As a business owner, having a public Level 2 Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE), commonly called "charging station," at your business can help increase the convenience and affordability of driving electric for your employees and customers. We want to help increase the availability of EV charging infrastructure in our community through business and workplace public charging.  EWEB's $1,000 Smart Charge Rebate for commercial customers can help offset the purchase and installation cost of a qualified Level 2 public charging station. 

Qualifications

• Applicant must be the owner of the property and/or a current EWEB commercial electric customer.
• The EVSE must be installed at the applicant's address and must be for public use at a commercial, workplace, fleet or public location. Internal fleet installations do not have to be for public use to qualify.
• Rebate is up to $1,000 and not to exceed the cost of the EVSE and/or its installation.
• In the case of a multiple port charger, the $1,000 rebate can apply to each port if each user is able to charge simultaneously at full capacity. If charging capacity is reduced when multiple ports are in use, the additional rebate does not apply per port. 
• EVSE must be Level 2 (208/240V), with power output capacity of 30 amps minimum, and equipped with the SAE J1772 standard connector plug. 
• EVSE must be certified and listed under a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory, including Underwriters Laboratories (UL) or Electrical Testing Laboratories (ETL).
• The installation of the EVSE must be permitted, inspected and approved in compliance with the National Electric Code along with local, county and state requirements.  It is the customer's responsibility to ensure the installation is done in compliance with applicable codes. For safety reasons, we recommend that a licensed electrician perform the installation.
• EVSE that are resold, rebuilt, received from warranty insurance claims or won as a prize are not eligible for rebates under this program.
• It is recommended to reserve spaces for EV only and to set up signs indicating that the space is for "For Active EV Charging Only."
• It is recommended to consider technologies that give a clear and significant visual signal of the EVSE charging status (idle, actively charging, plugged-in only, etc.) to help reduce misuse of EV charging parking spaces.

Required documents

• Customer Solutions Commercial Program Application.
• Copies of the invoice for the qualifying EVSE Level 2 unit and installation work.
• Submit your application within 120 days from the date of the EVSE purchase and installation.

Get started

• Complete the Commercial Program Application
• Email or mail the completed application and required documents to:

EWEB Customer Solutions
500 E 4th Ave
Eugene, OR 97401

Applications can be emailed to ems.answers@eweb.org

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality's Oregon Clean Vehicle and Charge Ahead Rebate programs can save Oregonians up to $5,000 on the purchase or lease of a qualifying electric vehicle. All Oregonians can receive up to $2,500 for the purchase or lease of a qualifying new EV. Low- and moderate-income Oregonians can save an additional $2,500 on qualifying new or used EVs. Learn more and download an application on DEQ's website.

If you are purchasing or leasing your car from a dealer, you may be able to receive your rebate at the time of purchase. DEQ has developed an interactive map to locate dealerships with this arrangement in place.

The federal government's Zero Emission Vehicle Incentive Program means each automaker's eligible plug-in vehicles can receive a tax credit of up to $7,500 (based on vehicle battery size) until 200,000 eligible vehicles per manufacturer are registered in the U.S. After this point, the credit for that particular vehicle will be reduced and phased out over time.

As of April 2019, Tesla, Cadillac, and Chevrolet have reached 200,000 sales, so models now have a reduced tax credit value.

In addition, home or business installations of electric vehicle charging stations can receive a tax credit of up to 30 percent of the cost of installation. For more information about claiming the credit, see IRS Form 8911, which is available on the IRS Forms and Publications website.