DCFC Plazas

​​The Colorado Energy Office’s (CEO) Direct Current Fast-Charging (DCFC) Plazas program, developed in partnership with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), is designed to increase access to high-speed charging in communities and along highway corridors across Colorado. The DCFC Plazas program is funded through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program and the Community Access Enterprise (CAE). For more information on Colorado’s investment plan, please see Colorado’s NEVI Plan and the CAE’s Ten-Year Plan. Funding will be available for corridor and community-based projects in all parts of the state. 

Proposed DCFC locations must take into account proximity of existing and planned DCFC locations. Applicants should reference the NEVI project planning map linked below. This will result in the strategic deployment of high-speed charging infrastructure to accommodate drivers without regular access to home or workplace charging and drivers who are in need of quick, convenient charging while traveling throughout Colorado. CDOT and CEO have developed resources to identify charging station gaps along Colorado’s designated alternative fuel corridors and help facilitate development of DCFC projects:

• NEVI Project Planning Map
• DCFC Plazas Program Partnering List 

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CEO will award projects utilizing both NEVI and CAE funding, and reserves the right to fund more or less based on the proposals received.

• Seven County Denver Metro Area: Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson counties
• Front Range Urban: El Paso, Larimer, Pueblo, and Weld counties
• Rural: All other Colorado counties not listed above
   

An extra $5,000 per charging port incentive is available for projects in disproportionately impacted or disadvantaged communities.

An extra $25,000 per site incentive is available for sites with battery integrated storage. An extra $45,000 per site incentive is available for sites with standalone storage.

Please refer to the Program Guide linked below under "Apply" for further details on the Enhanced Incentives.

CEO and CDOT have identified Priority Locations for EV infrastructure in the statewide transportation charging network. These gaps include locations with no charging or where existing charging does not meet NEVI requirements. Projects proposed within these corridor gaps will be prioritized during the evaluation process given their importance in providing NEVI-compliant charging at least every 50 miles along federally-designated Alternative Fuel Corridors. 

In order to fill remaining gaps and priority locations, and to reach our NEVI goals, CEO will prioritize funding for proposed projects located in the communities listed as priority areas in the DCFC Plazas Application Guide (see p. 6-7). 

Projects proposed along corridors outside of these areas are still eligible for funding through the Community Access Enterprise.

• CDOT Signage Information
• State of Colorado Model Contract and Supplemental Federal Provisions

Contact ceo_transportation@state.co.us.