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The California Energy Commission held a Sept. 24, 2026 hearing on proposed amendments to its EV charger reliability standards. They would exempt publicly funded MCS chargers and give network providers more time for OCPP certification. The rules are not yet adopted. ABB and Chargie are among the companies that filed comments.
Read the story →Two proposed consent items on the CEC's Oct. 19, 2026 agenda would move an unpaid $11,003,014 truck-charging grant from Prologis Mobility to LA Cleantech Incubator and shift Exposition Park's bus-charger, solar and storage funds to about 300 Level 2 ports.
The California Energy Commission opened a Fast Charge California Project round on Oct. 7 with at least $28M for public DC fast chargers, offering up to $100,000 per port for ready-to-build projects that apply by Jan. 14, 2027.
The California Energy Commission counts 224,438 charging ports at public and limited-access sites at mid-2026, against a new AB 2127 estimate that 478,000 ports will be needed for 6.8 million EVs in 2030.
The CEC's October 19, 2026 consent calendar proposed seven LA28 agreements totaling about $36.9M, by our count, for DCFC and Level 2 ports at LA-area transit and school-bus yards and on city light posts. No fetched source confirms the vote.
The California Energy Commission's October 19 consent calendar carried a $4,548,470 NEVI grant to Rivian for 94 public DC fast-charging ports at nine stations, three of them named: Big Sur, Coachella and San Clemente. The grant is awarded funding, not open chargers.
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