.svg)
Power your home for up to 3 days using your EV9 battery during an outage.
Save and earn up to $15K over 10 years, while enhancing your EV’s performance.
Concerned about degrading your EV9's battery? This program is actually designed to improve your battery’s health while paying you!
Maintain your vehicle's range for longer,
push out your battery replacement date.
Start by filling out this form. If confirmed as eligible, your spot in the rebate queue will be saved.
Following your pre-order of the charger hardware package with Wallbox (using a refundable $100 deposit), conduct a virtual home compatibility check with COIL, and approve your installation quote.
Pay your (nonrefundable) ~$1K utility interconnection fee, and agree to the program terms. This secures your official spot to participate in the program!
Install your charger with COIL who first handles utility interconnection and city permitting for you.
Begin participating in grid events and saving on your utility bill — up to $15K over 10 years.
If your rebate status was confirmed, submit receipts to Bidirectional Energy, and receive your rebate payment.
Get started today! This pilot program is first-come, first-served.
The maximum rebate for the California program is $9,241 or 75% (whichever figure is lower) for charging-related equipment from Wallbox as well as installation by COIL. Reimbursement should be sent from Bidirectional Energy approximately 8 weeks after installation.
In addition, you can earn up to $1,500/yr in performance payments for up to 10 years through this program.
The IRS Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit may offer an additional $1,000 in tax savings, but each homeowner is responsible to confirm eligibility directly with the IRS and pursue this separately.The maximum rebate for the California program is $9,241 or 75% (whichever figure is lower) for charging-related equipment from Wallbox as well as installation by COIL. Reimbursement should be sent from Bidirectional Energy approximately 8 weeks after installation.
In addition, you can earn up to $1,500/yr in performance payments for up to 10 years through this program.
The Quasar 2 charger is not yet on PG&E’s qualified equipment list, but it may be in the future.
The Quasar 2 hardware costs ~$6.5K to purchase from Wallbox. See below for installation costs.
Please note that to participate in the Bidirectional Energy program, you should first confirm your eligibility here. Once accepted, we will direct you to Wallbox to purchase the charger.
If you want home backup during grid shutdowns, you’ll need to additionally purchase from Wallbox a Power Recovery Unit (PRU), which costs an additional ~$3K. This device activates and deactivates “island” mode, allowing your Quasar 2 to direct power from your EV to your home for up to a few days without sending any power back to the grid. See below for additional installation costs.
Yes. The utility provides and charges separately for a Net Generation Output Meter (NGOM) connection, which keeps track of which exported power originated from your solar panels versus from your EV. Currently PG&E charges $1,400 for the NGOM, SCE charges $600, and SDG&E charges a minimum of $954.
These fees are in process of potentially being reduced through an open docket (rule 21) with CPUC. However this ongoing process is not likely to be finalized within the next 12 months.
Since installing these chargers involves public works funds, the state of California requires an EVITP certification number and to pay prevailing wage to on-site workers. To install the charger itself will cost $4K-$5.5K to install depending on your home’s electrical configuration. If you want home backup, the Power Recovery Unit (PRU) costs an additional $2K-$3K to install.
The utility EV charger interconnection application fee is $800. This amount is not eligible for the rebate.
If you have a solar panels on your home, see above for additional equipment costs.
Permit fees generally range from $100–$400 depending on your local jurisdiction.
End-to-end, the process is estimated to take 3.5-5 months.
The physical installation itself typically takes one day. Despite coordinating with both your city (for permit inspection) and your utility (on metering and interconnection), the goal of our electrician partners at COIL is to schedule all required visits in one coordinated day if at all possible.
The single largest driver of timing is the utility interconnection process, which can take up to 3 months.
Other items can be completed within an additional 2-6 weeks.
Reimbursement should be sent from Bidirectional Energy approximately 8 weeks after installation.
This program lasts the lifespan of your charger, up to 10 years. To receive a rebate, your minimum commitment to participate is one year.
Those with solar installed at their residence can still participate in this program and are able by default to remain on their existing net energy metering (NEM) rate, whether NEM 1.0, NEM 2.0, or NEM 3.0.
You should prepare to provide the additional following documents to the electricians at COIL before receiving your installation quote for this program:
● Copy of executed contract with solar installer
● Copy of the city-approved plan set for the solar equipment
● Copy of the NEM application for the solar equipment (if you applied for this).
See the “costs” section above for additional information on homes with solar panels.
2026 models are natively equipped with a NACS charging port (the standard created by Tesla), and 2025 models are equipped with CCS (a more broadly used standard). Charger manufacturer, Wallbox, will ship the appropriate CCS<>NACS adapter depending on the year of your vehicle.
