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Commercial EV Make-Ready Program Pre-Application

1. Contact Information
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2. Project Information
Are you currently working with an electrician/installer for this project? *This question is required.
What type of charging are you planning on installing? *This question is required.
3. Application Type
Select one of the following program categories:

1 Income-qualified Multifamily Dwelling buildings defined as: five or more units; must have at least 50 percent of the units occupied by income-qualified households. If a building meets this threshold of occupancy by income-qualified households, 100 percent of the building can be considered income-qualified.

2 For purposes of this program, disadvantaged communities will include those determined using the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool published by the Council on Environmental Quality, environmental justice areas, as determined by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency or as defined under Minn. Statute 216B.1691 Subdivision 1(e), and federally identified Tribal lands located within Minnesota Power service territory.

* Contribution limited to Level 2 infrastructure costs.

Program Requirements
  • Only Multifamily Dwellings, Public Charging and Workplace Charging installations are eligible.
  • Limit of one project per customer per year.
  • Minnesota Power account must be in good standing.
  • Be the facility owner or have written consent from the building owner to participate.
  • Be willing to maintain the chargers by adhering to ongoing maintenance recommendations of the manufacturer and perform site maintenance (snow and vegetation management, etc.) as needed.
  • Must establish a dedicated EV service separate from all other load on site and be billed on one of Minnesota Power’s EV rates.
  • Require a minimum of two installed charging plugs (Level 2 or DCFC where applicable) per project.
  • DC fast chargers must use Combined Charging System (“CCS”) and/or North American Charging Standard (“NACS”) connectors.
  • Provide proof of purchased charging stations and dates for expected arrival of charging stations prior to the Company beginning deployment of make-ready infrastructure.
  • Requests to future proof infrastructure for future charging expansion cannot be funded through this program. If desired, the incremental costs associated with future proofing initiatives can be funded by the customer.
  • Open Charge Point Protocol (“OCPP”)-compliant chargers will be required in MDU settings where the Company is including the cost of up to three Level 2 chargers in the rebate calculation.
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