Colorado Energy Office
Policy and Program Design Considerations for Medium and Heavy Duty Vehicle Charging and Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure
Christian Williss
Executive Summary
In June 2021, Governor Polis signed SB21-260, which creates new sources of
transportation electrification funding including the Clean Transit Enterprise at the
Colorado Department of Transportation, the Clean Fleet Enterprise (CFE) at the
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment , and the Community Access
Enterprise (CAE) at CEO. Over the next decade, the CAE is expected to receive $310
million to support electric vehicle (EV) charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructu re and
low and moderate income adoption of EVs and eBikes.
The CAE is anticipated to provide grant funding for medium and heavy duty (M/HD)
vehicle charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure and the CFE anticipated to provide
funding for M/HD electric an d hydrogen vehicles. The recently released Hydrogen
Roadmap, M/HD Vehicle Study, and forthcoming Clean Truck Strategy will help inform
these investments as will the Advanced Clean Truck (ACT) rulemaking at the Air Quality
Control Commission (AQCC) scheduled for summer 2022.
Installation of public and depot EV charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure will be
an important enabling strategy for electric and hydrogen M/HD adoption however
limited data is available about the type, location, timing, and cost for M/HD charging
and fueling. This project will research and develop a set of program design
considerations for M/HD charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure. It will also
inform agency decision-making on the ACT rulemaking and potential future fleet rules
including the complementary Advanced Clean Fleets by improving agency
understanding of the size, type, and location of priority fleets in the state.