United Chargers’ new Grizzl-E Connect Commercial Club joins a growing field of Canadian programs paying businesses to install and use EV chargers under the Clean Fuel Regulations
Commercial and municipal fleets can take advantage of Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations. – iStock
United Chargers’ Grizzl-E Connect Commercial Club joins a growing field of Canadian programs paying businesses to install and use EV chargers under the Clean Fuel Regulations
Electric vehicle charging programs that offer rebates and free equipment are surging across Canada, but not just for homeowners. Now, business owners can sign up too.
The latest commercial charging program comes from United Chargers — the maker of the Grizzl-E charging units. It launched the Grizzl-E Connect Commercial Club for Canadian businesses, condos and fleets last month as it seeks to appeal to another level of EV owners by leveraging Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR) credit market.
The CFR program is designed to incentivize fossil fuel providers to lower the carbon intensity of their fuels with emissions targets. One credit is generated for every tonne of life-cycle carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) reduced during a compliance period.
Fossil fuel suppliers can meet their emissions targets in several ways: reducing the carbon intensity of their own fuel production, blending in low-carbon fuels (biofuels, hydrogen) or buying credits from any credit generator — which includes EV charging providers.
United Charger’s program offers free Level 2 commercial chargers, free management software, no payment commission and cash back starting at three cents per kWh up to 10 cents per kWh. United Chargers is experienced in building this type of network: it developed the residential Grizzl-E Club program last year for homeowners, which now has 15,000 members across the country.
The Grizzl-E program isn’t the only one of its type in Canada. Other charging providers offer rebate programs that target businesses, condos and fleets, using the benefits of the CFR market. Unless specified below, these programs usually pool credits from various MURBs, businesses and other commercial applications to sell them on the market, with annual payouts based on average usage.
FLO Carbon Credits Management Service
Based in Quebec and now in its 17th year, FLO developed one of the country’s largest EV charging networks. It has partnered with FuSE to create the Carbon Credits Management Service, which allows EV charging station owners a fully managed way to earn and sell credits for annual payments.
Hypercharge Carbon Credit Program
At least one Hypercharge EV charging station is necessary to be eligible for this program. Annual earnings can be received either as a cash payment or an equipment credit towards new Hypercharge hardware.
metroEV Rewards
The EV charging station contractor metroEV pays customers 10 cents per kWh through its metroEV Rewards program and features EV charging contracting for condos, businesses and fleets.
They have brought their charging infrastructure to parking lots, hospitals, government facilities and commercial fleets.
Polara Carbon
Polara offers this turnkey fleet program that logs every charging session to support carbon compliance credit sales. Among many features, its Cleo Lite dashboard has an AI assistant that can answer questions about data, flag anomalies and generate reports.
Smart Charging Technologies Smart Rebates Program for EV Fleets
This program is specifically for forklift trucks, MHE and transportation fleets. Based on fleet size and energy usage, companies can earn quarterly revenue through CFR.
