U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Clean Cities

Electric Vehicle Community Readiness Project Awards

Project Awardees and Community Readiness Plans

The project awardees range from localities experienced with EV planning to those without resources to start but eager to do so. Depending on local needs, each awardee prepared a community readiness plan that includes activities such as streamlining permitting processes, revising codes, training emergency personnel, educating the public, and developing incentives.

Awardee	Project	Location	Amount
American Lung Association of the Southwest	Project FEVER. Fostering Electric Vehicle Readiness Community Readiness Plan	Colorado	$500,000
Center for the Commercialization of Electric Technologies	Texas Triangle Plug-In Electric Vehicle Readiness Community Readiness Plan	Dallas/Houston/San Antonio Corridor	$500,000
Center for Transportation and the Environment	Southeast Regional Readiness Workbook	Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina	$545,400
Centralina Council of Governments	North Carolina Plug-In Electric Vehicle (PEV) Taskforce Community Readiness Plan	North Carolina	$500,000
City of Austin, Austin Energy	Texas River Cities Plug-In Vehicle Initiative Community Readiness Plan	Greater Austin and San Antonio	$499,782
Clean Energy Coalition	Plug-In Ready Michigan Community Readiness Plan	Michigan	$500,000
Clean Fuels Ohio	Drive Electric Ohio Community Readiness Plan	Ohio	$500,000
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission	Coming Spring 2013	Delaware Valley	$387,698
Metropolitan Energy Information Center, Inc.	Coming Soon	Missouri	$441,178
New York City and Lower Hudson Valley Clean Communities, Inc	Coming Soon	New York	$418,612
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority	Northeast Electric Vehicle Initiative Community Readiness Plan	New England	$994,500
Oregon Business Development Department	Energizing Oregon Community Readiness Plan	Oregon	$485,000
South Coast Air Quality Management District	California Plug-in Electric Vehicle Readiness Project Community Readiness Plan	California	$1,000,000
South Florida Regional Planning Council	Drive Electric Florida Community Readiness Plan: Part I Community Readiness Plan: Part II	Florida	$500,000
University of Hawaii	Multi-Year Plan to Achieve High EV Penetration on an Isolated Grid	Maui, Hawaii	$299,693
Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy	Virginia EV Community Readiness Plan	Virginia	$429,051
Total		16	$8,500,914

More Information

In addition to electric vehicles, Clean Cities supports a broad portfolio of alternative transportation technologies. Learn more about Clean Cities, its goals and accomplishments, and the Plug-In Vehicle and Infrastructure Community Readiness Workshop.

On September 8, 2011, Secretary Chu also announced awards for DOE's Graduate Automotive Technology Education (GATE) initiative. For more information, see the full press release.