The Department of Energy opened the second solicitation in its program to prime the pump for new transmission needed to meet the Biden administration’s climate goals.

The Renewable Thermal Collaborative contends electrification should be a major component of any plan to decarbonize industrial thermal energy use.

The funding will put a total 7,500 EV chargers at locations, from multifamily housing developments in New Jersey and Maryland, to public libraries in California to remote villages like Haines, Alaska.

DOE is focused on reshaping the U.S. energy landscape, but officials may have only another year to build the momentum needed to make any potential Republican rollbacks unpopular and unlikely.

As U.S. automakers pull back on plans to invest heavily in electric vehicles, claiming sales are not growing as fast as expected, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service issued new guidelines on the federal tax credits for EVs that could further slow sales.