The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), enacted as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), offers a unique funding opportunity to advance a statewide electric vehicle (EV) fast charging network and community-based charging installations in urban and rural areas throughout the state. The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) formula program will provide $5 billion over five years for states to build electric vehicle service equipment (EVSE) charging stations along highway corridors. NEVI goals for the EVSE network include being reliable, affordable, equitable, and seamless between states and networks while reducing emissions and increasing clean air. Over the five-year funding period from federal fiscal years 2022-2026, Alaska will receive more than $52 million from the NEVI Formula Program. The NEVI Formula Program expands AEA’s existing EV charging efforts, which utilize Volkswagen Settlement funds to support the installation of an EV fast-charging network connecting Seward and Homer north to Healy. Collectively, these programs will encourage further EV adoption.
The State of Alaska is required to submit an EV Infrastructure Deployment Plan to the United States Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) annually. The Plan depicts how the State will successfully deploy the NEVI Formula Program Funds across Alaska.
Alaska’s Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure Deployment Plan (The Plan) was developed by AEA and the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) with support from various stakeholders. The fiscal year 2025 NEVI Plan plan was submitted to FHWA and the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation on August 29, 2024.
The public comment period for the fiscal year 2025 NEVI plan has closed. However, AEA will continue to be open to questions and comments on The Plan, and those can be submitted to electricvehicles@akenergyauthority.org. We encourage the public to periodically visit this site for installation progress, FAQs, and further planning updates. AEA thanks the public for its input and looks forward to working with you as it develops.
AEA entered the realm of EVs when we were designated as the lead agency to administer the State of Alaska’s Volkswagen (VW) Environmental Mitigation Trust in 2018. Since then, AEA developed the Alaska Electric Vehicle Working Group, which identified lack of EV infrastructure as a significant impediment to EV adoption. To address the lack of EV charging infrastructure and range anxiety, AEA awarded nearly $1 million in VW Trust funds to install nine EV fast-charging stations from the Kenai Peninsula to Healy, which are currently under construction. The recently passed IIJA provides $5 billion nationally for EV charging infrastructure under the NEVI Formula Program. Under this program, Alaska will receive more than $50 million over five years from 2022-2026.
Alaska NEVI Plan Workshops AEA hosts workshops across the state on Alaska’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Implementation Plan (The Plan) to clarify the goals of The Plan and solicit ideas to influence future iterations of this “living document.”
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