Washington State Electric Vehicle Charging Program
| Tracking # |
P001706-022425 |
| Submitted | Feb. 23, 2025 |
| Est. Completion | May 8, 2025 |
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From: Cody Harris
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Records related to all awardees of the state's Electric Vehicle Charging Program. For each grant recipient, I request:
* Grant applications
* Progress reports, milestone reports, and other periodic reporting documents
* Documents containing proposed and actual charging station locations
* Budget documents, including proposed and actual expenditures
* Amendments or modifications to original grant agreements
* Final project completion reports, if available
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Cody Harris
From: Department of Commerce
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From: Alpha Assistance
Please see the request below.
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To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Records related to all awardees of the state's Electric Vehicle Charging Program. For each grant recipient, I request:
* Grant applications
* Progress reports, milestone reports, and other periodic reporting documents
* Documents containing proposed and actual charging station locations
* Budget documents, including proposed and actual expenditures
* Amendments or modifications to original grant agreements
* Final project completion reports, if available
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Cody Harris
From: Department of Commerce
Dear Cody Harris:
Thank you for submitting your request for the following records: Records Requested: To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Records related to all awardees of the state's Electric Vehicle Charging Program. For each grant recipient, I request:
* Grant applications
* Progress reports, milestone reports, and other periodic reporting documents
* Documents containing proposed and actual charging station locations
* Budget documents, including proposed and actual expenditures
* Amendments or modifications to original grant agreements
* Final project completion reports, if available
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Cody Harris
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Your request was received in this office on 2/24/2025 and given the reference number P001706-022425 for tracking purposes.
Your request is being processed in accordance with the State of Washington Public Records Act, Chapter 42.56 RCW. You will be contacted within five (5) business days with an update as to when the responsive records will be available. You can monitor the progress of your request at the link below and you'll receive an email when your request has been completed.
PLEASE NOTE: The State of Washington Public Records Act, Chapter 42.56 RCW, does not require a governmental body to create new information, to do legal research, or to answer questions.
Again, thank you for your interest in public records of Department of Commerce.
Department of Commerce
From: Department of Commerce
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RE: PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST # P001706-022425
Dear Cody Harris,
The Department of Commerce received a public records request from you on February 24, 2025, for the following: "To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Records related to all awardees of the state's Electric Vehicle Charging Program. For each grant recipient, I request:
* Grant applications
* Progress reports, milestone reports, and other periodic reporting documents
* Documents containing proposed and actual charging station locations
* Budget documents, including proposed and actual expenditures
* Amendments or modifications to original grant agreements
* Final project completion reports, if available
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Cody Harris
Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/ This letter serves as a 5-day acknowledgement of your request. The request has been assigned the following reference number – P001706-022425. PLEASE NOTE THAT A HIGH VOLUME OF REQUESTS IS RESULTING IN A PROLONGED DELAY OF RESPONSES TO RECORD REQUESTS.
In conducting a search for records, we would like to determine whether there is any further clarification you would like to provide in order for us to best respond to your request.
Without further clarification from you, we interpret your request as: "You want records related to all awardees in the most recent contract(s) round of the state's Electric Vehicle Charging Program." Along with everything else you listed above in your request submission.
We would appreciate hearing from you with regard to clarification on this. Please reply to this request within 7 business days, on or before 03/05/2025. In the event we do not hear from you within 7 business days, on or before 03/05/2025, we will begin to produce records in response to your original request terms and in accordance with our interpretation.
Based on your response with regard to clarification, or our interpretation of your request if we receive no response from you, we will attempt to gather, identify and review records responsive to your request. We estimate an initial installment of records responsive to your request will be made available to you on or before 04/01/2025.
Thank You,
Lynne Hayes
Program Specialist 5/Public Disclosure Specialist
Operations Division Office Services
From: Cody Harris
Thank you for the prompt response.
My understanding, per publicly available information on the Electric Vehicle Charging Program, is that to date there has been one round of contracts awarded since the program began and that a second round has not yet opened for applications.
If my understanding that there has so far only been one contracts round completed is correct, then your interpretation of my request as pertaining to the most recent (and only) contracts round is acceptable.
If there has been more than one round, then I will clarify that my request pertains to the time period when the program began, which is reportedly Tuesday, September 26, 2023, to February 1, 2024, when an announcement of the program’s awardees was made.
Thank you,
~Cody Harris
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Washington Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 23, 2025. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on March 5, 2025. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #P001706-022425.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Commerce
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RE: PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST # P001706-022425
Dear Cody Harris,
The Department of Commerce received a public information request from you on March 5, 2025, for the following: To Whom It May Concern: I'm following up on the following Washington Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 23, 2025. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on March 5, 2025. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #P001706-022425. Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed. Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/ PLEASE NOTE THAT A HIGH VOLUME OF REQUESTS IS RESULTING IN A PROLONGED DELAY OF RESPONSES TO RECORD REQUESTS. Please note our email to you on February 24, 2025: In this email we asked you to clarify something by 03/05/2025, which you did. However, this email stated an initial installment would be made available to you on or before 04/01/2025. (See exact words from prior email below): We would appreciate hearing from you with regard to clarification on this. Please reply to this request within 7 business days, on or before 03/05/2025. In the event we do not hear from you within 7 business days, on or before 03/05/2025, we will begin to produce records in response to your original request terms and in accordance with our interpretation. Based on your response with regard to clarification, or our interpretation of your request if we receive no response from you, we will attempt to gather, identify and review records responsive to your request. We estimate an initial installment of records responsive to your request will be made available to you on or before 04/01/2025. At this time, we are attempting to gather, identify and review records responsive to your request. We estimate an initial installment of records responsive to your request will be made available to you on or before 04/01/2025, just as previously stated in our email communication with you on February 24, 2025. We hope this answers your questions, and we appreciate your patience. Thank You, Lynne Hayes
Program Specialist 5/Public Disclosure Specialist
Operations Division Office Services
From: Department of Commerce
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RE: PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST # P001706-022425
Dear Cody Harris:
The Department of Commerce received a public records request from you on February 24, 2025, for the following: "To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Records related to all awardees of the state's Electric Vehicle Charging Program. For each grant recipient, I request:
* Grant applications
* Progress reports, milestone reports, and other periodic reporting documents
* Documents containing proposed and actual charging station locations
* Budget documents, including proposed and actual expenditures
* Amendments or modifications to original grant agreements
* Final project completion reports, if available
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Cody Harris
Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/
The Department of Commerce has identified public records responsive to this request and your installment of records is now available to view or download. If redactions were required, you will also find an exemption log relevant to all records redacted. Please log in to the Public Records Center at the following link to retrieve the appropriate responsive documents. PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST - P001706-022425 PLEASE NOTE THAT A HIGH VOLUME OF REQUESTS IS RESULTING IN A PROLONGED DELAY OF RESPONSES TO RECORD REQUESTS. We estimate your next installment to be provided on or before 05/08/2025.
By making agency information available to you, the Department of Commerce is not responsible for your use of the information or for any claims or liabilities that may result from your use or further dissemination.
Thank you,
Lynne Hayes
Program Specialist 5/Public Disclosure Specialist
Operations Division Office Services
