The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District) is pleased to announce the application period for the 2019 Charge! Program will be opening on Thursday, October 25, 2018. This incentive program offers grant funding to help offset a portion of the cost of purchasing, installing, and operating new publicly available charging stations at qualifying facilities within the Air District's jurisdiction.

Charge! Program

The goal of the Charge! Program is to rapidly expand access to electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in order to accelerate the Bay Area's adoption of EVs and ultimately achieve the region's EV deployment goals of 110,000 EVs by 2020, and 247,000 by 2025. As of December 2016, there were 83,000 EVs registered to Bay Area drivers. Both public and private entities are eligible to apply. For 2019, $5 million is allocated to this program. Awards will be made on a first-come, first-served basis. For a full list of eligibility requirements, please see the Charge! Program Application Guidance located at www.baaqmd.gov/charge.

Eligibility and Applying

Applicants must attend at least one mandatory pre-application workshop before submitting an application. Each workshop will cover Charge! Program requirements, the application process and evaluation criteria, and grantee/project sponsor's administrative requirements. The following workshops have been scheduled:

• Thursday, October 25, 2018, 10:00 - 11:00 am (Register)

• Thursday, November 29, 2018, 1:00 - 2:00 pm (Register)

• Tuesday, December 11, 2018, 10:00 - 11:00 am (Register)

• Tuesday, January 8, 2019, 1:00 - 2:00 pm (Register)

Each workshop will be held online via webinar and is limited to 100 attendees. Registration is required. Based on demand, additional workshops may be scheduled in the future. Notices about additional pre-application workshops will be sent via email to parties that have signed up to receive free Transportation Fund for Clean Air email alerts. The Online Application Form will be available at www.baaqmd.gov/charge, following the first mandatory pre-application workshop. Instructions on how to apply will be given at the workshop.

Additional Information

Additional information on this program and other initiatives is available. For details, please refer to www.baaqmd.gov/charge, or the Bay Area Air Quality Management District information below.

Contact Information

Ken Mak
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
939 Ellis Street, San Francisco, California  94109
(415) 749-8660 phone
kmak@baaqmd.gov e-mail     www.baaqmd.gov WWW

Hacienda Owners Association
4305 Hacienda Drive, Suite 330, Pleasanton, California  94588-2738
(925) 734-6500 phone     (925) 734-6501 fax
info@hacienda.org e-mail     www.hacienda.org WWW