The U.S. Federal Highway Administration on Aug. 11 published Interim Final Guidance for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program.
FHWA published a Notice and Request for Comment on August 13, 2025, indicating the availability of the new guidance and requesting comments to inform further changes as appropriate.
The interim final guidance is available on the agency's website.
Comments can be submitted via www.regulations.gov and are due August 27, 2025. States have 30 days to submit their EV Infrastructure Deployment Plans.
NEVI is a state funding program that was established by the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act.
State governments receive federal funding based on an established formula. Whether public power is eligible to apply for grant funding within their respective state depends on how the state runs their NEVI program. Industry analysis and dashboards reveal that funding thus far has largely been distributed to non-utilities.
The FHWA press release describes how this new guidance supersedes previous guidance documents and policies, with the exception of those with clear and express statutory language.
The new guidance seeks to streamline the program, reduce requirements, and provide states with more flexibility.
Compared to the initial NEVI guidance, this version:
• Minimizes plan content requirements;
• Simplifies plan approval process;
• Reduces community engagement requirements ;
• Provides states flexibility in determining distance between stations;
• Minimizes requirements for states to consider electric grid integration and renewable energy;
• Encourages selection of charging locations where station owners are also the site host;
• Eliminates requirements for states to address consumer protections, emergency evacuation plans, environmental siting, resilience, and terrain considerations; and
• Provides states with more flexibility to determine when their system is built out allowing NEVI funds to be used on public roads statewide.
States can resubmit previously developed or submitted plans for fiscal years 2022-2025, but plans will only be reviewed for the statutory and regulatory requirements described below:
• A description of how the state intends to use NEVI Program funds for each fiscal year;
• A Community Engagement Outcomes Report, per 23 CFR 680.112(d); and
