Overview
Our electric vehicle (EV) charger pilot program can help your business offset the upfront costs associated with installing EV charging stations for your fleet, employee, customer or public use at your facility.
The program offers credits to help pay for customer costs of utility upgrades as well as provides possible rebates for customer facility electrical work.
Eligibility requirements
- Customer needs to apply for the pilot program and start working with the EV team prior to equipment installation.
- Customer commits to installing a minimum of 150kW of new Level 2 or DC fast chargers. An additional electric meter to measure charging electric use is required.
- Customer must be on one of the following rates:
- Cg 2, Cg 3, Cg 3S, Cg3C, Cp1, Cp FN, Cp 3, Cp 3S, CP 4
- Business must be located in Wisconsin and receive service from We Energies.
- Customer must be in good standing, i.e. cannot have any delinquent electric bills or disconnections
in the past twelve months.
Business EV application
Wisconsin Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program applicants
Wisconsin Department of Transportation is accepting applications for the Wisconsin Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (WEVI) Program. Refer to the WEVI website for details on how utility programs work within the WEVI structure. Requests for cost estimates needed for the utility coordination form may take 2-3 weeks to complete.
Questions and answers
EV Charging Equipment
What if I already have EV charging equipment?
- Any existing charging equipment does not qualify. If you want to add charging equipment, start your application for the pilot program. Our team will work with you for the best enrollment experience.
Rates
Does this program set up a new, EV-specific rate for commercial customers?
- No. You continue to pay for electricity through our existing electric rates. Eligible rates for this pilot program are our
existing secondary demand rates or primary rates. You can learn more about these rates in our rate brochure and tariffs.
- If your EV charging is installed as a part of a new service, the new service may have a different electric rate than what
the rest of your business uses.
- The rate of your specific EV installation will be determined based on a couple of considerations, such as the amount of
anticipated EV charging load (kW) you are adding, as well as your business’s current electric rate. Depending upon the usage
of the EV charging equipment, you may qualify for a different electric rate in the future.
How do demand rates work?
- Demand is the rate at which you consume electricity – or the amount needed to power your business (in this case EV charging stations)
at any given point in time. Demand charges are based on the highest level of electricity you demand at one time during the billing period and at the time of day it’s needed.
- Read more on understanding general secondary demand charges here.
Pilot Incentives
How is the amount of my allowance calculated?
- We will work with you to determine the amount. It is based on your electric rate, the amount of charging you are committing to install and the specifics of the utility work required for your project. Pilot participant utility cost estimates will include a 20% cushion included in the estimate, which will be reconciled with actual costs once utility work is completed.
Do you offer rebates for purchasing electric vehicles?
Do you offer rebates to help pay for the EV chargers?
- No. Our program is designed to assist business customers with the costs for utility upgrades and customer electrical work.
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