U.S. General Services Administration
GSA makes sustainable investments for electric vehicle infrastructure at Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center
Funded by the Inflation Reduction Act as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda
ATLANTA – The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced it is awarding a contract to EnviroSpark Energy Solutions, LLC, a small disadvantaged business in Atlanta, that includes $1.7 million in Inflation Reduction Act funds for the installation of electrical vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) at the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center in Atlanta. The award highlights GSA’s commitment to collaborating with and building more robust outreach to promote opportunities for small and socially or economically disadvantaged entities.
The Inflation Reduction Act is the largest climate investment in history, and this contract marks the largest Inflation Reduction Act investment in electrical vehicle supply equipment infrastructure GSA has made to date. This project is one of 32 across 21 states announced by GSA in March 2024 to invest $25 million in Inflation Reduction Act funds for electric vehicle charging ports at federal buildings across the nation. The project at the Sam Nunn Federal Center will add 112 charging ports at this facility as a part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. Project completion is expected by fall 2025.
This investment furthers the goals outlined in President Biden’s Federal Sustainability Plan, which requires federal agencies to transition the largest vehicle fleet in the world to all electric by acquiring 100 percent light-duty zero-emission vehicles annually by 2027 and acquiring 100 percent medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles annually by 2035. At the start of the Biden-Harris Administration, the federal fleet included fewer than 2,000 zero-emission vehicles, out of 600,000 vehicles overall. Since then, the federal government has ordered nearly 82,000 zero-emission vehicles and has installed more than 10,500 charging ports, with an additional 52,535 charging ports in progress.
“I am excited about the installation of the charging infrastructure at the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center as it is vital to transitioning our regional federal fleet toward electric vehicles,” said GSA Regional Administrator Jason Shelton. “Investing in this infrastructure will contribute to cleaner air and improved health for all Atlantans.”
GSA is responsible for establishing government-wide vehicle contracts and leasing or facilitating the purchase of the non-postal federal fleet which includes a growing number of electric vehicles. In FY 2023, GSA ordered over 5,800 zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) – an increase of 63% from FY 2022. In FY 2024, GSA ordered 5,791 ZEVS, which accounted for 14% of all orders and almost 20% of all light-duty vehicle orders.
Earlier this year, GSA announced that it had finalized authorizations for the first two EVSE vendors to operate inside government systems. GSA authorized a third vendor in April and the agency is working to authorize more EVSE vendors in the coming year.
For more information on GSA fleet management, please visit GSA’s Fleet web page. For more information on electrifying the fleet, please visit GSA’s Electrify the Fleet web page.
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