Electric Vehicle Kerbside Charging Grants

• The applicant must be a charge point operator: a company that owns or operates EV chargers. It must be incorporated under the Corporations Act 2001, or be a state-owned corporation or a subsidiary of an Australian state or territory-owned corporation. It needs a valid Australian Business Number, AUD 20 million public liability insurance and workers compensation insurance.
• Projects must be in one of the 37 council areas listed on page 15 of the Round 3 guidelines. These include Sydney and surrounding councils, Newcastle, Wollongong, Shellharbour, Blue Mountains and Queanbeyan–Palerang; the complete list determines eligibility.
• Kerbside sites must be on a pole or road verge beside lawful parking, on roads with speed limits no higher than 50 km/h. They must provide safe public access and lighting, keep cables off footpaths, preserve pedestrian and mobility-aid access, and avoid existing or planned bike lanes. Show how people with disabilities can reach and use the charger controls at each location. Public access must be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with an exception for dedicated car-share parking spaces.
• Car parks must be on council-owned and managed or commercially owned land, with spaces available to all visitors rather than restricted to residents or businesses. Public access must be available at least 12 hours a day, seven days a week. Tow-away spaces are excluded. Sites need safe access, lighting, appropriate disability access and usable charger controls; accessible parking spaces must retain their accessibility.
• Sites must not be affected by redevelopment within five years unless chargers are incorporated into the redevelopment design. Instructional signage and 24-hour customer service contact details are required. DC ports need dedicated EV charging bays. The carpark site-host support letter must confirm dedicated EV charging bays for the proposed installation.
• Obtain a support letter from each relevant council for kerbside installations and each site host for carpark installations, using the supplied templates. Carpark letters must give exact site addresses. Where chargers interact with electricity authority assets, also obtain that authority’s support letter. Kerbside addresses can be confirmed after approval, but a council agreement for each installed site must accompany its completion documentation.
• Install and commission all sites within 15 months of signing the funding agreement. Install and maintain chargers under AS/NZS 3000:2018 Electrical Installations, the electrical safety standard for this work, and keep them serviceable for at least five years after installation. You must provide round-the-clock customer support, publish charger locations on Google Maps, Plugshare and Charge@Large, display NSW co-funding branding, and show prices in cents per kilowatt-hour without users needing mobile or internet reception.
• Chargers must meet reliability requirements for the time they are operational and available for use, with availability and usage reporting to NSW.
• AC chargers must supply at least 7 kW and use Type 2 sockets; DC chargers must supply at least 24 kW and use CCS2 cables. Hardware must comply with AS/NZS 4417.1:2026 and 4417.2:2026, carry the regulatory compliance mark for electrical equipment, and have protection ratings of at least IP54 against dust and water and IK08 against impacts. Charger communications and software must support Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) 1.6 and/or 2.0, which enables charger management through compatible systems. Software must support remote management, be supported in Australia, provide Android and iOS user access, and publish live availability including through Charge@Large. DC chargers need contactless credit/debit card payments without reception, extra software or an account; RFID cards alone do not qualify.
• You cannot fund chargers already installed before application or costs already covered by another grant. Disclose all other project funding applied for or received. Application preparation, feasibility studies, business cases, project management, software subscriptions, internet, electricity, maintenance and marketing costs are excluded.
• New chargers can be added at sites funded in earlier rounds if they serve new parking spaces and use entirely new hardware. Upgrading or replacing previously funded chargers is excluded, but connection to an existing switchboard is allowed.

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encerra 21/12/2026

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Condições do período de candidaturas

• Round 3 closes earlier if funding is exhausted.

Read the Round 3 guidelines and FAQs, then apply through the NSW Government’s SmartyGrants portal. Submit a budget and co-funding request for each proposed site, indicative designs and plans, the required support letters, and complete responses to all merit criteria. The competitive assessment covers your charging strategy, experience, delivery plan, finances and user experience. Eligible applicants must present to the assessment panel; that presentation cannot introduce new information.

If successful, sign the funding agreement within 15 working days of receiving it. Payments require an executed agreement and follow its milestone schedule. Completed sites must be operational and open to the public, with documentation accepted by the department. Each site-completion payment submission must document completion of at least 20% of the total funded sites. Report charger use, availability, renewable supply and maintenance as required, including through Charge@Large. Reports may be requested up to 12 months after the final site is installed.

Request department approval through the variation process to replace or withdraw an approved site; a replacement cannot receive more funding than the original approved site. NSW may reduce funding if eligible expenditure is lower than agreed or withdraw its offer for non-compliance. Keep the funding offer confidential until the agreement is signed and NSW announces recipients; obtain prior consent for public project communications.