Eligible expenses must be directly related to the installation of new EV charging stations. Costs must be clearly invoiced, dated, and itemized for each applicable eligible expense. To be eligible for a rebate, organizations must include the costs in their application at the pre-approval stage and provide a final invoice and proof of payment for each eligible expense at the completion stage. 

Eligible expenses: 

1. Capital expenses for the purchase of the EV charging station equipment and any other required infrastructure such as informatics, sub-panels and transformers downstream of the electrical service, as applicable. 
2. Salary and benefits.
3. Professional services (e.g., scientific; technical; management; contracting; engineering; design; construction; installations, testing; training; marketing; data collections; logistics; maintenance; printing; distributions; audit and evaluation).
4. Expenses for obtaining the required electrical permit and any other required building or development permits.
5. Expenses for completing the required electrical inspections and other inspections as required.

Ineligible Expenses:

1. Land costs. 
2. Legal costs.
3. In-kind contributions.
4. Costs relating to ongoing operations and maintenance (electricity consumption, electrical demand charges, networking fees, subscription fees, etc.).
5. Costs relating to concrete work.
6. Costs incurred prior to receiving written approval via a signed funding agreement.
7. Electrical service upgrades or any upgrades upstream from the electrical service. 
8. Extended equipment warranties at an additional cost.  
9. Any other costs incurred outside the eligible expenditures. 

(Learn more in section 2.2 of the Application Guidebook)