Minnesota NEVI Funding Sites

 Minnesota announced the conditional winners of the round 1 NEVI site awards on 7/11/2024.  With 13 sites selected from only 38 applications.  A total of $7.8 million dollars of federal money allocated to bring DCFC to just the I-94 and I-35 corridors.  The convenience store chain Kwik Trip followed up their big Wisconsin win with 3 additional sites for $2 million.  The biggest winner here in number of sites is Circle K with 5 sites to be placed at their gas station/convenience store locations throughout the state.  Francis Energy was awarded 2 sites and the usual companies Pilot, Tesla and Universal EV all got one site.  Compared to other states this is a very limited round 1 in terms of sites and money awarded.  Minnesota was very targeted in this first round aiming to provide the required coverage for their major interstate highways.

Hopefully, the round 2 project that starts in the fall of 2024 will award more sites and wider coverage for the state.

Coverage Map with 50 Mile Radius Circles:

Moorhead

The Holiday Stationstores at 3475 28th Avenue S., Moorhead, MN 56560 will host this site.  This is the farthest west site and is almost 100 miles from the next award site eastward.  Circle K is the awarded operator.  Based on recent build outs at other Circle K locations we can expect ABB power sharing chargers, but we might also see Alpitronic hardware as well.

Alexandria

Pilot Travel Center at 3181 Evergreen Lane, Alexandria, MN 56308.  This EVgo/Pilot partner location supports I-94.  I expect their standard build out of 2 Delta 350kW dual output power sharing units.

Sauk Center

The Holiday Stationstores at 1185 S Main, Sauk Centre, MN 56378 will host this site.  Circle K is the awarded operator.  Based on recent build outs at other Circle K locations we can expect ABB power sharing chargers, but we might also see Alpitronic hardware as well.

St. Cloud

The AmericInn at 4385 Clearwater Rd, St Cloud, MN 56301 will host this site.  Universal EV will be the operator.  Based on the pictures on the web site, it looks like Universal EV will use NEVI compliant chargers from Blink.

St. Michael

The Qwik Trip at 4400 O Day Ave NE, St. Michael, MN 55376 will host this site.  Qwik Trip expanding on their site wins from Wisconsin will continue to expand their footprint as a site operator.  They have partnered with ZEF Energy in the past, but for the NEVI awards, I don’t know what kind of hardware they will use.

Brooklyn Park

The La Quinta Inn at 7011 Northland Cir N, Brooklyn Park, MN 55429 will host this site.  Francis Energy continues to expand into new states with this and one other award in Minnesota.  Partnering with hotels for NEVI sites is very common for this CPO.  Francis Energy has announced a large contract for the purchase of Signet NEVI compliant hardware, and I would expect to see more of that here.

Proctor

The Holiday Stationstores at 9314 W. Skyline Parkway, Proctor, MN 55810 will host this site.  This may be the farthest north, outside of Alaska, awarded NEVI site to date.  Circle K is the awarded operator.  Based on recent build outs at other Circle K locations we can expect ABB power sharing chargers, but we might also see Alpitronic hardware as well.

Moose Lake

The Qwik Trip at 4694 Opportunity Drive, Moose Lake, MN 55767 will host this site.  Qwik Trip expanding on their site wins from Wisconsin will continue to expand their footprint as a site operator.  They have partnered with ZEF Energy in the past, but for the NEVI awards, I don’t know what kind of hardware they will use.

Pine City

The Holiday Stationstores at 715 13th Street SW, Pine City, MN 55063 will host this site.  Circle K is the awarded operator.  Based on recent build outs at other Circle K locations we can expect ABB power sharing chargers, but we might also see Alpitronic hardware as well.

North Branch

The Qwik Trip at 5435 St. Croix Trail, North Branch, MN 55056 will host this site.  Qwik Trip expanding on their site wins from Wisconsin will continue to expand their footprint as a site operator.  They have partnered with ZEF Energy in the past, but for the NEVI awards, I don’t know what kind of hardware they will use.

Forest Lake

The Holiday Stationstores at 9444 Lake Drive, Forest Lake, MN 55025 will host this site.  Based on a quick look, this site will likely have very limited amenities.  Circle K is the awarded operator.  Based on recent build outs at other Circle K locations we can expect ABB power sharing chargers, but we might also see Alpitronic hardware as well.

Burnsville

The Fairfield Inn at 14350 Nicollet Ct, Burnsville, MN 55306 will host this site.  Francis Energy continues to expand into new states with this and one other award in Minnesota.  Partnering with hotels for NEVI sites is very common for this CPO.  Francis Energy has announced a large contract for the purchase of Signet NEVI compliant hardware, and I would expect to see more of that here.

Albert Lea

The award lists a Tesla Supercharger at 820 Happy Trails Ln, Albert Lea, MN 56007.  Currently at this address there is an 8-stall generation 2 Supercharger.  There is also a single stall ZEF Energy Kempower charger at this location.  Likely the awarded money will be used to upgrade this site to Tesla generation 4 dispensers that will make the site NEVI compliant through use of the magic dock.

Minnesota NEVI Website:

https://www.dot.state.mn.us/nevi/