Oklahoma prepares to hand out a more than $1 million contract award Monday for the EV charging network mandated by the Biden administration.
The State Transportation Commission, in its 11 a.m. meeting in Oklahoma City, will award the contracts to a number of successful bidders. The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure or NEVI Charging Infrastructure contract awards will total $1,002,225.22.
The NEVI program was created by the Infrastructure Investment Jobs Act to help Oklahoma and other states in the mandatory buildout of the nationwide electrical vehicle infrastructure. Oklahoma issued a Request for Proposal to solicit bids for the construction, maintenance and operation of EV charging infrastructure.
The Commission is also expected to award $801,780.81 in federal funds for EVgo, an EV charging network locator. The EVgo in question is located on I-44 Exit 124. Those who use the charging stations will pay a tax of three cents per kilowatt hour as determined by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission on the electric current used to charge or recharge the battery of an electric vehicle.
The Oklahoma Transportation Commission’s monthly meeting is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 2, in the R.A. Ward Transportation Building, 200 N.E. 21st St., Oklahoma City.
Members of the public and media are invited to attend or watch the livestream.
Items to be addressed at the meeting:
- Oklahoma Department of Transportation Executive Director Tim Gatz will update commissioners on position changes within the department.
- The commission will vote on whether to award several contracts, among them a $18 million project to improve access along SH-152 between I-44 and Meridian Ave., a more than $7 million bridge rehabilitation project on SH-66 near Catoosa; and a $22 million project to enhance safety along US-60/US-412 near Ringwood in Major County.
The full agenda packet may be viewed here.
To watch the commission meeting video livestream: Ustream (Turn up the volume on your computer or other device and on Ustream)
The meeting also will be recorded, captioned and available to the public online later.
The commission, a nine-member panel appointed by the governor and legislative leaders to oversee the state’s transportation development, awards project contracts for road and bridge construction on a monthly basis.