New Hampshire VW Environmental Mitigation Trust Direct Current Fast Charging Infrastructure Request for Proposals

[cmaster]

I think the way we're going in NH, the western half will not get any super chargers or fast chargers for at least 10 years. In some ways, I don't know what our administration is doing. Heck, even in my town, I had to submit the tax exemption two times at two different years to receive the solar array tax exemption. Why did I have to submit it three times?

Also, a lot of towns are run by volunteers which makes them less concerned with their job so making any approval or decision takes even longer. I am frustrated with NH at the moment.

 

[B_E_V]

I noticed an update on the NH Volkswagen Mitigation Trust web page.
It now contains a new line Eligible Projects Received (Updated July 26, 2023) which links to a PDF listing which proposals are being funded, and which did not get funding. Here are the twelve that seem to be approved.

Applicant	Location	Site	Request	Score	Date of G&C Approval
Errol General Store	Errol	General Store	$ 132,350	96	10/7/2022
Irving Oil	Hooksett	Gas station	$ 647,813	85
Irving Oil	Hooksett	Gas station	$ 680,922	85
Cumberland Farms	Claremont	Gas station	$ 409,747	83	7/19/2023
Global Montello Group	Lancaster	Gas station	$ 227,474	82	3/8/2023
Irving Oil	Ossipee	Gas station	$ 270,516	81
Irving Oil	Warner	Gas station	$ 264,282	79
Revision Energy	Colebrook	Grocery store	$ 275,900	78	6/28/2023
Monadnock Food Co-op	Keene	Grocery store	$ 308,710	76	2/8/2023
Revision Energy	Dover	Grocery store	$ 279,430	76
Revision Energy	Epping	Grocery store	$ 275,876	76
Global Montello Group	Peterborough	Gas station	$ 253,719	74	3/8/2023

I'm not certain what "Date of G&C Approval" stands for, but I am guessing it means both sides have signed the appropriate contracts.

 

[cmaster]

I noticed an update on the NH Volkswagen Mitigation Trust web page.
It now contains a new line Eligible Projects Received (Updated July 26, 2023) which links to a PDF listing which proposals are being funded, and which did not get funding. Here are the twelve that seem to be approved.

Applicant	Location	Site	Request	Score	Date of G&C Approval
Errol General Store	Errol	General Store	$ 132,350	96	10/7/2022
Irving Oil	Hooksett	Gas station	$ 647,813	85
Irving Oil	Hooksett	Gas station	$ 680,922	85
Cumberland Farms	Claremont	Gas station	$ 409,747	83	7/19/2023
Global Montello Group	Lancaster	Gas station	$ 227,474	82	3/8/2023
Irving Oil	Ossipee	Gas station	$ 270,516	81
Irving Oil	Warner	Gas station	$ 264,282	79
Revision Energy	Colebrook	Grocery store	$ 275,900	78	6/28/2023
Monadnock Food Co-op	Keene	Grocery store	$ 308,710	76	2/8/2023
Revision Energy	Dover	Grocery store	$ 279,430	76
Revision Energy	Epping	Grocery store	$ 275,876	76
Global Montello Group	Peterborough	Gas station	$ 253,719	74	3/8/2023

I'm not certain what "Date of G&C Approval" stands for, but I am guessing it means both sides have signed the appropriate contracts.

Haha...Good Job NH.

But, NH is so slow. I'm not thinking about it anymore. When Massachusetts has a billion level 3 charging stations, NH is still asking the question. "when EV goes mainstream.....we will do such and such...."

Heck, even many garages are so out of date with reality that they even refused to learn about EVs and how to repair them. Reality will hit them hard. Either learn new ways to do things, or you'll get left behind. Reality of life. Also, written in the book "Psychology of Money." You can't adapt the past to push you into the new the future. Time change. People change. Lifestyle change, etc....Adaptability is survivability.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

I noticed an update on the NH Volkswagen Mitigation Trust web page.
It now contains a new line Eligible Projects Received (Updated July 26, 2023) which links to a PDF listing which proposals are being funded, and which did not get funding. Here are the twelve that seem to be approved.

Applicant	Location	Site	Request	Score	Date of G&C Approval
Errol General Store	Errol	General Store	$ 132,350	96	10/7/2022
Irving Oil	Hooksett	Gas station	$ 647,813	85
Irving Oil	Hooksett	Gas station	$ 680,922	85
Cumberland Farms	Claremont	Gas station	$ 409,747	83	7/19/2023
Global Montello Group	Lancaster	Gas station	$ 227,474	82	3/8/2023
Irving Oil	Ossipee	Gas station	$ 270,516	81
Irving Oil	Warner	Gas station	$ 264,282	79
Revision Energy	Colebrook	Grocery store	$ 275,900	78	6/28/2023
Monadnock Food Co-op	Keene	Grocery store	$ 308,710	76	2/8/2023
Revision Energy	Dover	Grocery store	$ 279,430	76
Revision Energy	Epping	Grocery store	$ 275,876	76
Global Montello Group	Peterborough	Gas station	$ 253,719	74	3/8/2023

I'm not certain what "Date of G&C Approval" stands for, but I am guessing it means both sides have signed the appropriate contracts.

It seems to be a New Hampshire thing. It's the government approval for release of funds:

https://www.das.nh.gov/mop/Documents/MOP/MOP%20150.pdf

DAS MANUAL OF PROCEDURES
Page 1 of 18 Adopted 4/7/2010
Approved 4/14/2010
Most recently amended 6/6//2018 (entire chapter
readopted with clarifying amendments); approval
threshold amended effective 7/1/18; various amendments,
8/17/22. MOP 150 V, A, 12 updated 10/7/22; 10/19/22:
MOP 150, VII A amended and C added; 3/22/23
amended MOP 150 II.A
EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES
MOP 150 Governor and Executive Council Actions
I. Purpose and Scope
The Governor and Executive Council (also known as the Governor and “Governor’s Council,”
or simply as the Governor and “Council” or “G & C”) are responsible for the prudent and
economical expenditure of money appropriated by the Legislature. The Governor and Council
are authorized to approve the expenditures of all State departments and to prescribe general
regulations for such expenditures. Disbursements from the State Treasury can be made only on a
warrant of the Governor with the advice of the Council, and must otherwise be made in
accordance with the acts of the Legislature. The Governor and Council manage most state
agency expenditures by approving the “warrant” (discussed at paragraph II, B below), as well as
through the process of reviewing contracts, grants, leases, and other expenditures presented for
approval at regular meetings (discussed at section V below).
This chapter of the Manual of Procedures describes for State agencies the rules that are
generally applicable to agency action items requiring Governor and Council approval. Specific
guidelines for each type of action item, including but not limited to service contracts,
memoranda of understanding, grants, leases, acquisition of real property, acceptance of grants
or gifts, expenditure approvals, transfers, travel and salary adjustments are or will be provided
in other chapters of the Manual of Procedures.

 

[B_E_V]

NH finally released a RFP for the NEVI money.

EV Charging Infrastructure

What's Happening? October 23, 2023- NHDOT NEVI RFP Webinar Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device:

www.dot.nh.gov

They also scheduled an October 23, 2023- NHDOT NEVI RFP Webinar

From a quick skim of the RFP, the most relevant aspect for this forum is that page 22 says:

3.2.2 Configuration
The charging stations shall be configured as follows:
i. A minimum of four DCFC dedicated parking spaces and chargers;
a. A minimum of four DCFCs must also be a CCS and NACS dedicated
parking space and charger.

Which I parse as meaning each NEVI site will have four NACS plugs.

Of course the wheels of government grind slowly. Construction of these chargers is not supposed to START until 2024.