Income Qualified Public Charging Discount

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Charge your EV for less

Our Income Qualified Public Charging Discount (IQPCD) can help you pay less when you charge your EV at PGE-owned public chargers like Electric Avenue, Oregon Electric Byways and your neighborhood pole chargers. If you’re enrolled in our Income Qualified Bill Discount program and own an EV, this program may be for you.

Program overview

Activate your discount

To use your discount, you must first create a ChargePoint account and OpConnect account . After creating your account, apply for the IQPCD program, and we will add your discount to your ChargePoint account once approved.

How to link your ChargePoint account

Share the savings

Account holders can designate up to three authorized drivers in their household.

Apply today

Enjoy discounts at all of PGE’s public charging stations

Once enrolled in the IQPCD program, you will get a discount at any of PGE’s public charging stations.

Lower prices when you power up

Discounts

DC Fast Charging

  • Standard charging rate: $0.30 per kWh

  • IQPCD charging rate: $0.24 per kWh

  • Peak time fee: +$0.28 per kWh

  • Idle fee: +$0.40 per kWh

Level 2 Charging

  • Standard charging rate: $0.12 per kWh

  • IQPCD charging rate: $0.10 per kWh

  • Peak time fee: +$0.22 per kWh

  • Idle fee: +$0.10 per kWh

Peak time fees and idle fees apply to all customers and are not discounted. Terms and conditions apply.

Estimated charging cost

Your charging apps provide receipts for historical charging sessions which include the total kWh used. Multiply by the discounted per-kWh rate to estimate the cost of one charging session.

Explanation of fees

  • A peak time fee* is an additional fee added to the base rate during peak times – weekdays between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.

  • An idle fee* is an additional fee assessed after a 10-minute grace period if the vehicle does not vacate the parking space after the charging session ends.

* Peak time and idle fees are not discounted.