EV Charge program frequently asked questions

UPDATE: This program is fully subscribed. We are currently not accepting new participants.

To learn if you can participate in the PG&E EV Charge program, first determine your eligibility. The program is available to multi-unit dwellings (MUDs) and workplaces that are PG&E electric customers, including Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) and direct access customers. Learn more about CCA and direct access customers.

All sites must satisfy the following criteria:

• Be one of the following:
  • A multi-unit dwelling (e.g., apartment complex, condo, mixed use building)
  • A workplace (e.g., office building, office park, government facility)
• Be willing to install at least 10 adjoining EV parking spaces
• Be willing to sign the program's terms and conditions. Two separate but similar versions are available on our resources page, depending on which ownership model you select. Find terms and conditions.
• Be willing to sign an easement allowing PG&E to maintain our infrastructure. A sample easement template is available on our resources page. Find sample easement.

Sites are required to install a minimum of 10 EV charging stations in their existing parking infrastructure, agree to the program's terms and conditions and sign an easement to allow PG&E to maintain their infrastructure.

No, public access is not required. Site hosts can decide how their charging stations are accessed and utilized.

PG&E will pay for all infrastructure up to the parking space, such as trenching, construction, and transformer upgrades, as well as a portion of the charging hardware. The costs to the program participant depends on several factors:

• Which ownership option the program participant selects
• Which charging hardware the program participant selects
• The program participant's segment (MUD or workplace; located in a disadvantaged community or not).

Two ownership options are available: EV Charge Owner and EV Charge Sponsor. If program participant selects EV Charge Owner, the program participant will own, install, and maintain the EV charging stations. If a program participant selects EV Charge Sponsor, PG&E will own, install, and maintain the EV charging stations.

Whoever owns the charging stations (program participant or PG&E) installs the chargers.

Whoever owns the charging stations (program participant or PG&E) pays for all ongoing operations and maintenance.

Program participants may select any of the chargers from our list of approved program vendors. Vendors must be preapproved to be eligible for the program.

Yes, our approved program vendors offer a variety of different models at different price points. Contact these vendors for more information on pricing.

There is no financing available through PG&E at this time.

Disadvantaged communities are defined as the top 25% of communities in PG&E's service area that are disproportionately burdened by multiple sources of pollution, as defined by the California Environmental Protection Agency's CalEnviroScreen. For more information, visit CalEnviroScreen. To find out if you're in a Disadvantaged Community, use the cost calculator.

The charging stations will be served by a dedicated meter on a commercial rate. The program participant will always be the "customer of record" and pay for electric service to the chargers.

Yes, the program participant can choose to charge drivers for electricity or offer it for free. If the site charges drivers, they can either pass along their rate directly to drivers or create a custom pricing plan. If a custom plan is used, the program participant must participate in the Load Management Plan.

The charging stations are on their own meter and will be billed separately from the building load.

The program participant can choose to charge drivers for electricity or offer it for free. There are two options for pricing at charging stations: Custom Pricing (which includes free charging) or Pass-Through Pricing:

For Custom Pricing, you devise your own pricing structure. You must also enroll in the Load Management Plan.

For Pass-Through Pricing, get help determining how much to charge drivers at your site.

To become an approved program vendor, you must apply through our quarterly Request for Qualification (RFQ) process and must meet the minimum qualifications.

Email us to be contacted for the next RFQ process at JUMPAccessPermissionsforOUs@pge.com.

No. The EV chargers will be metered separately, so any existing solar will continue to operate as usual and will not impact the chargers.