Powering Communities Forward: What’s New in EV Planning & Funding

Location: SEMCOG Office (In-Person), Woodward Room

Date: Monday, May 18, 2026
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

SEMCOG and the Michigan Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME) invite you to an in-person educational meeting focused on the State of Michigan Community EV Toolkit. Learn what’s new in community EV planning and explore current State, and utility funding opportunities to support local EV charging deployment. The session will include an overview of the Toolkit, highlights from Phase I and II of the State of Michigan EV Charging Infrastructure Study, and updates on Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)’s Clean Fuel and Charging Infrastructure (CFCI) Public Charging Use Case RFP#2, Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT)’s Michigan National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Design-Build-Operate-Maintain (DBOM) Round 3, and DTE and Consumers Energy programs.

For meeting information, contact Beheshteh Makari, Planner III, Economic and Community Vitality.

For registration assistance, e-mail SEMCOG at [email protected] or call (313) 961-4266.

Parking information

Parking Validation: Bring your vehicle license plate number to SEMCOG. DO NOT PAY using the QR code in the garage
 
Meeting attendees parking at the 1 State Street Parking Garage (also known as the 1001 Woodward Garage) enter/exit using a pay-by-plate system – without a credit card. If there is a sign saying Badge Holders Only, or Lot Full, and attendant is present, tell them you are there for a SEMCOG meeting and that parking has been reserved. SEMCOG guests should disregard signage posted in the garage with instructions for visitors to scan a QR code. Instead, please bring your vehicle license plate number to the SEMCOG welcome/registration desk, where staff will assist you in entering your plate number for validation.
 
Note: If the State Street structure is full, additional parking is available at One Campus Martius (OCM) garage at 1140 Farmer St, Detroit, MI 48226 (located one block east of the SEMCOG offices) using the process stated above. When parking at OCM, you may walk around or through the building and cross Woodward to get to 1001 Woodward and SEMCOG's office. SEMCOG is unable to offer parking validation at other locations.
 
Please visit SEMCOG’s location webpage for a map of alternative parking locations and driving directions.
 
Transit rides covered for travel to and from SEMCOG meetings
 
A Dart 24-Hour Regional Pass (or reimbursement) will be issued to SEMCOG meeting attendees using public transit to attend meetings. These passes cover unlimited rides on both SMART and DDOT buses for a 24-hour time span. Customers can ride in any direction to locations in the suburbs and within the city of Detroit. Please see a staff member/meeting host or hostess for transit reimbursement or to acquire a Dart pass for travel to an upcoming meeting.