In total, thee additions will increase Colorado’s existing public fast-charger network of more than 1,400 ports by approximately 4%
Denver—The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) has announced $5 million in grant awards through the Direct-Current Fast-Charging (DCFC) Plazas program. These grants, which come exclusively from state funding, will create 56 new fast charger ports at nine different sites across the state.
This is the seventh round of awards for this program, which continues to expand Coloradans access to EV chargers. In total, these additions will increase Colorado’s existing public fast-charger network of more than 1,400 ports by approximately 4%.
With pauses in federal funding, this round of plaza grants utilized state funding to further EV charging infrastructure. This round of funding will mean new installations across the state. Awardees will build chargers in Fairplay, Ridgway, Mancos, Commerce City, Denver, Woodland Park, Naturita, and Glendale.
CEO expects many of the chargers supported by the current round of DCFC Plazas awards to become available in 2026 and 2027.
The program currently has 13 completed sites with charging stations in the Front Range, Eastern Plains, and Western Slope, including communities like Montrose, Frisco, Pueblo, Cortez, Longmont, Seibert and Limon.
Grant awardees for this round are:
- Helios Charging (Ridgway and Fairplay)
- eCAMION USA, Inc. (Denver, Marcos, Naturita, and Woodland Park)
- Electric Era Technologies, Inc. (Commerce City and Denver)
- Tesla, Inc. (Glendale)
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