Maryland Charge Ahead Grant Program
Maryland announced that funding was awarded for 74 charging stations with 145 Level 2 ports at 24 locations in the first of three rounds of the Charge Ahead Grant program (CAGP). PlugInSites has gathered information about the workplace charging locations and which companies won the awards. We’ve compiled the info into the accompanying map and chart.
Funding for the Maryland Charge Ahead Grant Program is provided from the “Appendix D” portion of the Volkswagen diesel settlement. Maryland was allocated about $75.6 million to use on projects to reduce the effect of diesel emissions from the transportation sector. Up to 15% ($11.3 million) of Maryland’s Volkswagen Mitigation Plan funding can be used for electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
CAGP Round One Uses $642,942 in Volkswagen Diesel Settlement Funds
Maryland is releasing the funding in three rounds of grants. The first round includes $642,942 for Level 2 workplace charging. Here is the list of awardees along with the total grant funding they were approved for.
$234,000 Electric Vehicle Institute (EVI)
$117,000 Under Armour
$117,000 Maryland DGS
$86,665 WSSC Water
$45,000 MDOT
$36,000 Prince George’s County
$4,500 Fork United Methodist Church
$2,777 Town of Thurmont
Funding Award Chart
The chart below details the applicants’ locations, the number of L2 charging ports at the site, the total cost of each site, and approved grant funding amounts.
CAGP Awardees, Round One Chart:
Information on the second round of CAGP funding is available at: Maryland Volkswagen Mitigation Plan.
