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The 2025 playbook to unlock six-figure tax breaks and sell your electrons for extra environmental credits.
Last year you could drop a DC fast charger anywhere with decent Wi-Fi.
Miss a single census-tract code in 2025 and you wave goodbye to $100,000 per port.
Here’s how to cross the new compliance minefield without stalling your rollout.
1. The Threshold Shift No One Saw Coming
1. The Threshold Shift No One Saw Coming
Effective Jan 1, 2025, the IRS swaps its eligible-location test from 2015 to 2020 census tracts. Your charger must now sit in a low-income or non-urban tract on the 2020 map to claim Section 30C credits no exceptions.
Visual cue: Split-screen map (2015 vs 2020 tracts) showing a once-eligible street now out of bounds.
2. The 50-Mile / 60-Km Game Board
2. The 50-Mile / 60-Km Game Board
United States: NEVI funding requires a DC fast-charging site every 50 miles and within 1 mile of an Alternative Fuel Corridor, built to federal minimum standards.
European Union: By December 31 2025, each TEN-T core highway must host a 400 kW “recharging pool” (≥ 1 × 150 kW plug) at least every 60 km—steeper power targets kick in by 2027.
Advice: Treat corridors like Monopoly properties own the gaps before your rivals do.
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3. How to Unlock $100 K per Port
3. How to Unlock $100 K per Port
Section 30C now pays:
6 % of hardware + install (capped at $100 K per port) for everyone.
30 % if you meet prevailing-wage and apprenticeship rules worth the extra paperwork.
Homeowners still get 30 % up to $1 K at their primary residence in a qualifying tract.
Visual cue: A one-sentence cost stack showing $285 k hardware → $85 k credit when labor rules apply.
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VAT/credit synergy: Before you bid, plug your total hardware to strip out VAT and feed the net cost into your Section 30C calculation.
4. The Hidden Revenue: LCFS Fast-Charger Windfall
4. The Hidden Revenue: LCFS Fast-Charger Windfall
California’s Low-Carbon Fuel Standard lets DC fast-charger owners bank infrastructure credits on top of energy sales. As of April 2025, CARB has approved 961 FCI sites—5,984 charging ports.
Why it matters: In Q1 2025, FCI credits averaged $75–90 per metric-ton CO₂e avoided enough to shorten payback by 1–2 years. Pair these with upcoming eRINs (renewable electricity RINs) for an even richer stack.
Visual cue: Bar chart of “Energy Sales vs. LCFS Credits” on a 350 kW charger.
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5. Quick 2025 Eligibility Checklist
5. Quick 2025 Eligibility Checklist
Map the Tract: 2020 low-income or non-urban?
Distance Rule: 50 mi (US) / 60 km (EU) corridor gaps covered?
Power Rating: ≥ 150 kW per dispenser to future-proof.
Labor Compliance: Prevailing wage + apprentices logged?
Tax math — Run net/gross cost in vatcalc.onl so credits don’t get swallowed by unplanned VAT.
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