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Charge Ready
Charge Ready Program
We’re proud to offer four Charge Ready program options to business and public sector stakeholders who want to be part of California’s electric vehicle (EV) future by installing charging equipment. Commercial, multi-family, and public sector properties of all types may be eligible for savings.
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Why Work With SCE
Our Charge Ready Program assists business and property owners with deploying the infrastructure and equipment necessary to support electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at their locations. This program helps by providing financial incentives, infrastructure, and technical support to facilitate the installation and maintenance of EV charging stations. With greater ease and affordability, our business customers can now meet the growing demand for clean energy charging options from their customers, employees, communities, and/or tenants.
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Qualifying Property Types
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Qualifying multi-family properties include business owners of residential properties, apartment buildings, retirement communities, townhomes, condominiums, mobile home parks, university and military housing, timeshares, and public parking with dedicated overnight resident passes. Take advantage of these opportunities that can help:
- Attract and retain tenants - Increase your property value
- Reduce up-front costs
- Prepare your property to address current and future EV charging station demand
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Our Charge Ready programs aim to help operators of commercial buildings of all kinds get EV charging stations up and running. By participating in one of our Charge Ready programs, you can potentially:
- Get a competitive edge to support existing and rising EV demand
- Be an industry leader in sustainable energy
- Increase your property value
- Attract and retain tenants
- Take advantage of lower EV charging equipment and installation costs
- Get access to exclusive time-of-use EV rate plans and benefit from zero demand charges up to 2024
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Public sector properties and municipal facilities are often ideal locations for EV charging station installation. As a Charge Ready participant, you’ll be able to:
- Show your community that clean energy is a priority
- Take advantage of program-funded infrastructure installation
- Give employees the ability to charge during work hours
- Provide EV-friendly public parking spaces for constituents and
- Take advantage of rate plans designed specifically for EV charging stations.
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Find The Program for Your Needs
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Turn-Key Installation Program
Program Highlights:
- SCE will leverage program funds to design, install, operate, and maintain the EV charging stations at no additional cost to the program participant. Participants would still be responsible for paying the associated utility bill, but any fees charged for the use of the stations will help to reduce those costs.
- First of its kind for multi-family properties in designated Disadvantaged Communities (DAC)
Charging Infrastructure and Rebate Program
Program Highlights:
- Provides program funded utility and customer-side of the meter distribution infrastructure upgrades.
- Provides rebates for the purchase and installation of qualifying charging equipment.
- For those property owners/managers choosing to install four or more EV charging station ports.
New Construction Rebate Program
Program Highlights:
- A rebate only program that helps to offset the costs associated with the purchase and installation of EV charging equipment at properties required to comply with the CALGreen code requirements.
- For developers of new multi-family properties in development (planning, design, or construction phase) or that have completed and received a certificate of occupancy after 01/01/2017.
Small Site Rebate Program
Program Highlights:
- For the multi-family, public sector, and commercial property owners and managers choosing to install four or fewer EV charging station ports.
- This rebate option is available to ANY participant who designs, purchases, and installs the customer side of the meter infrastructure work.
Direct Current Fast Charging (DCFC) Program
Program Highlights:
- For property owners/managers with publicly accessible, short dwell time (less than two hours) locations choosing to install two or more DCFC charging stations.
- Provides program funded utility-side infrastructure upgrades and rebate to offset a portion of the customer’s behind the meter (customer-side) cost of the infrastructure installation.
- Provides rebate for the purchase and installation of qualifying charging equipment.
SCE will be accepting applications for the DCFC program via the second application window starting on 08/01/2024 through 09/30/2024. Additional application windows will open as needed.
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Step-By-Step Guide to Installing EV Charging Stations
A step-by-step visual guide for multi-family, commercial, and public property owners to understand the basics of EVs and installing EV charging infrastructure through the Charge Ready Program.
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Interested in applying?
If you think Charge Ready may benefit your business or organization, start your online application today.
Charge Ready Frequently Asked Questions
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We provide end-to-end EV charging installation for participants of the Charge Ready Turn-Key Installation. Turn-Key Installation is exclusively available to multi-family housing property sites located in top quartile Disadvantaged Communities (DACs) as defined by CalEPA.
All charging equipment installed under the Charging Station Rebate, Charging Infrastructure and Rebate, and New Construction Rebate Programs must be selected from SCE’s Approved Product List (APL). Rebates for these programs are issued after approved applicants complete the successful installation of the EV charging stations and submit the required documentation.
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We provide the expertise of our Transportation Electrification (TE) Advisory Services to all Charge Ready participants. Our TE Advisory Services representatives work to provide vital education, awareness, and support. This support includes the sharing of EV Readiness Studies to provide detailed insight to help you make the best decisions for your specific situation. Get more information about TE Advisory Services.
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Each of the four Charge Ready programs has unique eligibility requirements. The goal is to help SCE customers install charging infrastructure to support existing EVs and prepare for millions of new ones that will be on the road in the not-too-distant future.
Charge Ready participation gives you program choices so you can find the best program that meets your needs. To see which Charge Ready program will work best for your property’s needs, you should explore the program's options available:
Charging Infrastructure and Rebate Program
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