California to Get $379M in Funding for EV Charging Infrastructure
A U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington’s issued a final ruling against the Trump Administration in multistate litigation challenging the withholding of funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has now approved nearly all funding allocated to California under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program. California Attorney General Rob Bonta get an early court order in June blocking the Administration’s withholding of funding.
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With Friday’s court order, Bonta, along with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, the California Department of Transportation, and the California Energy Commission, can now access $379 million in funding to support electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
In 2021, Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. One provision of the IIJA appropriated $5 billion for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure formula program for a national network of electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the states. President Trump once in office issued an executive order directing federal agencies to immediately stop releasing certain funds appropriated through the IIJA, including $5 billion that Congress appropriated for electric vehicle charging stations under NEVI.