Make-Ready powers your fleet forward

The transition to fleet electrification can help lower your operational costs and reduce diesel emissions to support the state’s clean energy goals. The Medium- and Heavy-Duty (MHD) Make-Ready pilot program makes it more manageable. Under the pilot, we can provide incentives of up to 90% of utility-side infrastructure costs and up to 50% of customer-side costs for qualifying projects to offset the costs of developing EV charging capacity.

Consider a fleet assessment

Connect with our fleet assessment services. We provide site feasibility, rate analysis, estimated billing impacts and charging recommendations to help you make informed decisions when transitioning your commercial fleet to electric vehicles.

Find an approved contractor 

To qualify for Make-Ready incentives, work must be performed by a contractor approved by the Joint Utilities of New York. Find a contractor in your area.

Already have a contractor

If you’ve selected an approved contractor in our Make-Ready program, you’re set to get your EV charger installation project going.

First time in our system? New portal users, contact EVprograms@rge.com for a username and temporary password to get started.

 

 

How to participate in MHD Make-Ready

 

Qualifications

To qualify for utility-side incentives, a site must be either publicly accessible or participating in a qualified voucher incentive program. Voucher program participation is NOT required for publicly accessible sites. Non-publicly accessible sites must be approved for one of the following voucher incentive programs before applying:


 

Eligibility

Use the criteria below to identify the path to program eligibility.

 

Is the site publicly accessible?

If the site is publicly accessible, it may qualify for incentives.

  • Located in or adjacent to a disadvantaged community.
    • Eligible for incentives covering:
      • Up to 90% of utility-side costs.
      • Up to 50% of customer-side costs.
  • Not located in or adjacent to a disadvantaged community.
    • Eligible for incentives covering:
      • Up to 90% of utility-side costs only.

 

Is the site not publicly accessible?

Sites that are not publicly accessible must meet additional requirements to qualify.

  • Participating in a vehicle incentive program.
    • Located in or adjacent to a disadvantaged community.
      • Eligible for incentives covering:
        • Up to 90% of utility-side costs.
        • Up to 50% of customer-side costs.
    • Not located in or adjacent to a disadvantaged community.
      • Eligible for incentives covering:
        • Up to 90% of utility-side costs only.
    • Not participating in a vehicle incentive program.
      • Not eligible for the MHD pilot.

 

 

Proximity to disadvantaged communities (DAC)

For non-publicly accessible stations, MHD pilot program applicants must install charging stations located entirely within a DAC, partially within a DAC or adjacent to a DAC to be eligible for customer-side Make-Ready infrastructure incentives. An area is adjacent to a DAC where the DAC border stops short of the street (i.e., if one side of the street is in a designated DAC, the opposite side of the street would be adjacent).

 

 

How the Make-Ready program works

Watch an overview of the advantages.

 

 

Steps to streamlined installation

1. Connect with your contractor

Your approved contractor can discuss your EV charger needs and the incentives of the Make-Ready program.

2. Create the charging station design

Work with your contractor and us on the specifics of your EV fleet charging stations.

3. Apply for funding

If your site is publicly accessible or once your voucher has been approved, you or your contractor can submit your site design and application. We will assess feasibility to determine the incentive amount.

4. Build the charging station

We work with your contractor to build the necessary electrical infrastructure.

5. Receive payment

Once the charging stations are installed and activated, you or your contractor must submit documentation and we provide the incentive payment. 

Incentive baselines

Customer-side incentives are subject to dollar per kW caps, which vary by utility territory. The incentive baseline for RG&E is $712.08/kW. Projects that are eligible for customer-side Make-Ready incentives are eligible to receive up to 50% of these baselines.

 

Other incentive programs for customers

Learn about and share more ways to save on EV charging.  

Our Load Management Technologies Incentive Program (LMTIP) will fund up to 100%* of the costs to add load management technologies to an EV charging site. These can include energy storage systems, energy management software and load management hardware solutions. By adding LMT, you can provide a better and faster charging experience to drivers while limiting overall infrastructure and ongoing operational costs. See the program brochure.


For more details, contact our LMTIP partner, Franklin Energy, at evmr@franklinenergy.com.


*RG&E covers up to 100% of the electric infrastructure associated with load management software and non-energy storage hardware for approved projects. Energy storage can be covered up to 60% by RG&E, and all projects can stack with other incentive sources.