OFFICIAL SITE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY

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DC Fast Charger Solicitation 2025

[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”green” border_width=”3″ css=”.vc_custom_1634579954800{margin-top: -40px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=””]These grants provide funding to offset the cost of purchasing and maintaining electric vehicle charging stations. The program is designed to expand New Jersey’s growing network of electric vehicle infrastructure, allowing residents, businesses, and government agencies to purchase and drive electric vehicles. EVs dramatically reduce vehicle emissions and improve air quality for everyone.

Eligible Applicants: Businesses, governments, non-profit organizations, and educational institutions.

Eligible Projects: Community locations

Solicitation Period: 8/25/2025 – 10/25/2025

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How to apply for a project:

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1755275281784{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}”]Step 1: Read the Overview and Instructions and visit the System for Administering Grants Electronically (SAGE) to complete your application.

Visit the SAGE Instructions for detailed instructions on how to submit your application via the SAGE portal.

Step 2: Obtain three (3) quotes for the EV charging stations. Quotes must meet these requirements to be accepted. 

Step 3: Search your project location on your electric utility’s EV charging hosting capacity map. Take a screenshot of the map. You will need to upload this to SAGE.

If the location is not green on the capacity map (or pink for RECO customers), reach out to your electric utility and request a preliminary screening of available capacity. This will take 1-2 weeks. If there is not enough capacity at the site, you will be required to have the utility do an engineering estimate which can take 3-4 weeks. Submit either the results of the preliminary screening if there is adequate capacity, or the engineering estimate if not via the SAGE portal.

Step 4: Submit all required documents via the SAGE portal.

Step 5: Once the application period closes, DEP will review the information submitted and rank all submitted applications based on the ranking criteria.

Step 6: If the grant application is approved, NJDEP will provide and execute a grant agreement with the applicant via the SAGE portal.

Step 7: Install DC Fast Charging station(s) within 12 months of NJDEP grant execution. Do not purchase or install equipment before your grant has been executed. Completed projects are not eligible.

Step 8: Complete and submit the Expenditure Report and the Charger Information Form via SAGE along with paid invoices, proof of payment, and photos.

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Program Highlights

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Eligible Applicants

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Private residential dwellings other than multi-unit dwellings are not eligible for grants.

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Eligible Projects

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Community: Charging stations that are exclusively available to the general public in places where people live and work. Examples include, but are not limited to, charging stations in town centers, commercial areas, retail centers, and multi-unit dwellings.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1647533115543{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]

Reimbursement Amounts

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Upon completion of work in accordance with the eligibility criteria and grant agreement requirements, NJDEP will reimburse each applicant for a percentage of eligible costs up to a maximum of:

• 150kW+: $100,000 per port (2 port minimum, 6 port maximum)

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DEP grants for EV charging can be combined with utility EV charging infrastructure incentive programs. See the Utility EV Charging Infrastructure Incentive Program below for details.

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Selection Criteria

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Applicants will be considered after the closing of the competitive solicitation period. Projects will be evaluated on the following selection criteria:

• DCFC power level: Chargers with higher power levels are preferred
• Gaps in coverage along major corridors
• Amenities within walking distance
• Distance from existing/planned DCFC
• Other: May include other desirable parameters such as locations near concentrations of MUDs, attractions/destinations, or those with education value, equipment considerations such as battery storage or utilization of solar power, etc.

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All Documents

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Program Documents

• DCFC Overview and Instructions
• DCFC SAGE Instructions
• IPPI Program’s Compliance and Best Practices Guidelines for Accessible EV Chargers
• Utility Stacking Overview

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Mapping Documents

• Utility Service Territory Map

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The maps are for informational purposes only. DEP recommends that customers and developers carefully read and understand utilities’ explanations of the use and limitations of their capacity maps. The maps are not a substitution for the new service application process. Developers and customers must apply to a utility for new service, and be granted approval, before beginning construction or installation of a proposed fast charging project.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][vc_column_text css=””]

• Atlantic City Electric Capacity Map
• JCP&L Capacity Map
• PSE&G Capacity Map
• Rockland Electric Capacity Map

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