City of Palo Alto Utilities (CPAU) and your EV charger
City of Palo Alto Utilities (CPAU) offers 1 EV program we have verified against its own published terms, listed below with the amount, the funding status and the date we checked.
Federal listing checked null
Verified programs
- Multi-family property within CPAU's service territory (City of Palo Alto)
- EV Charger(s) / EVSE, Level 2 or above, installed in shared or assigned parking
- Part 1 application must be pre-approved by CPAU before purchase or installation
- On-site pre- and post-installation inspections required
- New-construction projects required by code to install EVSE are NOT eligible for the portion required by code
Conditions are quoted from each program’s own published terms as we read them on the date shown. Meeting them is what makes an application eligible; it is not an approval, and a utility can apply requirements it does not publish.
Not in the federal directory
The Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center does not carry a listing for City of Palo Alto Utilities (CPAU). That is a gap in the federal directory rather than a statement about this utility — what appears above was read directly from the utility’s own published material.
Where the federal credit went
There is no federal EV charger tax credit for equipment placed in service after June 30, 2026. Section 30C was terminated by section 70504 of Public Law 119-21. Any quote or article that nets a federal credit against your cost today is out of date — which is most of them.
Utility’s own page: https://www.paloalto.gov/Departments/Utilities/Electrification/Business-Electrification/EV-Chargers-for-Multi-Family-Properties
Price the install for your address
Whatever City of Palo Alto Utilities (CPAU) does or does not pay, the install cost is driven by your panel, the run and the permit. Model it in a couple of minutes.