and public entities with construction projects in disadvantaged communities are encouraged to apply by March 10. Site locations can include airports, gas stations, universities, public transit hubs and other places accessible to the public.
Awardees will receive rebates to purchase and install up to 20 fast chargers per site, at $100,000 per connector.
More information on the initiative can be found on the project’s website at https://calevip.org/incentive-project/golden-state-priority-project.
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A firefighter worked to extinguish a structure fire that broke before noon Wednesday inside a home in the 1500 block of the Silverado Trail.
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Bel Aire Park ceramics teacher Pam Imbach works with fifth-graders at the Napa school as they begin the process of designing a clay mask as part of an art project recognizing Black History Month.
A participant competes in the 21st annual Napa County Pruning Contest put on by the Farmworker Foundation at Beringer Vineyards Gamble Ranch in Yountville on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023.
Alexander Geron, 3, practices pruning before the start of the 21st annual Napa County Pruning Contes, which the Napa Valley Farmworker Foundation staged Saturday morning.
A participant competes in the 21st annual Napa County Pruning Contest at Beringer Vineyards’ Gamble Ranch near Yountville. The competition featured 106 farmworkers in men’s and women’s divisions.
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The referee raises Napa’s David Lopez arm after he pinned Vintage’s Aiden Ridddleberger during their heavyweight bout in a Vine Valley Big Game wrestling match in Napa on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. Napa would defeat Vintage 37-36.
