In August 2021, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJ BPU) approved a $7 million expansion of the state’s Clean Fleet Electric Vehicle Incentive Program, which provides grants for the purchase of electric vehicles (EVs) and charging infrastructure by a variety of public entities including local schools and state agencies. This expansion allocates $6 million for use by state entities and $1 million for local governments in Fiscal Year 2022 for purchasing battery EVs and Level 2 EV charging stations.
The new updates to the program include increased vehicle and charging station caps:
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Local governments, local entities, and local schools serving a population under 20,000: the vehicle cap will remain at two vehicles;
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Local governments, local entities, and local schools serving a population over 20,000: the vehicle cap will increase from two vehicles to five vehicles;
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Local governments, local entities, and local schools serving a population over 50,000: the vehicle cap will increase from two vehicles to seven vehicles;
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State government, state agencies, boards, and commissions, state universities, and counties, as well as local governments serving a population over 100,000: the vehicle cap will increase from two vehicles to ten vehicles;
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Local governments, local entities, and local schools serving a population under 20,000: the charging station cap will remain at one Level-Two EV charging station;
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Local governments, local entities, and local schools serving a population over 20,000: the charging station cap will increase from one Level-Two EV charging station to two;
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State government, state agencies, boards, and commissions, state universities, and counties, as well as local governments serving a population over 50,000: the charging station cap will increase from one Level 2 EV charging station to four.
The program is run through NJ BPU’s Division of Clean Energy, which also administers Charge Up New Jersey. The Charge Up New Jersey program was launched in May 2020 to provide state residents with a cash incentive of up to $5,000 for the purchase of a zero-emission vehicle. Together these programs will help achieve goals set by Governor Murphy in 2020 to register 330,000 light-duty EVs by 2025, convert the state light-duty fleet to fully electric by 2035, and achieve 100% clean energy by 2050.
For more information, review the press release here.