Dec. 16, 2024 

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Next year Oregon’s EV drivers can look forward to several repaired and upgraded public fast EV charging stations along U.S. 101, Interstates 84 and 5, and in the Portland area thanks to a federal grant program. 

This month ODOT selected three EV charging companies to receive grants from the federal Electric Vehicle Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator program. These first three grants will fund repairs and upgrades to 20 public DC fast charging ports and four public Level 2 charging ports.  

We selected the three companies — EV Charging Solutions, OpConnect Inc. and Electrify America — via a competitive process. We’re still developing final grant agreements with each company, but we expect to have them in place by early 2025. We estimate the companies will begin repair and upgrade work before the end of 2025.  

Station locations and details 

EV Charging Solutions 

1. 1499 NE 15th St, Lincoln City: Eight DC fast charging ports (four funded by the grant program.)
2. 1310 Locust St., Arlington: Eight DC fast charging ports (four funded by the grant program.) 

OpConnect Inc. 

1. 1100 Airport Road, Salem: Four DC fast charging ports.
2. 3640 Northeast Martin Luther King Junior Blvd., Portland: Four Level 2 charging ports. 

Electrify America  

1. 400 4th St, Lake Oswego: Four DC fast charging ports.
2. 3805 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland: Four DC fast charging ports. 

We intend to award just under $3.2 million for these projects out of an available $10 million. The companies are required to provide at least 20% matching funds in order to receive grant funds. 

We’re planning a second grant funding opportunity for the program in 2025, pending approval from the Federal Highway Administration.  

About the Electric Vehicle Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator program 

The program funds repairs and upgrades to pre-selected public charging stations throughout the state. Grant recipients must use the funds to repair broken Level 2 and DC fast charging ports or install new ones. Federal rules require repaired or upgraded stations to have at least four functional charging ports. 

The federal government assembled Oregon’s pre-selected list of stations in October 2023. They identified 135 public EV charging stations in Oregon that were eligible for funding from the program. Each station had at least one broken Level 2 or DC fast charging port.  

View a map of the eligible stations on Google maps. 

Note: The above map is the potential pool of stations that may receive funding for repairs and upgrades. Given the federal government chose those stations over one year ago, it’s possible some of them have been fixed since then. Additionally, this funding opportunity is voluntary so we can’t predict how many station owners or operators will apply.    

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Accelerating Oregon’s transition to EVs is one of the ways we’re working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. By 2050, our data says we’re on track to reduce emissions by about 60%. Learn how we’ll get there on Oregon’s transportation emissions website.