Ready, Set...Charge!

Learn how SCE is partnering with businesses, local governments and other organizations in the community to make electric vehicle charging easier and more convenient for all types of vehicles.

We’re Electrifying Transportation Through Charge Ready

Through Charge Ready, our utility, Southern California Edison, installs, maintains and covers installation costs for charging infrastructure, while participants own, operate and maintain the charging stations. The program also provides rebates toward the purchase of charging stations.

Light-Duty Vehicles

SCE has been partnering with businesses, local governments and other organizations to help increase the availability of electric vehicle charging stations at locations where people park their cars for extended times such as workplaces, campuses, recreational centers and apartment and condominium complexes. The program specifically targets 50% of ports to be installed in communities, which are most impacted by air pollution, and 30% in multi-family dwellings.

LEARN MORE ABOUT CHARGE READY AND HOW TO APPLY

Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles

SCE is helping to install charging at customer sites to support plug-in school and transit buses, delivery vans, medium- and heavy-duty trucks, forklifts and other off-road cargo-handling equipment.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CHARGE READY TRANSPORT PROGRAM AND HOW TO APPLY

Parks and Schools

As part of SCE’s continued efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and air pollution, SCE has two new pilots: Charge Ready Schools and Charge Ready Parks. As many as 250 new charging ports will be installed at 30 K-12 schools and another 130 ports at state parks or beach sites. The school charging stations will serve faculty, staff, student, family and visitor cars. The state park and beach charging stations will be for fleets, employees and visitors.

Transit Buses

Fossil-fuel powered buses are a significant source of air pollution in urban communities. Infrastructure to support electric bus charging at bus yards is being installed, focusing on transit systems in underserved communities disproportionately impacted by air pollution from buses.

Port Electrification

To support the Port of Long Beach’s mission to become the nation’s first zero-emissions port for cargo handling and drayage or transporting freight from an ocean port to a destination, SCE is installing infrastructure for the electrification of equipment used to move goods containers around the port. This equipment was previously powered by diesel engines, which are a significant source of air pollution.

SCE undertook a four-year effort to install the needed electrical infrastructure that now serves as the backbone of the fully electrified, emission-free Long Beach Container Terminal.

To accommodate electrification of the Long Beach Container Terminal, SCE installed a dedicated substation and miles of electrical cable.

ZERO-EMISSIONS TRUCK, BUS AND INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE PROGRAM

Through the Zero Emissions Truck, Bus and Infrastructure Finance Program (ZETBIF), SCE is helping to remove the barriers to fleet electrification that SCE business customers can often face. By offering financing options through ZETBIF, fleet owners can access capital to help buy new and used commercial electric vehicles and charging equipment.

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