Sept. 23, 2025 

For more information, contact Mindy McCartt 503-507-6045 

We’re helping Oregon build a more reliable public EV charging network and today our latest grant opportunity will help us reach that goal.  

The ODOT Climate Office has about $6 million available for repairs and upgrades to public Level 2 and DC fast charging stations throughout the state. The grant funding opportunity closes Nov. 4, 2025. 

Eligible charging station owners or operators, electric utilities, and public entities may apply to the program.  

Grantees may use funds to repair broken charging stations or upgrade working ones with faster charging rates and more charging ports.  

The funding comes from the federal Electric Vehicle Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator Program. This is the second funding round for the program in Oregon. We ran the first round in fall 2024 and announced grant recipients in December. 

We expect Round 1 grant recipients to begin repairing and upgrading stations by March 2026. 

Changes from Round 1 

We’ve changed the grant program in a few ways since Round 1: 

• A bigger pool of broken public EV charging stations is eligible for funding. 

• More station owners/operators are eligible to apply.  

• Projects in certain locations, including underserved communities, will receive more points from our application scoring criteria.  

Eligible charging station locations 

View a map of the eligible charging station locations on Google Maps. 

How to read the map: 

• The purple pins represent existing stations that are eligible for grant funding for repairs or upgrades. These stations were selected by the federal government in fall 2023. 

• The orange shapes represent areas that we think would benefit from repaired or upgraded EV charging stations. Charging stations in these areas are eligible for the grant program. 

• Other charging stations not represented on the map may also be eligible for this program. 

Visit the grant program webpage (link above) for more information about station eligibility.  

What’s next 

After the grant opportunity closes Nov. 4 we’ll review applications and select grant recipients by December 2025. 

As of September 2025, Oregon has nearly 4,000 public EV charging ports (Level 2 and DC fast) among about 1,500 stations. 

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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 Oregon is on track to reduce emissions by about 60%. Learn how we’ll get there on Oregon’s transportation emissions website.