PHOENIX – Attorney General Kris Mayes today joined a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from illegally terminating billions in congressionally approved funding for electric vehicle infrastructure. Unless the courts check the president’s overreach, Arizona stands to lose $48 million in electric vehicle infrastructure funding.
“Arizona will lose nearly $50 million in critical funding unless the courts block yet another illegal action by the Trump administration,” said Attorney General Mayes. “I will not stop fighting to protect Arizona from the flood of illegal and unconstitutional actions by President Trump.”
In 2022, Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or IIJA, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. One provision of the IIJA appropriated $5 billion for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program, or NEVI, to facilitate electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the states.
On January 20, President Trump signed an executive order that mandated all federal agencies to pause disbursement of funds related to the IIJA and the Inflation Reduction Act, including NEVI funding. Despite being tasked by Congress to fund NEVI, the Federal Highway Administration notified states in early February that the agency was revoking all previously approved plans to implement NEVI, a requirement for funding under IIJA.
The lawsuit filed today by Attorney General Mayes and 16 other attorneys general seeks a court order against FHWA’s unlawful actions, and a restoration of the electric vehicle infrastructure funding for the states.
Attorney General Mayes is joined in filing the lawsuit by the attorneys general of California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawai’i, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, Wisconsin, and Vermont.
Copies of the complaint and proposed preliminary injunction are available below.