CleanBC Go Electric Medium and Heavy-Duty Public Charger Program

The CleanBC Go Electric Program is intended to encourage and accelerate the adoption of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) in British Columbia (B.C.) for both their environmental and economic benefits. The CleanBC Go Electric Medium-and Heavy-Duty (MHD) Public Charger Program (the Program) is a sub-program of the CleanBC Go Electric Program and is intended to increase the number of public Direct Current Fast Chargers (DCFCs) throughout B.C. to support the growing number of MHD EVs in the province. The Program aims to target locations with high MHD vehicle utilization to support the transition to ZEVs. 

The Program will provide a tiered rebate structure, offering up to $200,000 per charge port depending on charger output, to a maximum of 50% of project costs. The target number of DCFC ports to be installed from the Program is 111.

The Program's organizational structure will consist of the Ministry of Energy Mines and Low Carbon Innovation (EMLI) and the delivery agent Fraser Basin Council (FBC).

To be eligible for the Program, the applicant must be:

• A business, not-for-profit, local government, Indigenous community, utility or public sector organization located and operating in B.C. (excluding core government entities, i.e. Provincial Ministries, but including non-core entities, e.g. utilities, health authorities, school districts, universities, crown corporations, etc.). 

The stacking of CleanBC Go Electric Medium- and Heavy-duty Public Charger Program funding with other CleanBC Programs and some federal programs is not permitted. Such programs may include, but are not limited to:

• CleanBC Industrial Incentive Program;

• CleanBC Communities Fund;

• CleanBC Go Electric Public Charger Program;

• CleanBC Go Electric Hydrogen Fuelling and Fleet Program;

• CleanBC Go Electric Commercial Vehicle Pilots Program; and 

• Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program (ZEVIP). 

Stacking of funding from other government funding programs (both provincial and federal) with the CleanBC Go Electric Medium- and Heavy-duty Public Charger Program will be limited to 75% of eligible project costs, except in the case where the applicant is a local or Indigenous government or their development corporation in which case the stacking limit for government funding is 100% of the total project costs. 

Funding from other sources will be allowed as long as funding amounts do not exceed total project costs. Reporting of applications for other government funding for the use toward a project funded under the CleanBC Go Electric Medium- and Heavy-duty Public Charger Program is mandatory.

• The applicant must be the current site owner or have approval (in writing) from the site owner to install the charging infrastructure for a minimum ten-year period.
• To be eligible for Program funding, the primary applicant must agree to share performance and utilization data for chargers funded by the program for a minimum of one year of operation. 

Applicants are eligible for two rebate tiers to cover up to 50% of the eligible costs of DCFCs with power outputs of ≥150kW (but less than 250kW), and ≥250kW. Rebate amounts are:

• Charger output ≥150kW
  • $150,000 per charger (up to 50% of project costs)
• Charger output ≥250kW
  • $200,000 per charger (up to 50% of project costs).