Energize Your Business by Supporting Electric Vehicles
Demonstrate your commitment to sustainability by installing charging ports for electric vehicles (EVs) at your facility.
Having EV charging ports on your premises offers both financial and environmental benefits, helps promote your eco-friendly values and positions your organization as forward-thinking. They also help attract and retain employees and build goodwill with your customers and the community. By installing EVs, your organization becomes part of the solution to the world’s most pressing environmental problems.
Smart EV Charging Program Rebates
UniSource Energy Service’s Smart EV Charging Program offers rebates as well as technical support to UniSource Electric commercial customers, multi-family complexes and nonprofit customers that purchase and install EV charging ports at their location. Customers located in lower-income areas may be eligible for higher rebates. If approved into the Program, rebates are issued at the completion of the project if all eligibility criteria have been met. Please note already completed or substantially completed projects are not eligible for rebate funds.
Our rebates help offset your purchase and installation costs, making it easier to become a leader in developing sustainable EV infrastructure for our community. Rebates are offered on a per-port basis and are tiered based on charger type. Current rebate levels are displayed in the table below. Rebates are capped at 100% of project costs. The number of ports incentivized may be less than the number of ports a customer wishes to install.
| Charger Type | Standard | Disadvantaged Community (DAC) Eligible Projects* |
| Level 2 (L2) | $1,200/port | $2,000/port |
| Smart Outlet (multi-family only) | $600 per device | $1,000 per device |
| DC Fast Charger (DCFC) | $12,000/port | $15,000/port |
Rebate levels subject to change at any time. Additional funding may be available for public transportation projects and qualifying affordable multifamily housing developments.
All rebate funds must be distributed by December 2026.
*DAC Eligible Projects include those projects that meet the following criteria:
- Project is in a U.S. Census Block Group where the low-income population percentile (relative to the state) is 80% or greater, as identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s EJScreen Mapping Tool, and
- For non-Smart Outlet DAC projects: Chargers are made available to the public, and are not located behind a gate or barrier, during normal business hours. The chargers must be listed as publicly available on Plugshare (or similar) for the duration of the operating term. Chargers must be a good public use-case for charging based on the parameters outlined in the Program Guidelines.
- For Smart Outlet DAC projects: Multifamily site must be listed on https://housingsearch.az.gov/index.html with monthly per-unit rent below $1,200. If not listed, applicants can provide data to verify rent eligibility. UniSource reserves the right to update the rent threshold as new market data becomes available.
Full DAC qualification information is available in the Program Guidelines. The program team reserves the right to accept or reject proposed projects’ DAC eligibility, and to update this definition as appropriate with the evolution of the program.
Initial Eligibility Criteria
- All UniSource Electric commercial customers are eligible to apply.
- After being accepted into the Program, customers must purchase and install a minimum of two (but up to four) charging ports at their location. Projects that involve the installation of more than four ports will be evaluated on an individual basis and rebates may vary. All projects must be completed, with final documentation submitted and verified, so that rebates can be issued no later than December 2026.
- Customers must sign a Site Host Agreement with a five-year term.
- Customers must be on one of UniSource's Time-of-Use (TOU) or Stand-Alone Electric Vehicle Charging pricing plans.
- Customers must select their chargers from our Qualified Charger List.
All projects are evaluated individually before being accepted for rebates. Not all projects will be approved for rebates. Click here to see the full set of program guidelines and requirements.
Click here to see our Qualified Charger List.
Click here for a guide to getting started and next steps.
NOTE: UniSource reserves the right to modify the program requirements or rebates as needed.
Project Costs Eligible for Rebates
- EV charging station and related equipment
- Electrical service upgrades required for the installation
- Design and engineering services
- Construction and installation (materials and labor)
- Service, warranty and O&M agreements
How UES Supports Your Project
- Supports customers with resources, including the EV Charger Project Guide
- Provides customers with a prequalified list of approved charging port vendors
- Educates customers on recommended charger type and quantity