Services
EV charging
Level 2 and DC fast charging with the service capacity to run it, and the ComEd and state funding filed before the first charger is ordered.
What we do
- Level 2 and DC fast charging design and installation — port count, siting, trenching, bollards, ADA stalls and the conduit path.
- Service capacity and make-ready: the load study, the service or panel upgrade, and the ComEd New Business request filed before construction starts.
- Home Level 2 chargers — a dedicated circuit, the permit and, where the panel needs it, the service upgrade.
- Networked chargers, driver access and billing, so a public or tenant lot can charge for the energy it sells.
- Installation by an ICC-certified EV installer, which the utility program requires — Lori Ward holds ICC Part 462 and 469.
- State and utility filing: eligibility check, application, pre-approval, post-install verification and the closeout package.
Who performs it
Public lots and fleet depots run with our union crews at Boyd Electric; private commercial lots run with our open-shop team at Gullen Energy; home chargers are installed by licensed, insured and bonded technicians. The call is made for the owner's benefit — the labor rules a publicly funded lot is bid under are not the ones a dealership needs.
Lori Ward is an ICC-certified EV installer; the Cranes' letter describes what that meant for two dealerships, and both projects are on our projects list below.
How it's funded
ComEd and the State of Illinois fund charging — the dealer projects show how much, and both windows are closed until the next round.
The base rebate for an ENERGY STAR certified Level 2 charger, paid toward the make-ready work behind the port. Rebate applications are currently closed. The program runs through the end of 2028 on a first come, first serve basis until funding is depleted, and applications are due within 60 days of project completion — completion meaning the chargers are installed, energized, networked and open for safe use by intended users. We build the package and file the New Business service request now so you are in line the day the window reopens.
The base rebate for direct current fast chargers, at a minimum of 50kW per charger. Applications are closed on the same terms as the Level 2 rebate, with the same program end at the close of 2028 and the same 60-day post-completion filing clock when it reopens. DCFC make-ready is where the service upgrade usually decides the budget, so we size it first.
Sites in an income-eligible or equity-investment-eligible community — that is what LI/EIEC stands for, and it is a community-location test, not a public-sector one — carry a higher rebate: "Up to $7,500/port" for Level 2 and "Up to $675/kW (min 50kW per charger)" for DCFC. Applications are closed with the rest of the make-ready program. We check your address against the eligible-community map before we scope, because the uplift can change which lot you build first.
"Up to 80% of the cost of the installation of charging stations may be funded. Additional awards may incentivize charging infrastructure in eligible communities." Round 3 is closed — the Illinois EPA is not accepting more applications, as all available funding has been requested — and no next round has been announced. Funding supports publicly-available Level 2 or Level 3 stations only, so a gated fleet yard does not qualify. Rounds are posted as Notices of Funding Opportunity with no advance notice, so we keep the site design, the parcel documentation and the cost basis ready to file.
$196,000 for Golf Mill Chevrolet in Niles and $196,000 for Chevrolet Jeep in Forest Park, in a signed letter from the owners. That is money already secured against installed dealership charging, not a projection.
The same letter describes a $640,000 Illinois EPA grant "to be awarded upon full installation." It is award-pending, not banked, and we say so — the grant pays when the installation is complete and verified.
Federal §30C expired for new work on 30 June 2026; we do not offer it.
Pre-approval comes before the purchase order. Utility programs do not pay retroactively; we file first, then we build.
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