CENTRAL SIERRA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
Alpine County | Amador County | Calaveras County | Mariposa County | Tuolumne County | City of Angels Camp | City of Sonora
Fueling the Sierra Charging Network
The Sierra Charging Network is a regional initiative to expand publicly accessible electric vehicle (EV) charging across the Central Sierra. Eligible counties include Amador, Alpine, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, Nevada, and Tuolumne.
The Sierra Charging Network aims to build a reliable, community-informed EV charging network that supports both residents and visitors while advancing regional economic development. The program provides no-cost site assessments and technical guidance to potential host locations, helping determine site readiness, available power, charger type, and installation feasibility. Sites selected for funding will work directly with EV Range, the project’s implementation partner, to complete engineering, design, permitting, and installation. By expanding clean transportation infrastructure in rural areas often overlooked in statewide planning, the Sierra Charging Network strengthens local economies, supports tourism, improves mobility, and helps the Sierra region prepare for California’s continued transition toward zero-emission transportation. Funded through a $4 million California Energy Commission grant awarded to Momentum and supported by CSEDD, the project helps reduce rural charging gaps, strengthen travel corridors, and create new opportunities for businesses and property owners to host EV charging infrastructure.
How To Get Started
Step 1
Complete intake form below. This form will capture essential information about your business and/or property that the EV Range team needs to get started on your site assessment.
Step 2
Once your intake form is completed, CSEDD will connect you with the EV Range team who will review your intake form and begin evaluating your site(s).
Step 3
The EV Range team will follow up with you to share findings about the electrical infrastructure that is currently in place at your site and determine next steps.
Intake Form (Step 1)
Eligibility Map
You can utilize this map to determine what addresses are eligible for the Sierra Charging Network funding via the REV 2.0 infrastructure grant. There are additional site assessment processes that EV Range will assist with for all interested property/business owners.
Our Partners
Momentum is a global clean-energy consultancy that helps design, fund, and manage advanced energy, transportation, water, and manufacturing projects — handling everything from grant writing and funding plans to technical services, project execution, and commercialization support.
EV Range is a full-service EV-charging network and management platform that provides turnkey infrastructure, real-time station management, payment processing, and 24/7 support to help businesses host and operate reliable public EV chargers.
More information from EV Range:
Help Shape the Future of EV Charging in the Sierra Region
We are partnering with Keep Sierra Green to help distribute a regional survey on employer EV readiness. While this survey is separate from the Sierra Charging Network project, it aligns with our shared goal of improving EV infrastructure and support across the Sierra region.
This short survey asks employers about their current needs, barriers, and interest in EV charging. The combined input will help inform future planning efforts, identify priority areas for investment, and support additional funding opportunities that could expand EV infrastructure beyond the current project. Individual responses will remain confidential and only aggregated insights will be shared.
If you are a business or employer in the Sierra region, we encourage you to share your perspective and help shape the next phase of regional EV infrastructure planning.
Take the survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/LGXGMDL
