California rebates for EV chargers, load management, and home electrification

Programs change frequently — confirm before applying

California rebate programs change frequently. Funding gets exhausted, new tiers launch, and programs pause and relaunch. This directory is dynamic and may contain errors or stale information. Always confirm current rebate availability and amounts directly with the program before you apply, and text or call us at (858) 367-3617 if you find anything that needs updating.

Tax credits: we don’t provide tax advice. Information about the federal 30C EV charger tax credit (and any other tax-related incentives) is descriptive only — consult a qualified tax professional to determine your eligibility and how to claim it on your return.

This guide covers California programs — utility, state, federal, and Community Choice Aggregator (CCA) — that pay for EV chargers, load management devices, panel upgrades, or electrification work. We pay particular attention to programs that explicitly accept load management as an alternative to an electrical panel upgrade, since that’s where homeowners can save the most money.

Click your area on the map below for current programs in your region, then scroll down for federal incentives, the major utility programs, and CCA-by-CCA detail.

★ Programs that explicitly accept load management

These California programs include energy management systems, “circuit pauser” or “circuit splitter” devices in their qualified-equipment categories — load management is an eligible alternative to upgrading your electrical panel. Each program publishes its own list of approved products; check the program link for current eligibility.

PG&E Residential Charging Solutions Rebate

Up to $2,000 standard / up to $5,000 for income-qualified PG&E customers. Eligibility is tied to PG&E’s published qualified-equipment list, which includes specific Energy Management Systems, smart splitters, and adjustable-amperage chargers. Check the current list at the link below before purchasing. PG&E program details →

SMUD Charge@Home + Circuit Sharing Device QPL

SMUD residential customers in Sacramento: $250 charger + $500 dedicated circuit + $200 specifically for circuit-sharing or energy management devices. SMUD publishes a Qualified Products List for circuit-sharing devices. Apply at SMUD →

Peninsula Clean Energy — Smart Load Management Device

San Mateo County PCE customers: up to $500 per device, max 2 per household ($1,000 total). PCE actively markets “electrify without a panel upgrade” and runs an educational article about the option. Apply at Peninsula Clean Energy →

Silicon Valley Clean Energy — Prewiring & Load Management Device

Santa Clara County SVCE customers: $500 per circuit (up to $2,000) standard / $750 per circuit (up to $3,000) income-qualified. Eligible: prewiring up to 4 circuits OR a load management device (e.g., circuit splitter or pauser). Must be paired with a heat pump or HPWH install. Apply at SVCE →

San José Clean Energy — Circuit Pauser/Splitter

San José SJCE customers: $250 per device (both standard and Environmental Justice Community tiers). Must be installed alongside a heat pump HVAC, HPWH, or battery storage. Apply at San José Clean Energy →

Programs that aren’t load-management-specific can still help

Many California rebates pay for the charger, the panel upgrade, the heat pump, or the EV itself — without saying anything about load management one way or the other. These programs can absolutely be used by customers who choose load management. The rebate funds the eligible equipment or work; how you wire the rest of the project is up to you and your installer.

For example: a homeowner installing a Level 2 EV charger with load management can still claim a utility’s standard EV charger rebate (the rebate is for the charger, not for the load management approach). And a homeowner adding both a charger and a heat pump can claim both an EV charger rebate and a separate heat pump rebate from a different program.

The general rule: stack everything you qualify for. A typical California install can combine federal + utility + CCA rebates totaling thousands of dollars off the project. Use the lists below to find every program that applies to you.

Federal incentives

⏰ Federal 30C EV charger tax credit — expires June 30, 2026

30% of EV charger installation cost, up to $1,000 for residential installs in eligible census tracts (most non-urban or low-income areas in California qualify; check the IRS census-tract lookup). Stackable with utility rebates. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (July 2025) accelerated the sunset to June 30, 2026 — installs after that date no longer qualify. Filed via IRS Form 8911. IRS details →

By major California utility

PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric)

• Residential Charging Solutions Rebate — see featured section above. Apply →
• ChargeBoost — free PG&E smart-meter-based load management; currently single-OEM (Emporia chargers only). Details →

SCE (Southern California Edison)

• Charge Ready Home — up to $4,200 income-qualified / $2,100 disadvantaged-community for a panel upgrade + Level 2 charger install. Requires installing a new 200A panel. Apply →
• SCE has approved ConnectDER EV MSA on its Meter Socket Adapter Approved Product List, but doesn’t have a separate rebate for the device itself. SCE EV rebates page →

SDG&E (San Diego Gas & Electric)

• Pre-Owned EV Rebate — $1,000 standard / $4,000 income-qualified (vehicle only). Apply →
• SDG&E currently has no active residential Level 2 charger rebate. Federal 30C and CA state programs are the main path until further notice. SDG&E EV incentives page →

LADWP (Los Angeles)

• Residential EV Charger Rebate — $1,000 standard / $1,500 for Lifeline/EZ-SAVE customers. Apply →
• HPWH rebate — boosted to $2,500 for 2026. Details →
• HOME LA — whole-home electrification pilot. Details →

SMUD (Sacramento)

• Charge@Home — see featured section above. Apply →
• Go Electric Bonus Package — up to $500/circuit, $2,000 cap + sub-panel + panel upgrade ≤200A covered, when paired with heat pump or HPWH retrofit. Apply →

Other major California POUs

• Anaheim Public Utilities: Up to $1,500 EV charger rebate. Details →
• Burbank Water & Power: Up to $1,250 (non-DAC) / $1,500 (DAC) tiered for charger + panel upgrade. Details →
• Glendale Water & Power: Up to $599 + panel upgrade bonus. Details →
• Pasadena Water & Power: $200/$600 charger; $1,000 + $500 IQ for panel upgrade (requires 200A+ breaker panel — load management not accepted). Charger → · Panel upgrade →
• Roseville Electric: $400 charger rebate. Details →
• Silicon Valley Power (Santa Clara): EV + heat pump programs paused; relaunch July 2026. Details →
• Alameda Municipal Power: $500 charger + $1,500 panel upgrade (heat-pump-tied). Details →
• CPAU (Palo Alto): $1,000 electrical panel upgrade + heat pump rebates. Details →
• IID (Imperial): $500 charger rebate. Details →
• MID (Modesto): $350 charger. Details →
• TID (Turlock): $300 charger. Details →

By California Community Choice Aggregator (CCA)

Bay Area & Northern California

• Peninsula Clean Energy (San Mateo): Smart Load Management Device rebate (see featured) + HPWH up to $4,000 + HP HVAC up to $2,500 + $1,000 electrical panel upgrade. Details →
• Silicon Valley Clean Energy (Santa Clara): Prewiring & LM device rebate (see featured) + FutureFit Homes HPWH/HVAC/induction stack. Details →
• San José Clean Energy: Circuit pauser/splitter (see featured) + EcoHome HP/HPWH/battery rebates. Details →
• MCE (Marin/Napa/Contra Costa): EV instant rebate paused (relaunch summer 2026); HPWH up to $3,175, HP HVAC up to $2,400. Details →
• Sonoma Clean Power: HPWH rises to $2,500 on June 1, 2026; HP HVAC up to $1,000 / $10,000 CARE-FERA. No single-family panel rebate. Details →
• CleanPowerSF: Bill credits only — HPWH $1,200, HP HVAC $1,200, induction $150. Multifamily L2 charger rebate up to $120,000/project. Details →
• Ava Community Energy (Alameda): Aggregator only; e-bike rebate; managed-charging program. Details →
• Pioneer (Placer): Limited residential programs. Details →
• Valley Clean Energy (Yolo): EV rebate closed; relaunching 2026 at $7,500 stacked. Details →
• Redwood Coast Energy Authority (Humboldt): Public charging discount; heat pump rebates in transition. Details →

Central Coast & Central California

• Central Coast Community Energy (3CE): Electrify Your Ride explicitly funds EV-readiness electrical work including panel upgrades. EV → · Electrify Your Home covers HPWH/HVAC/induction. Home →
• Santa Barbara Clean Energy: HEAP funds up to $4,000 (income-qualified) for electrical work including panel upgrades. HEAP → · EV program closed, relaunch July 2026. Watch for relaunch →

LA & Southern California

• Clean Power Alliance (LA + Ventura, 35 cities): Free Energy Team electrification advising; battery rebates up to $2,250; EV SmartCharge up to $260/yr. Details → · Energy Team →
• Clean Energy Alliance (N. San Diego): Income-qualified Battery Bonus Connect; refers to SDG&E for most rebates. Details →
• Lancaster Energy: Power Choice (Tesla solar+battery) bundle. Details →
• Apple Valley Choice Energy: Power Choice bundle. Details →
• Pomona Choice Energy: Power Choice bundle. Details →
• San Jacinto Power, Pico Rivera (PRIME): Power Choice bundles. San Jacinto → · PRIME →
• Rancho Mirage Energy Authority: Up to $550 EV charger; up to $5,500 home energy efficiency. Details →
• Desert Community Energy (Coachella Valley): Aggregator only; refers to SCE. Details →

California state programs

• TECH Clean California (heat pump HVAC + HPWH): single-family market-rate fully reserved as of late 2025; multifamily HEEHRA layer still accepting. Details →
• HEEHRA / HEAR (income-qualified electrification): single-family fully reserved 2/24/2026; multifamily still open. CA Phase I implementation excludes single-family panel/wiring rebates. Details →
• EBD Direct Install (no-cost low-income electrification including panel upgrades): launched April 2026 in designated focus communities. Details →
• SGIP (battery storage): all residential budgets fully reserved as of March 2026. Details →
• CARB Driving Clean Assistance Program (DCAP): up to $10,000 vehicle grant + $2,000 charging infrastructure for income-qualified buyers (≤300% Federal Poverty Level). Apply →
• CARB Clean Cars 4 All: up to $10,000–$12,000 ZEV + $2,000 charging in participating air districts (Bay Area, South Coast, San Joaquin Valley, Sacramento, San Diego). Details →
• GoGreen Home Energy Financing: low-rate loans up to $50,000+ for electrification work including panel upgrades. Details →
• BayREN: Bay Area regional efficiency network with HPWH and home energy bundle rebates. Details →
• SoCalREN: Southern California regional efficiency network. Details →
• 3C-REN: Tri-county (SLO, Santa Barbara, Ventura) regional efficiency network. Details →

How to combine rebates (stacking)

Most California rebates are designed to stack with each other and with the federal 30C credit. A typical stack for a homeowner installing an EV charger with load management on a 100A panel might combine:

• Their utility’s EV charger rebate (e.g., PG&E Residential Charging Solutions, up to $2,000)
• Their CCA’s load-management or circuit-pauser rebate, if available (e.g., PCE $500)
• Federal 30C tax credit (up to $1,000) — through June 30, 2026 only

Always read each program’s stacking rules — a few programs explicitly forbid stacking with federal incentives, and CARB programs (CC4A, DCAP) generally cannot be combined with each other on the same vehicle.

Frequently asked questions

Which California rebate programs cover load management devices specifically?

Five programs include load management as an eligible category: PG&E Residential Charging Solutions Rebate, SMUD Charge@Home (with a published Circuit Sharing Device QPL), Peninsula Clean Energy Smart Load Management Device, Silicon Valley Clean Energy prewiring/load-management rebate, and San José Clean Energy circuit pauser/splitter rebate. Each program publishes its own qualified-products list; check current eligibility before purchasing.

Can I claim a rebate that doesn’t mention load management?

Yes. Most California utility EV charger rebates pay for the charger itself and don’t restrict how it’s wired. If you qualify for the rebate’s stated requirements (utility customer, eligible charger, application timeline, etc.), it pays out whether you used load management, a smart splitter, or a panel upgrade. The same applies to heat pump rebates, panel upgrade rebates, and most other electrification incentives — they fund the eligible equipment, not the install method.

Does my California utility cover the cost of a panel upgrade?

Mostly no, with a few exceptions. SCE’s Charge Ready Home covers up to $4,200 for income-qualified customers. Pasadena Water & Power covers $1,000–$1,500. Santa Barbara Clean Energy’s HEAP covers up to $4,000 income-qualified. Most other programs leave electrical panel upgrades out-of-pocket — which is exactly why load management is so much more accessible for the typical homeowner.

Is the federal HEEHRA $4,000 electrical panel upgrade rebate available in California?

Not for single-family homes. California’s HEEHRA Phase I implementation includes the electrical-panel/wiring rebate only for multifamily projects. Single-family applicants are also fully waitlisted statewide as of February 2026. A common misconception is that HEEHRA pays for single-family panel upgrades in California — it does not.

When does the federal 30C EV charger tax credit expire?

June 30, 2026. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (July 2025) accelerated the original sunset. Installs placed in service after that date no longer qualify. The credit is 30% of installation cost, up to $1,000 for residential, in eligible census tracts.

Can I stack utility rebates with the federal tax credit?

Yes, in almost all cases. PG&E, SCE, SDG&E, LADWP, SMUD, and most CCA rebates are designed to stack with the federal 30C credit. Always confirm stacking rules per program — a small number specifically forbid combining with federal incentives.

My CCA isn’t listed here. Where do I check?

This guide aims to cover every active CCA in California with an electrification or EV-charging program. If yours isn’t shown, it likely doesn’t run its own residential electrification rebate at this time. Check your CCA’s website directly for any new programs launching in 2026, or call us — we keep this guide current.

How current is this guide?

This guide is dynamic and reflects program status as of mid-2026. California rebate programs change frequently — funding gets exhausted, new tiers launch, programs pause and relaunch. We update this page regularly but information may be stale or contain errors. Always confirm current rebate availability and amounts directly with the program before you apply, and call us at (858) 367-3617 if something needs updating.

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