DC Fast Charging Expansion | EVCHARGE4U Inc

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) will launch 15 new NEVI-funded DC fast charging sites next year.
In February 2022, the Biden administration announced the NEVI program, which provides nearly $5 billion over five years to help states create a network of EV charging stations along designated Alternative Fuel Corridors, and especially along the Interstate Highway System.

Utah gets $36.3 million of that funding and combined with a minimum 20% private match, the investment will be $43 million in total.

In the program’s first phase, the Utah DOT will spend about $17.5 million to install DC fast chargers every 50 miles along Utah’s interstate highways. Fast chargers will also be installed on US-6 and US-191, making EV charging accessible on north-south roads on the eastern side of the state.

Private companies will install, own, and operate the DC fast chargers for public use at the following sites:

Snowville – Pilot Flying J Travel Center
Tremonton – Maverik
Layton/Ogden – Rocky Mountain Power
Delle (I-80) – Utah.Energy
Coalville – Rocky Mountain Power
Nephi – Tesla
Tie Fork – Rocky Mountain Power
Price/Wellington – Maverik
Fillmore – Maverik
Ivie Creek – Rocky Mountain Power
Moab – Rocky Mountain Power
Thompson Springs – Utah.Energy
Cove Fort – Rocky Mountain Power
Monticello – Maverik
Bluff – Rocky Mountain Power

The number of registered EVs in Utah has grown by an average of 48% year-over-year, and as of December 2022, according to the US Department of Energy, the state had 28,050 registered EVs.

UDOT executive director Carlos Braceras said, “Building out the statewide charging network really opens the door to let Utahns choose to travel where they want, when they want, in the way they want.”