TLDR
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act's program authorizations, including the funding structure behind NEVI and the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure program, expire September 30 without new legislation from Congress. FY2026 appropriations already rescinded roughly $879 million from NEVI, and lawmakers are expected to pass a short-term extension while negotiations on a longer-term transportation bill continue. PennDOT released the funding notice for its Central Region NEVI Community Charging round on September 8, the third of four planned regional rounds, making $11 million available across 26 central Pennsylvania counties. Tennessee's Department of Environment and Conservation launched a new $650,000 Multifamily Housing Rebate Program for Level 2 EV charging on September 8. And EVgo and Regency Centers announced on September 9 an expanded partnership to add more than 400 fast-charging stalls at grocery-anchored retail centers nationwide.
The Law Funding NEVI Itself Expires September 30
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the 2021 law whose formula funding structure underwrites NEVI and the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure program, has its program authorizations expire on September 30, 2026. That is 16 days from this issue. Without new legislation, federal formula programs for highways, bridges, and transit revert to pre-IIJA authorization levels once the deadline passes.
This is a different deadline than the one this newsletter has tracked all year. The 30C charger tax credit was a tax provision that expired June 30 and stayed expired. The IIJA cliff is an authorization deadline for the underlying law, and Congress has tools to avoid a hard stop: a short-term extension of current authority while House and Senate negotiators keep working on a longer-term surface transportation bill. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced its proposed successor, the BUILD America 250 Act, out of committee in May, but the Senate has not yet released its own version, and a full five-year reauthorization will not happen by September 30.
Money has already been trimmed. FY2026 spending legislation rescinded more than $2.3 billion in unobligated IIJA funding, including roughly $879 million specifically from NEVI, on top of whatever a state has not yet obligated to a project.
What this means for property owners. State DOTs are still opening NEVI rounds this month, including the Pennsylvania round below, and that funding is not disappearing on September 30. What is uncertain is the size and shape of NEVI money beyond the current fiscal year. If you are planning a project around a future state charging round rather than one that is open today, watch whether Congress passes an extension before the end of the month.
Pennsylvania Opens Its Third NEVI Round, $11 Million for Central PA
PennDOT released the funding notice for NEVI Community Charging Round 3, Central Region, on September 8, making $11 million available for community-focused charging projects across 26 counties, including Centre, Lycoming, Bradford, and Cambria. PennDOT will host a webinar to walk through the funding opportunity on September 30, technical questions are due November 23, and the eGrants proposal portal opens December 7 and closes March 12, 2027.
This is the third of four regional rounds. Last week's issue covered the $25 million Western Region round, whose eGrants portal opened for proposals the same week. Pennsylvania is working through its $100 million community charging allocation region by region, and Central is now open alongside Western, with one region still to come.
What this means for property owners. If a site sits in one of the 26 Central Region counties, there is real runway here: the portal itself does not open until December, giving time to line up a site and a contractor before proposals are due in March. The regional, staggered approach continues to be a template worth watching in other states, since a missed round is rarely the last chance.
Tennessee Launches a Multifamily Charging Rebate
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's Office of Energy Programs launched a Multifamily Housing Rebate Program for Level 2 EV charging on September 8, funded by $650,000 from the state's Volkswagen Diesel Settlement Environmental Mitigation Trust. Owners, authorized property managers, homeowner associations, and authorized lessees of multifamily properties with at least four units can apply for rebates covering 60% of eligible project costs, up to $10,000 per charging plug at properties meeting low-income or significantly burdened census tract criteria, and up to $6,000 per plug at other qualifying developments. Applicants can seek rebates for up to 10 plugs per site, and applications are accepted on a rolling basis until funds run out.
It is a modest fund, but multifamily incentive programs are still rare. Most state and utility charging money still targets single-family homeowners or public fast charging; a dedicated Level 2 rebate for apartment and condo properties fills a specific gap the federal 30C credit never addressed well, since 30C's residential cap applied to owner-occupied properties, not shared multifamily infrastructure.
What this means for multifamily property owners in Tennessee. A $10,000-per-plug rebate can cover a meaningful share of a Level 2 installation at a qualifying low-income or underserved property. Because funds are awarded on a rolling, first-come basis with no stated deadline, applying earlier rather than later matters more than usual.
EVgo and Regency Centers Add 400-Plus Chargers at Grocery Stores
EVgo and Regency Centers announced on September 9 an expanded national partnership to add more than 400 new fast-charging stalls at grocery-anchored retail centers across the country, in metro areas spanning Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia, among others. EVgo installed its first charger at a Regency property in 2020 and already operates more than 150 stalls across the retail owner's centers; the new buildout is expected to grow Regency's EV charging footprint by more than 20%. Each new site will carry up to 24 high-power EVgo chargers.
Grocery stores are a good fit for the dwell times DC fast charging needs. A typical grocery trip runs about 23 minutes, close to what it takes many EVs to add a meaningful charge on a fast charger, which is a better match than a big-box store visit that can run much longer or shorter.
What this means for commercial property owners. If you own or manage a grocery-anchored retail center, this partnership is a live example of a network actively seeking out that property type rather than waiting to be approached. It is worth reaching out to EVgo or a comparable network directly if your center has the parking capacity and grid access to support several fast chargers.
By the Numbers
$11 million: Federal NEVI funding in PennDOT's Central Region Community Charging round, with its funding notice released September 8, 2026.
$650,000: Tennessee's new Multifamily Housing Rebate Program for Level 2 EV charging, launched September 8, 2026, funded through the state's VW settlement trust.
400+: New EVgo fast-charging stalls planned at Regency Centers grocery-anchored retail sites, announced September 9, 2026.
September 30, 2026: The date the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act's program authorizations, including the funding structure behind NEVI and the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure program, expire without new legislation from Congress.
76,236: Public DC fast-charging ports in the United States as of September 1, 2026, up 23% from a year earlier, per the Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center.
Sources: National Association of Counties, Transportation for America, and the Congressional Research Service via Congress.gov (IIJA authorization expiration and NEVI/CFI rescission coverage), the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (BUILD America 250 Act status), PennDOT (NEVI Community Charging Round 3, Central Region funding notice, September 8, 2026), WTAJ, PennWatch, PA Environment Digest, and Roads & Bridges (PennDOT Central Region coverage), the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (Multifamily Housing Rebate Program announcement, September 8, 2026), WSMV, Chattanoogan, and Local 3 News (Tennessee rebate program coverage), EVgo and Regency Centers (partnership expansion announcement via GlobeNewswire, September 9, 2026), Electrek, InsideEVs, and electrive.com (EVgo/Regency coverage), and the U.S. Department of Energy Alternative Fuels Data Center (public DC fast-charging port data, September 1, 2026). evcharginghelp.com is editorially independent and receives no compensation from any company mentioned.
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