The federal credit for a home charger ended on June 30, 2026. What remains is a short list of state and local programs and a long list of utilities, and none of them is automatic.
The federal 30C credit paid 30% of the cost of a charger at your main home, up to $1,000 per item, for property placed in service from January 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2026. It is closed as of Nov 8, 2026. AFDC lists 10 state or local programs in 8 places that still target a home charger, and 155 utilities with a residential charger rebate of some kind.
What the federal credit was
Section 30C let you claim a credit for a charger placed in service at a main home, if it sat in a low-income or non-urban census tract. The IRS credit page states the $1,000 cap and the end date, and the IRS FAQ on the 2025 law repeats the end date. Both were read on Nov 8, 2026. The full story of that credit and the vehicle credits is in federal credits.
Home charger amounts in the AFDC text, with the old federal cap for scale
Source: IRS 30C page and AFDC records linked in the table below, read Nov 8, 2026. Amounts are caps or fixed sums and each has conditions.
That comparison is rough: the state items differ in what they pay for. New Mexico's credit is for wiring that supports a Level 2 charger, not for the charger, and the California pilot is for low-income residents only.
State and local programs for a home charger
These are the AFDC records that name a residential charger, checked on Nov 8, 2026. Public, workplace and multifamily charger grants are not here; the state incentives table counts them for every state.
State and local home charger programs listed by AFDC
Sustainable Building Tax Credit: $500 for residential wiring that supports a Level 2 charger, $1,000 for an income-eligible resident (make-ready wiring, not the charger).
Financing, not a rebate. PACE financing: property owners borrow to pay for improvements including EV chargers and repay through a property assessment, where local governments offer it.
Nov 8, 2026
Source: AFDC State Laws and Incentives records (links above), read Nov 8, 2026. 1 source: AFDC only; each record cites the agency behind it.
Utility rebates
AFDC also keeps a page for each utility that offers an incentive. It lists the type of incentive, not the amount. Of the 155 utilities and private entities with a residential Level 2 charger purchase or installation rebate on that list, 35 are investor-owned utilities, shown in the table. The rest are municipal utilities and cooperatives; their pages are linked from each state's AFDC summary. California has the most, with 26.
Utilities with a residential charger rebate listed by AFDC, top 12 states
Source: AFDC utility incentive pages, Residential Incentives, Infrastructure, read Nov 8, 2026. A utility serving two states is counted in both.
A listing means the utility says it has such a program, not that it is funded this month. Open the utility's own page for the amount, the eligibility rules and whether the money has run out. If your utility has a time of use rate, the home charging cost calculator lets you type your own price per kWh.
Investor-owned utilities with a residential charger rebate listed by AFDC
Source: AFDC utility pages, read Nov 8, 2026. 1 source: AFDC only; states are as AFDC lists them.
Before you buy a charger
Check the program rules before you spend: some pay only when you buy a specific charger or pair it with a vehicle, as Maine's off-peak rebate does. Wiring a charger is work for a licensed electrician under your local code, and the electrician and your utility decide what your panel needs. The running cost afterwards is in the state-by-state guide; for one car, see what it costs to charge a Tesla or compare against gas with the EV vs gas calculator. Every source and date is on the data page. This is a summary of public listings, not tax or financial advice.