The Biden administration’s infrastructure law will be allocating $100 million toward addressing faulty EV chargers, according to Green Car Reports.

A new program called the Electric Vehicle Charger Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator has been launched, with applications for funding being accepted until November 13. 

The program is supported by the first round of funding from the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) formula program, which the infrastructure law has set aside $5 billion for.

The new program to address charger reliability will identify faulty chargers through the U.S. Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC) charging-station locator, which is able to detect public charging stations that are temporarily unavailable. 

As of September 11, the AFDC found that 6,261 stations were reported as being out of order, representing 4.1% of the 151,506 stations currently across the U.S.

The White House has estimated that the new program’s $100 million will be enough to fund the restoration of both public charging stations and privately owned stations that are open to the public without restriction.