Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure (ZEVIP) — owners and operators

• A completed online application form.
• Supporting documentation.
• An attestation dated and signed by a duly authorized officer.

Who is eligible?

• Legal entities validly incorporated or registered in Canada or abroad, including not-for-profit and for-profit organizations.
• Electric utilities, companies, industry associations, Indigenous businesses and community groups, and Canadian provincial, territorial, regional or municipal governments or their departments or agencies where applicable.

Who is not eligible

• Individuals.
• Any part of the federal public administration, including departments, Crown corporations and agencies.
• Softwood lumber companies and those that are vertically integrated with them.

Eligible expenses

• Project staff salaries and employee benefits.
• Professional and contracted services (e.g., engineering, construction, installation, testing and commissioning, training, marketing, data collection, logistics, maintenance planning, printing/distribution).
• Reasonable project travel costs (transportation, meals and accommodation).
• Capital purchases for project equipment and infrastructure (including IT/informatics equipment).
• Equipment/infrastructure rental or leasing costs.
• Licence fees and permit costs.
• Environmental assessment costs.
• GST/PST/HST (net of any tax rebate the recipient is entitled to).
• Project overhead directly related to the project (up to 15% of eligible expenditures).

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• In-kind contributions
• Land costs
• Legal costs
• Ongoing operating costs (e.g., electricity consumption, operation, networking or subscription fees)
• Costs incurred outside the eligible expenditure period, including application preparation costs

Eligible geographic areas

• Transportation corridor public EV charging high-priority areas ranked 4 or 5 on the Electric Vehicle Charging Planning Map, within 5 km of a road segment identified on the map.

• Confirm the Call for Proposals is active, because applications can only be submitted during an active CFP.
• Access the Transportation and Fuels Decarbonization Programs portal under the funding opportunity for owners/operators of ZEV infrastructure, and create a GCKey if needed.
• Submit a complete application package through the portal.
• Include a completed online application form, supporting documentation, and an attestation dated and signed by a duly authorized officer.
• Incomplete applications will not be considered for funding.

• NRCan acknowledges receipt of the application/proposal within 5 business days (service standard).
• NRCan reviews the submission and provides a funding decision within 100 calendar days (service standard).
• If conditionally approved, NRCan sends a draft Contribution Agreement for review within 30 business days of issuing the Letter of Conditional Approval (service standard).
• NRCan and the proponent negotiate and sign a Contribution Agreement (negotiation/signature period: 2 months).
• After the agreement is signed, the proponent submits quarterly payment claims and progress reports for reimbursement; NRCan issues payments within 30 business days of receiving a complete claim (service standard).