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Free Webinar: How Minnesota Can Prepare for and Use Federal EV Funds
June 7, 2022, 12 pm–3 CDT
How can Minnesota most effectively use its portion of EV charging formula funds from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) as part of the $5 billion for the build-out of a nationwide EV charging network along primary interstate corridors? Join us as a diverse array of stakeholders discuss how Minnesotans can help shape the MN State EV Infrastructure Deployment Plan, and how access to EVs can grow throughout Greater MN as a result. Expert presenters will also cover other IIJA opportunities for Minnesota: Billions in competitive grants are on the table for states for additional EV charging station grants including disadvantaged communities, tribal, and rural areas. Additional large investments will be made in electric school buses, transit, and battery processing, manufacturing, and recycling grants. This webinar is geared towards those interested in applying for federal funds and what those funds should do. Legislators, legislative staff, agency staff, regulators, and others in the advocacy community can also benefit from the discussion.
Webinar agenda
12:00: Welcome
Tim Sexton, MnDOT; Wendall Meyer, FHWA; Rep. Jamie Long, MN House; Sen. David H. Senjem, MN Senate
12:08: Global EV Opportunity
Corey Cantor, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
12:17: Keynotes
Andrew Wishnia, USDOT and Nancy Daubenberger, MnDOT
12:32: MN State EV Infrastructure Deployment Plan for Priority Corridors
Diane Turchetta and Siri Simons, Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, MnDOT
12:52: Rural and Underserved EV Charging Opportunities
Alex Clegg, USDOT and MK Anderson, Fresh Energy
1:02: Corridor Charging Best Practices - Consumer Perspective
Dean Taylor, Plug In America
1:11: Break
1:16: Corridor Charging Station Implementers Panel moderated by Joel Levin, Plug In America, with Q&A
Siri Simons, MnDOT; Tony Fischer, Met Council; Will Stein, MN Federal Highways; Lise Trudeau, MN Energy Office; Tandy Dilworth, Xcel Energy; Robert Blake, Native Sun; Stacy O'Rourke, Rural City: Pine City, MN; Alex Beaton, EVgo; Rebecca Place, MN Pollution Control Agency; Tim Gross, MN Petroleum Marketers Association
2:02: EV Charging, Transit, School Buses Batteries for MN in Federal Funds
Moaz Uddin, Drive Electric MN
2:09: Break
2:14: Break-out sessions on MN opportunities
Rural corridor charging, urban corridor charging, community charging, school buses, transit, battery manufacturing/recycling
2:56: Next Steps and Future Events
Moaz Uddin, Drive Electric MN; Pete Chipman, Dean Taylor, and Alexia Melendez Martineau, Plug In America
3:00: Adjourn
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