EV Ready program incentives

Sites are encouraged, but not required, to utilize Peninsula Clean Energy’s free technical assistance to help you design your EV charging project. The technical assistance process will provide more detail on incentive levels and site eligibility to maximize the amount of incentive your project could receive. 

Apply for technical assistance below:

Questions? Please call us at (650) 449-8561 or email us at PCE-EVReady@clearesult.com.

Peninsula Clean Energy EV charger incentives

Peninsula Clean Energy offers incentives for multi-unit dwellings, affordable housing projects, public agencies, employee parking, and all other publicly accessible non-residential locations such as retail, malls, etc. Learn more about which type of EV charger is best for your property at About EV Charging.

Eligibility: To determine if your site is eligible for incentives, please review the Peninsula Clean Energy EV Charger Incentives Program Standards and Requirements.

EV charger incentives by property and charger type

Property Category Property Type Measure Type Port Incentive Applicable Cap1
Existing Building Multi-Unit Dwelling L1 or L2 outlet $2,000 No cap
L2 EVSE port $5,500 Up to 75% of project cost, maximum $90,000 per property
Main panel upgrade2 $5,000 Up to $5,000 per property
Affordable Housing Multi-Unit Dwelling L1 or L2 outlet $2,500 No cap
L2 EVSE port $5,500 Up to 100% of project cost, maximum $90,000 per property
Main panel upgrade2 $5,000 Up to $5,000 per property
Employee Parking L1 or L2 outlet $2,000 No cap
L2 EVSE port $5,000 Up to 75% of project cost, maximum $90,000 per property
All Publicly Accessible Non-Residential Locations3 L1 or L2 outlet $2,000 No cap
L2 EVSE port $5,000 Up to 75% of project cost, no maximum
Any Make ready circuit4 $2,000 Up to $20,000 per property
New Construction6 Market Rate Multi-Unit Dwelling (Above Code5) L1 or L2 outlet $1,000 No cap
L2 EVSE port $2,000 Up to $40,000 per property
Affordable Housing Multi-Unit Dwelling L1 or L2 outlet $1,500 No cap
L2 EVSE port $2,500 Up to $100,000 per property
Public Agency L1 or L2 outlet $1,000 No cap
L2 EVSE port $2,000 Up to $250,000 per property

1 Maximum incentive award is up to 100% of project cost – maximum port incentive or applicable cost, whichever is less, unless otherwise stated
2 Must install 4 or more ports to be eligible for the main panel upgrade incentive.
3 Publicly-Accessible Non-residential locations are defined in Section 2 Program Segments & Funding.
4 Can not be layered with L2 incentives from other programs to fund the same port.
5 Market rate above code incentive covers voluntary and surplus charging stations from those required to be installed by a regulation, local ordinance, building code, or other legal obligations.
6 If a new construction project is a multi-use site and is eligible for multiple incentive categories, the site owner must select which property type category and corresponding incentive structure to apply for.

To apply for rebates, complete the EV charger incentives application: