The County of San Diego’s Electric Vehicle Charger Program (EVCP) offers incentives for properties in unincorporated San Diego County to install publicly accessible EV chargers, with increased funding available for locations in Equity Priority Areas. Multifamily housing located within any Eligible Area is also considered an Equity Priority Site and qualifies for increased funding. Multifamily housing sites do not need to be accessible to the general public but must be accessible to all tenants and cannot be DCFC. To check the eligibility of your project site, check out the EVCP Eligibility and Equity Priority Area Map.

The application window for Round 1 of EVCP is from June 25, 2026 to August 25, 2026. Incentives available in Round 1 include:

Charger Type	Level 2	DCFC
Base Rebate	$5,000 per charger, or 75% of total project costs, whichever is less	50 kW–99.99 kW: $50,000 per charger, or 75% of the total project cost, whichever is less 100 kW+: $75,000 per charger, or 75% of the total project cost, whichever is less
Additional Rebate for Equity Priority Areas	Additional $1,000 per charger, or 100% of the covered project cost, whichever is less	50 kW–99.99 kW: Additional $5,000 per charger, or 100% of the covered project cost, whichever is less 100 kW+: Additional $10,000 per charger, or 100% of the covered project cost, whichever is less
Maximum Rebate per Location*	$30,000 (approximately 6 chargers); increases to $36,000 for Equity Priority Areas	$225,000 (approximately 3 100 kW+ chargers); increases to $255,000 for Equity Priority Areas

* Projects with both Level 2 and DCFC chargers will use the DCFC maximum rebate per location.

The County of San Diego expects to have multiple rounds of incentives this year. Incentive amounts offered will decrease with each round. At the end of the funding round application period, if the funds are undersubscribed, all verified applicants will receive the incentive. If funds are oversubscribed, a lottery will be used to select which projects receive funding. Once initial application materials are approved and projects are selected, the Program will provide an estimated incentive and reserve the funds. Selected applicants will be notified and will have three (3) weeks to formally accept or deny the incentive funds. Once the applicant officially accepts the funds, the applicant will have 270 days for Level 2 chargers and 450 days for DC Fast Chargers to complete the project and submit all required documentation.

Before applying to EVCP Round 1, you must review the eligibility requirements in the EVCP Public Program Guidelines and EVCP Terms And Conditions available on the Program website.

To apply for Round 1 of EVCP, please complete the application below. You may save your progress and return at any time using the link emailed to you.

Once you submit your application, you will receive a Project Unique Identifier.

Relationship to the Project (see EVCP Terms and Conditions available on the Program website for definitions of the following roles)

To determine eligibility, please refer to the EVCP Eligibility and Equity Priority Area Map.

In the event that there are more applicants than subsidies available, eligible applicants will be selected randomly to receive the subsidy. The County of San Diego expects to have multiple rounds of incentives this year. Applicants who are not selected in this round will automatically be considered in future rounds unless they check the box below indicating they do not wish to be included.

By submitting this form, and if a subsidy is offered and accepted, I commit to install the charging station(s) and to share data generated by it with the County of San Diego and university research partners. Applicants are required to submit six (6) years of session/usage data for the EV charger(s). Data should be submitted at least every six (6) months, commencing after charger commissioning. Applicants must grant the County of San Diego and university research partners the right to directly acquire session/usage data directly from their network provider/operator, and network providers/operators must commit to timely provision of the session/usage data. Data should include at minimum: Station serial number, date and time of session start and conclusion, kWh of electricity consumed, and charger uptime statistics (see EVCP Terms and Conditions available on the Program website). Network providers/operators that already collect additional data identifying who initiated a session (e.g., a customer ID #, etc.) and/or the vehicle plugged in (make, model, and year) shall include such information.

The County of San Diego is partnering with university researchers to evaluate the effectiveness of this program. The goal is to understand the impact of charging station incentives on electric vehicle use in unincorporated areas.

By continuing with this application, you consent to sharing the information provided in this application with the County of San Diego and research partners. Your data may be linked to other information collected during the program and to external data sources, solely for research purposes. No data will be used for enforcement, citations, residency verification, or any non-research purpose. All information will be anonymized, given a unique identification number, and stored securely, kept confidential, and combined with other data so that you will not be identified in any published results. Only authorized personnel will have access to the data, and only anonymized data will be shared with the research partners. Only the County of San Diego will retain identifiable data, and this will be kept only for the duration of the study and then securely destroyed after 5 years.

By continuing with this application, you are also consenting to researchers contacting you to request additional information about this program.

I understand this program may reduce funding if costs are covered by other incentives.

I certify that this project meets all eligibility requirements outlined in the EVCP Public Program Guidelines available on the Program website.

I certify that I have read the EVCP Terms and Conditions available on the Program website.

The County of San Diego may contact applicants for follow-up regarding this application.