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Building EV Charging Stations

Grantor
• California Energy Commission (CEC)  

Client
• 17 Bay Area communities, including cities, counties, and universities

Recipient
• Prospect Silicon Valley (ProspectSV)

Duration
• 2013–2017
• 4-year project

ProspectSV was the overall grant and program manager guiding 17 Bay Area communities in planning and installing 152 EV charging ports.

Funded by the California Energy Commission, The Bay Area Charge Ahead Project (BayCAP) added electric vehicle charging infrastructure to publicly accessible parking lots throughout the Bay Area. Under the grant, we recruited 17 Bay Area communities, including cities, counties, and universities, and assisted them in planning for and installing electric vehicle charging infrastructures. The project installed 76, 2-port EV charging stations for a total of 152 charging ports in 46 locations around the Bay Area.

Project partners included ChargePoint and ABM, and community partners included Campbell, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, San Mateo County, Stanford University, Sunnyvale, Benicia, Berkeley, Fremont, Hayward, Napa County, Novato, Petaluma, Richmond, San Leandro and Yountville.