Opportunity Information: Apply for DE FOA 0002797
This opportunity is a Department of Energy (DOE) Request for Information (RFI) issued by the Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. It is focused on a practical reliability problem in electric vehicle charging: "no-charge events," meaning situations where an electric vehicle is plugged into electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) but charging either does not begin at all or starts and then fails to complete due to interruption. A central theme is interoperability, or how well different vehicles, chargers, networks, and software systems work together in real-world conditions without producing failed charging sessions.
The RFI is tied to DOE planning for the Vehicle Grid Integration (VGI) Research, Development, and Demonstration Program, as directed by the Energy Act of 2020. VGI covers the technical and operational links between electric vehicles and the electric grid, including managed charging and other grid-interactive functions. DOE is essentially gathering information to understand how common no-charge events are, what causes them across the ecosystem (vehicle, charger, communication protocols, utility interface, network services, user behavior, environmental factors), and what solutions could prevent or reduce these failures. The intent is to use public feedback to shape DOE program plans and potentially inform whether a future Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) should be issued.
Importantly, this notice is not a grant competition and not a request for project proposals. DOE explicitly states it will not pay for information submitted in response to the RFI, will not fund any project as a direct result of the RFI, and is not accepting applications for financial assistance or incentives under this posting. In other words, participation is limited to providing comments, data, lessons learned, recommended research directions, standards needs, test methods, or other input that could help DOE define future work. DOE also notes that it may or may not issue a future FOA based on what it learns through this information-gathering process.
Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning any type of entity may submit responses (subject to any additional clarifications in the full RFI text). This typically includes automakers, charging equipment manufacturers, charging network operators, utilities, standards organizations, testing labs, universities, national labs, state and local governments, and other stakeholders with relevant experience or data.
Key administrative details provided include the opportunity number (DE-FOA-0002797), the agency listed (Department of Energy, with the National Energy Technology Laboratory shown in the source data), and the response deadline. Responses had to be submitted electronically to VTO@ee.doe.gov by 5:00 PM Eastern Time on November 18, 2022. The listing also includes fields like "Cooperative Agreement," "Award Ceiling," and "Expected Awards," but those elements are not operational here because this specific posting is an RFI only and does not make awards.
Overall, the RFI is best understood as DOE asking the public to help diagnose and address EV charging failures that undermine driver confidence and complicate grid-integrated charging. The information collected is intended to guide DOE research, development, and demonstration planning around interoperability and charging reliability, with the possibility (but no promise) that it could lead to a future funding solicitation.Apply for DE FOA 0002797
- The Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory in the energy sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Request for Information on Request for Information on Electric Vehicle No-Charge Events, including Interoperability" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 81.086.
- This funding opportunity was created on Oct 04, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 18, 2022 Responses to this RFI must be submitted electronically to VTO@ee.doe.gov no later than 500 PM ET November 18, 2022.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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