The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) are partnering to implement the federal National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program, which allocates $5 billion to the states to create a nationwide, interconnected network of DC fast chargers along the National Highway Systems. California's share will be $384 million over 5 years. This map was developed to help prospective applicants and interested parties identify eligible areas for infrastructure deployment.InstructionsViewers can display electric fuel corridor groups, electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, Justice40 disadvantaged communities, Tribal lands, California-designated low-income or disadvantaged communities, regional transportation planning agencies, counties, Caltrans districts, and utility districts in this interactive map. The map initially displays electric fuel corridors and stations that meet NEVI requirements. Viewers can click on individual layers within the map layers menu to the right of the map to turn layers on and off. The legend to the left of the map will show layers that have been turned on. There is a search tool to the right of the map that enables viewers to type in an address and locate the address on the map. A basemap selector allows viewers to view road detail. Additional information on the map can be found under the information icon. Viewers can download the map files by clicking on the Data and Supplemental Links icon.Map layers include:An electric fuel corridor layer that shows designated corridor groups for California's NEVI funding program. Users can click on a corridor segment to view the start and end of each segment within a corridor group. When selected, a pop-up window will appear that identifies the corridor group number, corridor name, minimum number of project sites, number of new chargers required, and required sites, if applicable, for the corridor segment.A Proposed Round 2 electric fuel corridors group layer that shows corridor groups eligible for Round 2 of California's NEVI funding program.A Round 1 electric fuel corridor groups layer that shows corridor groups eligible for Round 1 of California's NEVI funding program. Corridor group labels for enhanced accessibility. Note that labels are only visible at certain ranges (zoom in and out to view labels). EV charging stations layers (stations that meet NEVI requirements and DC fast charging stations that do not meet NEVI requirements). One layer show locations of EV charging stations with DC fast charging capabilities that meet all NEVI requirements. The other layer shows DC fast charging stations that do not meet NEVI power-level or port count requirements but do meet the 1-mile distance requirement and are therefore stations that can be upgraded to be NEVI-compliant. Users can click on EV charging stations and a pop-up window will appear with more information on the station (i.e., station address, total port count, minimum NEVI standard, etc.). Please refer to the Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center and PlugShare for up-to-date existing and planned DC fast charger site information. A layer showing California and Justice40 disadvantaged or low-income communities. A layer showing Federally recognized tribal lands. A layer showing California-designated disadvantaged or low-income communities. A layer showing Justice40-designated disadvantaged communities. A layer showing Regional Transportation Planning Agencies. A layer showing California Counties. A layer showing Caltrans Districts. A layer showing Electric Utilities (IOUs and POUs).BackgroundThe $5 billion NEVI Program is part of the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) signed into law by President Biden in November 2021. IIJA commits significant federal funding to clean transportation and energy programs throughout the U.S. to reduce climate changing greenhouse gas emissions. Caltrans is the designated lead agency for NEVI. The CEC is their designated state energy partner. Caltrans and the CEC have partnered to create California's Deployment Plan for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program that describes how the state plans to allocate its $384 million share of federal NEVI funds to build out a network of modern, high-powered DC fast chargers along Interstates and National Highways throughout California. The Deployment Plan was submitted to the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation on August 1, 2022. The Plans must be updated each year over 5 years.NEVI funds must be used initially on federally-designated Alternative Fuel Corridors (shown on the map).Each NEVI-funded DC fast charge station will have a minimum of four 150 kW Combined Charging System (CCS) connectors. Stations will be located no more than 50 miles apart along freeways and highways and no more than 1 mile from a freeway exit or highway roadway. States are required to emphasize equity, with at least 40 percent of NEVI benefits going to disadvantaged, low income, rural and Tribal communities. Data SourcesData are from the Federal Highway Administration's Alternative Fuel Corridors website, the U.S. Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center Station Data for Alternative Fuel Corridors (as of September 2022), Argonne National Laboratory's Electric Vehicle Charging Justice40 Map, and the California Air Resources Board's Map of California Climate Investments Priority Populations 2022 CES 4.0. 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