Quebec multi-unit building Rebates

Do you own an electric vehicle or live in a multi-unit residential building?

Do you own a multi-unit residential building and are you planning to install charging stations to enable your tenants to recharge their electric vehicles?

Financial assistance is available for the acquisition, lease and installation of one or more 240 VAC charging stations for multi-unit residential buildings. The rebate may be as much as much as $5,000 per charging station.

ACQUISITION AND INSTALLATION

The financial assistance granted for the acquisition and installation of charging stations for multi-unit residential buildings will be the lesser of the following amounts:

  • 50% of eligible expenses

  • OR

  • $5,000 per wireless charging station

  • OR

  • $5,000 per connector for charging stations with one or more connectors that allow the equivalent number of electric vehicles to be recharged simultaneously

MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

When the applicant is an individual who owns a all-electric vehicle, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, a low-speed electric vehicle or an electric motorcycle, only one charging station per applicant per address is eligible for financial assistance.

For other applicants, the maximum amount of financial assistance granted per building per fiscal year is set at:

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ACQUISITION AND INSTALLATIon

The financial assistance for the lease and installation of charging stations for a multi-unit residential building corresponds to:

  • $500 per wireless charging station

  • OR

  • $500 per connector for charging stations with one or more connectors that allow the equivalent number of electric vehicles to be recharged simultaneously

  • AND

  • 50% of eligible expenses related to the installation of a charging station

In all cases, the financial assistance may not exceed:

  • $5,000 per wireless charging station

  • $5,000 per connector (for a charging station with one or more connectors that allow the equivalent number of electric vehicles to be recharged simultaneously)

To receive a lump sum payment for the lease of a charging station, the applicant must provide a lease agreement showing that he or she meets the Program’s other eligibility conditions, notably the obligation to keep the charging station in operation for at least three years.

Eligible Requirements

To be eligible for this program, each terminal must be:

  • new;

  • powered at 120 volts (charging 1 st level) or 240 volts (charging 2 e level), or both;

  • approved by a recognized organization , as required by the Building Act;

  • used for charging a fully electric vehicle (EVV), plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHV), heavy-duty electric vehicle (EVV), low-speed electric vehicle (VLV) or motorcycle electrician (ME) of which the eligible applicant or his employees are owners.