PSE-owned turnkey service covers:

• Up to four charging ports
• 100 percent of installation costs up to $10,000 per port

The customer-owned option covers:

• Up to four charging ports
• Up to 50 percent of installation and upgrade costs up to $2,000 per port

Through Empower Mobility from Up & Go Electric, multifamily properties that house predominantly low-income residents or Tribal communities are eligible for higher incentives for charging installation as well as incentives for electric vehicles to use in shared mobility programs.

To qualify for these Empower Mobility incentives, applicants must demonstrate that at least half of the property’s units house low-income and/or Tribal residents.

Empower Mobility incentive details

For these multifamily housing providers, we’ll cover:

• Up to four charging ports
• 100 percent of charger installation costs up to $10,000 per port under our PSE-owned turnkey service
• Or, 100 percent of installation costs up to $4,000 per port under the customer-owned option

Empower Mobility EV rebates for shared mobility

In support of a car, scooter or bike share program, PSE will also provide up to $7,500 for one light-duty electric vehicle or up to $1,000 per non-road EV – including electric bicycles, scooters and wheelchairs – up to $7,500.

Benefits to “named communities”

Low-income and Tribal housing providers that apply for the program will be asked to describe how they serve or benefit “named communities."

“Named communities” include both highly impacted communities and vulnerable populations.

Highly impacted communities are comprised of census tracts designated by the Washington State Department of Health as a 9 or 10 on the Environmental Health Disparities Map or communities located in census tracts that are fully or partially on “Indian country” as defined in 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1151.

Vulnerable populations are communities that experience a disproportionate cumulative risk from environmental burdens due to adverse socioeconomic factors, including disability, cardiovascular disease, low birth weight rates, higher rates of hospitalization, heat islands, arrearage/disconnections, access to digital/internet resources, access to food, access to health care, educational attainment level, estimated energy burden, historical red line influence, home care, housing burden, linguistic isolation, mental health/illness, poverty, race, renter vs owner, seniors with fixed income, transportation expenses and unemployment.

The list of vulnerability factors and resultant mapping may change as PSE’s Clean Energy Implementation Plan evolves.

Contact us

If you have questions about Empower Mobility incentives and eligibility, contact an Energy Advisor or call 1-800-562-1482.

Bringing electric vehicle charging to your tenants can be overwhelming. PSE Up & Go Electric for Multifamily can make it easier.

PSE-owned turnkey service

1. Apply: describe your project and potential eligibility for enhanced Empower Mobility incentives.
2. Evaluate: if your project is selected, we’ll assess your site and send you a design, cost estimate and incentive offer (if applicable).
3. Accept: you’ll accept PSE’s incentive offer and sign the service agreement.
4. Install: we’ll handle the permitting, installation and inspection process.
5. Fund: you’ll only receive an invoice if your project exceeds the per-charging port limit.
6. Set up: use PSE’s Welcome Toolkit for tips on getting started, as well as promoting and managing your new EV chargers.
7. Report: share maintenance issues and results of resident surveys on charging preferences.

Customer-owned option

1. Apply: describe your project and potential eligibility for enhanced Empower Mobility incentives.
2. Accept: you’ll accept PSE’s incentive offer and sign the service agreement.
3. Purchase: you’ll purchase your EV charging equipment.
4. Install: you’ll install your EV charging equipment.
5. Fund: you’ll receive incentives upon submitting receipts for equipment and installation. (Note: Empower Mobility recipients will receive their funding after the Accept step.)
6. Set up: use PSE’s Welcome Toolkit for tips on getting started, as well as promoting and managing your new EV chargers for residents.
7. Report: share results of resident surveys on charging preferences.

To be eligible for the PSE Up & Go Electric for Multifamily program, you must:

• Be a current multifamily residential PSE electric account holder
• Own or manage a multifamily property with five or more attached units
• Agree to promote the availability of electric vehicle charging to residents
• Agree to operate charging equipment for 10 years
• Agree to survey tenants annually about their charging preferences and share the results with PSE
• When requested, sign a service agreement with PSE (agreement for PSE-owned turnkey option here; agreement for customer-owned option here)
• Be willing to convert undeeded, shared parking space(s) for the charger installation(s)
• Customer-owned option only: share charging data on a regular basis or as requested by PSE
• Agree not to charge tenants above the cost of electricity used for charging

In order to apply for the PSE Up & Go Electric for Multifamily program, you’ll need:

• Approval for participation by any board or approving authority
• A primary point of contact
• PSE account holder name and account number
• Total number of units and parking spaces at the property
• Information about the desired charger location at the property
• The number of tenants currently residing at the property, as well as its maximum occupancy
• The number of tenants who own or lease a plug-in electric vehicle
• How installing EV charging would be a benefit to you or your tenants
• The percentage of units occupied by low-income tenants (if applying for enhanced Empower Mobility incentives)
• Description of how your organization serves and/or benefits low-income and/or Tribal communities (if applying for enhanced Empower Mobility incentives)

PSE evaluates applications in four areas:

• Community impact: How and to what magnitude will the project benefit and serve low-income tenants, Tribal communities and/or other named communities?
• Geographic diversity: Does the project increase access to EV charging in areas that are underserved by EV charging infrastructure? Has PSE already provided funding for EV charging infrastructure in this area?
• Use case: Will the project increase EV charging availability at a wider range of multifamily property types in PSE’s service area?
• Utilization: What is the likelihood of EV charging being used at the proposed property based on EV ownership and existing EV charging options at the property and in the surrounding area?

PSE conducts an initial review of all applications for missing documentation within five days of submission. We evaluate all applications at the end of every month to select projects to move forward to the next stage. Projects that are not selected will be waitlisted and evaluated again the following month.

Current and past participants in the program may apply again. However, if PSE receives a large number of applications, PSE may consider current and past participation as an evaluation factor.

• PSE Up & Go Electric for Multifamily handout