Equipment Resources
Resources for EV Charging Manufacturers & Service Providers
Applying for CALeVIP Incentives on Behalf of Property Owners
As an authorized representative, you are eligible to apply for California Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Project (CALeVIP) incentives on behalf of a property owner.
To do so, you must provide a signed Site Verification Form confirming that you have authorization from the property owner to install at the proposed site. Authorized representatives can include electric vehicle (EV) charging service providers, manufacturers, property managers, contractors or other installation partners.
Verify Your Equipment With CALeVIP
- All EV charging equipment must be approved by the Center for Sustainable Energy to qualify for CALeVIP incentives. A full list of approved equipment is available on the Eligible Equipment page.
- Use the Log In button below to create an account for your company and submit your equipment for verification. You may add multiple users to your company account.
- Once you created an account, please notify us at evcharging@energycenter.org so we can finish setting up your account.
- Please add all equipment you would like to make eligible for CALeVIP to our equipment database for verification and potential approval. We ask that you only add equipment that you think meets CALeVIP eligibility requirements.
- Once you submit equipment to be verified, we will inform you within ten business days whether your equipment is eligible for current CALeVIP incentives.
- If you would like to make changes to your uploaded equipment or add additional equipment, you can do so at any time through your user dashboard.
ENERGY STAR and OCPP Equipment Certification
All Level 2 EV charging equipment must be ENERGY STAR® certified to be eligible for CALeVIP incentives. Effective January 1, 2024, any newly installed DC fast chargers funded through the CALeVIP 2.0 must also be ENERGY STAR certified. A detailed overview of the ENERGY STAR Certification Process is available to help you get started.
Beginning January 1, 2024, any newly installed DC fast charger hardware funded through the CALeVIP 2.0 must be certified by Open Charge Alliance (OCA) to OCPP 1.6 or later. At a minimum, both a subset (core) certificate and a security certificate will be required. Certification to OCPP 2.0 will be required by January 1, 2025. Visit OCPP Certification Process to learn how to certify your equipment.
If you have additional questions about equipment certification requirements, you can email CALeVIP staff at EVExpert@energycenter.org.
Network Provider Requirements
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has made important procedural updates that may impact your entity’s participation in the California Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Project (CALeVIP).
To date, the Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE), which implements CALeVIP on behalf of the CEC, has managed and executed all Data Sharing Agreements (DSAs) for all network providers in CALeVIP. Moving forward, Charging Network Providers (CNPs) must execute a DSA directly with the CEC and report required utilization and reliability data directly to the CEC.
Beginning with Fast Charge California Project – Window 2 (FCCP-2), an executed CNP-CEC DSA is required for a CNP to be listed and selectable as an eligible network provider for new CALeVIP applications.
CRITICAL NEXT STEPS TO REMAIN OR BECOME AN ELIGIBLE NETWORK PROVIDER IN CALEVIP:
- Contact ZEVDataReporting@energy.ca.gov as soon as possible to begin the Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) process with the CEC. In your outreach, indicate that you are a charging network provider seeking to execute a DSA to maintain eligibility as a network provider for CALeVIP.
- Execute DSA with the CEC to be listed as an eligible network provider in CALeVIP.
A list of eligible network providers can be found on the Eligible Equipment page.