Charging Smart is a technical assistance and designation program that recognizes communities for electric vehicle (EV) readiness. Through the framework of this program, cities can streamline planning, permitting, and inspections to more quickly and easily deploy EV charging infrastructure. Dallas-Fort Worth Clean Cities (DFWCC) will provide personalized, no-cost technical assistance to local governments in setting and achieving EV readiness goals.
Local governments can achieve national designation by completing various criteria, as outlined in the graphic below. To learn more, please read NCTCOG’s Press Release or visit IREC’s Charging Smart webpage.
Three Easy Steps to Participate!
1.To participate in this program or if you have any questions, please email cleancities@ntcog.org. Interested cities will be sent a self-assessment survey and a commitment letter to complete and return to DFWCC.
2. The self-assessment survey gauges how far along a city is in becoming EV-ready, while the commitment letter confirms a city’s interest in pursuing Charging Smart designation.
3. Once the commitment letter is signed and the self-assessment is completed, guidance through the program will commence.
Designation Tiers
CHARGING SMART DESIGNATIONS
Arlington, TX
The City of Arlington became the first city in both Texas and the southern U.S. to earn the Charging Smart Bronze Designation through creating a community-wide EV vision, standardizing and clarifying the EV charging infrastructure permitting process, and providing EV-specific training for emergency responders, among other accomplishments. For more information, read the associated press release.
