Incentives for Installing EV Charging Stations in Disadvantaged Communities

Receive incentives that may cover a higher percentage of energy company and customer costs when you install charging stations that benefit designated disadvantaged communities in New York City and Westchester.

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Disadvantaged communities (DAC) bear disproportionate burdens of the impacts of climate change and possess certain socioeconomic criteria or comprise high concentrations of low- and moderate-income households.

This definition was adopted by the Climate Justice Working Group (CJWG) under the direction of the Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act (CLCPA), on March 27, 2023. An updated map reflecting the CJWG’s final definition is available via New York State’s CJWG website and on this page.

Projects benefiting DAC are defined by location, setting (e.g., curbside or at a multi-unit dwelling (MUD)), by program (e.g., PowerReady, Micromobility, and Medium-and-Heavy-Duty Pilot, and/or by plug type

Requirement	DCFC	L2 Curbside	L2 MUD
Publicly Accessible and Within DAC	X	X
MUD w/ 25% units at, or below, 80% AMI			X
Incentive Tier	Up to 100%	Up to 100%	Up to 100%

Requirement	MUD	Non-MUD
Publicly Accessible and Within DAC	X	X
MUD w/ 25% units at, or below, 80% AMI	X
Incentive Tier	Up to 50% on CSC; Up to 100% for USC*	Up to 50% on CSC; Up to 100% for USC

Medium-and-Heavy-Duty Pilot Program	Tier	Customer-Side	Utility-Side
Publicly Accessible or Shared Sites	Tier 1: In a DAC	Up to 90% of costs or $882/kW cap	Up to 90% of costs
Publicly Accessible or Shared Sites	Tier 2: Not in a DAC	Up to 50% of costs or $490/kW cap	Up to 90% of costs
Private Sites	Tier 1: In a DAC	Up to 90% of costs or $882/kW cap	Up to 90% of costs
Private Sites	Tier 2: Within 2-mile radius of a DAC	Up to 50% of costs or $490/kW cap	Up to 90% of costs
Private Sites	Tier 3: Not within 2-mile radius of a DAC	Not eligibile	Up to 90% of costs

PowerReady Eligibility:

DCFC Public Chargers: Located within a DAC and publicly accessible.
L2 Public Curbside Chargers: Located on the curb, within or adjacent to a DAC and publicly accessible.
L2 Chargers at MUDs: Parking garages and lots at apartment buildings with five or more units anywhere in Con Edison’s service territory where 25% of units are at, or below, 80% of state median income or area median income (AMI), whichever is higher. The AMI data source is the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Micromobility Eligibility:

Publicly accessible chargers located within a DAC.
Chargers located in, or adjacent to, an eligible multi-unit dwelling. Eligible multi-unit dwellings are apartment buildings with five or more units anywhere in the service territory where 25% of units are at, or below, 80% of state median income or area median income (AMI), whichever is higher.

Medium-and Heavy-Duty Vehicle (MHDV) Pilot Program:

Chargers must be supporting medium-duty or heavy-duty vehicles (class 3 or above; over 10,000 lbs GVWR) or non-road vehicles/equipment (a vehicle voucher is no longer required to be eligible)
Private sites located within a Disadvantaged Community (DAC) or within 2 miles of a DAC are eligible for customer and utility-side incentives. Private sites outside of 2 miles are eligible for utility-side incentives only
Public or shared hub sites are eligible for customer and utility-side incentives
Use our map to check if your location is in or within two miles of a DAC. View map.
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Disadvantaged Communities Map

A map displaying the areas of New York and New Jersey covered by Con Edison and Orange and Rockland.

If you’re not sure if your site is located in a DAC, please:

Watch the video tutorial on the Hosting Capacity and System Data Map page
Open the Hosting Capacity Web Application and select the “Electrification (Formerly EV Charging)” tab
Select the blue “Layer List” icon
Select the “Disadvantaged Communities” layer by checking the corresponding check box
Type in your site address to determine if the address is located within the gray-shaded area that represents the DAC area