EV charging installation in Colorado

The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) offers grants for DC fast chargers through the Colorado Electric Vehicle (EV) DC Fast Charging Plazas Program.

The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) provides grants through the Charge Ahead Colorado program to support EV and EV charger adoption by individual drivers and fleets.

EV charger owners are exempt from paying Colorado state property tax on stations until January 1, 2030. (Reference Colorado Revised Statutes 39-3-138)

The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) Fleet Zero-Emission Resource Opportunity (Fleet-ZERO) grant program offers competitive grants to fleets for the purchase and installation of EV charging infrastructure.

The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) administers the ReCharge Colorado program (ReCharge) to advance the adoption of EVs and installation of charging infrastructure in Colorado.

Owners of buildings subject to statewide building performance standards do not need to include energy use attributable to EV chargers in total energy use compliance calculations. (Reference Colorado Revised Statutes 25-7-142)

The Colorado Energy Code Board (Board) developed a model EV-ready building code for counties, municipalities, and state agencies. Members of the Board are appointed by the Director of the Colorado Energy Office.

The Colorado State Electrical Board (Board) must adopt rules to facilitate EV charger development at multi-family housing and require permit compliance with the EV power transfer infrastructure requirements in the Model Electric Ready and Solar Ready Code and may not adopt rules that prohibit EV chargers unless...

A housing association (Association) may not prohibit the installation of a Level 1 or Level 2 EV charger for personal use within the EV charger owner’s designated parking space or a parking space accessible to other tenants.

Beginning July 1, 2026, EV chargers sold in Colorado must be ENERGY STAR certified. For more information, see the ENERGY STAR EV Chargers website. (Reference Colorado Revised Statutes 6-7.5-105)

The Colorado Community Enterprise (Enterprise), a government-owned business, is authorized to implement grant, loan, or rebate programs for EV chargers.

A tenant may install Level 1 or Level 2 EV charger at their own expense on or in leased premises. The landlord may seek a reasonable access fee or reimbursement for the actual cost of electricity as well as the cost of installation or upgrades to existing equipment.

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment director of the Division of Oil and Public Safety (DOPS) must adopt rules for EV charging by July 1, 2026.

A corporation or individual that resells alternative fuel supplied by a public utility for use in an alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) is not subject to regulation as a public utility.

Any vehicle that is not actively charging may not park in designated EV charging parking spaces. An EV is presumed to not be charging if it is parked at a charger and is not connected to the charger for longer than 30 minutes.

Public electric utilities may provide electricity to charge electric vehicles (EVs) as unregulated or regulated services and may recover the costs of distribution system and infrastructure investments to accommodate EV charging.

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is authorized to issue grants, loans, and rebates through the Clean Transit Enterprise (CTE), a government-owned business, to support public transit electrification planning, facility upgrades, fleet vehicle replacement, and construction of electric vehicle charging...

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program (CFI Program) offers funding to deploy publicly accessible electric vehicle charging and hydrogen, propane, and natural gas fueling infrastructure.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Vehicle Technology Office (VTO) offers grants of up to $36 million for the design, development, and demonstration of MHD EV charging infrastructure through the SuperTruck Charge program.

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) or any federal agency may install electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) for federal employees and others authorized to park at federal facilities to charge their privately owned vehicles.

The CMAQ Program provides funding to state departments of transportation (DOTs), local governments, and transit agencies for projects and programs that help meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act by reducing mobile source emissions and regional congestion on transportation networks.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) provides loan guarantees and grants to agricultural producers and rural small businesses to purchase renewable energy systems or make energy efficiency improvements, including EV charging stations.

The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) designates a national network of electric vehicle (EV) charging and hydrogen, propane, and natural gas fueling infrastructure along national highway system corridors.