ODOT’s Community Charging Rebates Program Funds 370 New EV Charging Ports across Oregon
Electric vehicle drivers in Oregon will soon benefit from about 370 new public “Level 2” EV charging ports in communities across the state in 2024, thanks to the first funding round from the Oregon Department of Transportation’s new Community Charging Rebates program.
The program reimburses some of the project costs of buying and installing Level 2 EV chargers at multifamily homes and publicly accessible parking areas. The program’s first funding round ran June-October this year and had $1.75 million available.
Map courtesy of ODOT. Projects on this map are all pending installation.
View the awarded project list.
Quick facts about the awarded projects:
Total projects awarded funding: 94.
Awarded projects in rural or disadvantaged communities: 79.
Oregon counties with at least one awarded project: 23.
Estimated total new Level 2 charging ports after all projects complete: 370.
70 percent of first-round funding was reserved for projects in rural areas and disadvantaged communities, where gaps in public EV charging infrastructure are largest.
ODOT plans to launch a second funding round in early March 2024.
Forth, an electrification nonprofit based in Portland, helped ODOT with community outreach and application support.