General Eligibility & Requirements

• Be a site owner or their authorized agent. A site owner is the owner of the property where the EV chargers are to be installed. An authorized agent (such as a property manager, contractor or EV service provider) must be given express authority by the site owner to apply on their behalf.
• Be a business, nonprofit organization, California Native American tribe listed with the Native American Heritage Commission or a public or government entity.
• Be based in California or operate as a California-based affiliate.

Select projects also require that the applicant have a valid California business license, except for public agencies (e.g., municipalities) and joint powers authority agencies.

• Be located in the state of California.
• Be well-lit, secure and in compliance with all federal, state and municipal laws, ordinances, rules, codes, standards and regulations.

• Be publicly available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.*
• Not be located behind a fence or in a gated parking lot closed to the public after hours.
• Be an eligible airport, business district,* casino, city/county/privately owned parking lot or garage, college/university, community center,* gas station, grocery store, hospital, hotel, large-format retail,* library, place of worship,* police or sheriff station, public transit hub, restaurant, retail shopping center, urban/suburban retail core or curbside charging.*

*Not applicable for all DC fast charger rebates. See individual project pages for full eligibility details.

Level 2 charging sites must:

• Be an eligible commercial site (public availability), workplace (public or private parking facilities, but must be shared-use parking spaces), multiunit dwelling (public or private parking facilities, but must be shared-use parking spaces), public facility,* light-duty fleet use (public or private parking facilities, but must be shared-use parking spaces)* or a curbside charging site.

*Not applicable for all Level 2 charger rebates. See individual project pages for full eligibility details.

You can view the most up-to-date eligible DACs and LICs by visiting the California Climate Investments Priority Populations Map.

Disadvantaged communities (DACs) are identified by the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) through the CalEnviroScreen tool as those communities that are most affected by multiple sources of pollution and where people are most susceptible to the effects of pollution.

• For all CALeVIP rebate projects launched in 2023 or later (CALeVIP 2.0), a DAC is defined as an area that falls into one of the following categories:
1. Census tracts receiving the highest 25% of overall scores in CalEnviroScreen 4.0 (1,984 tracts).
2. Census tracts lacking overall scores in CalEnviroScreen 4.0 due to data gaps, but receiving the highest 5% of CalEnviroScreen 4.0 cumulative pollution burden scores (19 tracts).
3. Census tracts identified in the 2017 DAC designation as disadvantaged, regardless of their scores in CalEnviroScreen 4.0 (305 tracts).
4. Lands under the control of federally recognized tribes.
• For all CALeVIP rebate projects launched prior to 2023 (CALeVIP 1.0), a DAC is defined as any census tract that scores in the top 50% of CalEnviroScreen 3.0. Applicants are screened for DAC/LIC eligibility as part of the application review process.

Low-income communities (LICs) are census tracts that are either at or below 80% of the statewide median income or at or below the threshold designated as low-income by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).

• For all CALeVIP rebate projects launched in 2023 or later (CALeVIP 2.0), an LIC is defined as the census tracts that are either below 80% of the statewide median income or at or below the threshold designated as low-income by the HCD’s Revised 2021 State Income Limits.
• For all CALeVIP rebate projects launched prior to 2023 (CALeVIP 1.0), an LIC is defined as the census tracts that are either below 80% of the statewide median income or at or below the threshold designated as low-income by the HCD’s 2016 State Income Limits.

• If the electric vehicle charging installation supports a charging port supplying 25 kW or more, at least 25% of the total electricians working on the crew, at all times during work hours, must hold EVITP certification.
• One member of each crew may be both the contractor and the EVITP-certified electrician.

For more information on becoming EVITP certified, visit Resources for Contractors or contact info@evitp.org.

Need assistance finding an EVITP-certified electrician or other EV charging provider? Visit CALeVIP Connects to start your search.

• Be new EV charging equipment.
• Include at least an SAE CCS connector.
• Be networked.
• Be capable of 50 kW or greater.
• Use an open standard protocol as a basic framework for purposes of network interoperability.
• If payment is required, accept some form of credit card and multiple forms of payment.
• Be approved by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) Program.

The full list of requirements varies by project. See individual project pages for full eligibility details.

• Be new EV charging equipment.
• Be ENERGY STAR® certified.
• Be networked:
• Equipment and network must have remote diagnostics and be capable of “remote start.”
• Equipment must also be capable of usage data collection.
• Equipment must include a minimum two-year networking agreement (eligible toward total project cost).
• Be capable of 6.2 kW or greater per connector.
• Use an open standard protocol as a basic framework for purposes of network interoperability.
• If payment is required, accept some form of credit card and multiple forms of payment.

Additional equipment eligibility criteria may apply to select CALeVIP 1.0 projects.

• All-inclusive solar EV charging systems
• Demand management equipment
• Design, engineering and utility service costs
• Electric panels
• Electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE)
• Energy storage equipment
• Extended warranties
• Installation costs (labor and materials)
• Network agreements
• Planning and engineering design costs
• Project signage
• Required ADA upgrades to site due to project, but not to include or cover upgrades of existing ADA noncompliance*
• Stub-outs
• Transformer
• Utility service orders

Permits required by authorities having jurisdiction are not eligible costs.

*Not an eligible cost for select CALeVIP projects.