{"id":352034,"date":"2026-06-08T20:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/352034\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T20:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:28:12","slug":"california-to-boost-public-dc-fast-charging-infrastructure-with-hundreds-of-new-chargers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/352034\/","title":{"rendered":"California To Boost Public DC Fast-Charging Infrastructure With Hundreds of New Chargers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The California Energy Commission (CEC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.ca.gov\/news\/2026-05\/california-energy-commission-announces-over-55m-expand-public-ev-fast-charging\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">announced<\/a> $55.2 million in new funding through <a href=\"https:\/\/calevip.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the California Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Project (CALeVIP)<\/a> to expand public DC fast-charging infrastructure across the state.<\/p>\n<p>The new funding will be available through two upcoming incentive windows and should result in hundreds of new DC fast-chargers:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Oct. 7, 2026 to Jan. 14, 2027 window will offer incentives covering up to 100% of eligible installation costs for DC fast chargers, up to $100,000 per charging port.<br \/>\nThe Feb. 24, 2027 to May 27, 2027 window will offer incentives covering up to 100% of eligible installation costs for DC fast chargers, up to $55,000 per port regardless of power level with minimum output of 150kW.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC), California has the highest number of EV charging locations in the US, including over 18,100 publicly available DC fast-charging ports.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming the new initiative adds 550-1,000 new DCFC ports (at $55,000-$100,000 per port), the infrastructure will expand by several percent.<\/p>\n<p>The chargers must be publicly accessible:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo qualify for the upcoming incentives, charging sites must be publicly accessible and meet program requirements. Priority will be given to projects in tribal areas, disadvantaged communities and low-income areas. Eligible sites may include businesses, public facilities, high-traffic destinations, and locations along key travel routes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/evchargingstations.com\/chargingnews\/dc-fast-charging-pros-cons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">DC Fast Charging: Pros and Cons<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The California Energy Commission (CEC) announced $55.2 million in new funding through the California Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Project&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-352034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}