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Proposed projects in Grangeville and Camaya in north-central Idaho recently received $425,000 in development and construction funding to meet the nation’s and state’s growing demand for electric vehicle charging stations.
In total, 12 Idaho beneficiaries received Electric Vehicle Equipment (EVSE) program funding from the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources (OEMR) and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
The funding will be used to deploy public electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment along major and Idaho highways, creating a larger network of charging services for the public.
Since 2017, DEQ and OEMR have been managing the EVSE program with financial support from the Volkswagen Matching Centre. The program is designed to provide co-financing or cost recovery for DC fast charging equipment, commonly referred to as charging stations or cradles. The program provided funding totaling $2.6 million and ended in July 2022.
Private company Cloninger’s Inc. received $217,379 for its Grangeville project (to be located at 415 Main Street) and $207,683 for its Kamiah project (508 Third Street). Three charging docks are recommended for each location, typically with two ports each, according to Michael Brown, DEQ’s head of environmental resources.
“They have two years to complete the project,” Brown said, pointing to a soft timeline. “If they are finishing a project and they are having project delays and need an extension, we will meet those requirements.”
Brown noted that for non-government-owned projects, the rebate received is 80 percent of the project cost, 20 percent of which is paid by the applicant. As part of the agreement, applicants must maintain the charging station for five years. The cost of the station is set by the applicant.
When the electric bus station project is completed, there will be no fixed schedule, Brown said, because the customer must complete the project first. Secondly, there is a supply problem in the industry due to back orders, exacerbated by increased demand from electric vehicle stations under construction.
“DEQ’s goal is that the more electric vehicles we put on the road, the less combustion engine emissions we have,” said Brown, a mechanism to encourage this while participating in other similar grants and funding opportunities. usable.
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