The Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) has issued a Request for Applications (RFA) to select the electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging site(s) as part of AEA’s Direct Current Fast Charging Network Program to develop a fast-charging corridor from the Kenai Peninsula to Fairbanks.

AEA intends to create the core of an EV fast-charging network along with the Alaska highway system through public-private partnerships, in phases as funding allows. The overall goal of the first phase of the program is to create an EV fast-charging corridor from Homer and Seward north to Fairbanks beginning in 2021.

This RFA is intended to competitively select fast-charging site projects as part of the DCFC Network Program. The first round of the RFA will be open from March 16, 2021, through May 5, 2021. Subsequent rounds will be open on a rolling basis for a period of approximately 30 days thereafter.

Along with this RFA, AEA has also published a request for information (RFI) seeking to identify parties interested in hosting electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging sites for the same corridor. Interested parties can submit a proposal until June 30, 2021.

AEA has also issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) seeking qualified suppliers of the Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) package for phase 1 of the program.

For more information about these solicitations visit our business opportunities page here.