TLDR
Section 30C has been gone for a week with no extension and no grace period. New Jersey used its July 1 fiscal year turnover to relaunch Charge Up New Jersey, its MUD charging incentive, and its Clean Fleet program at $30 million for FY27. Wisconsin DOT opened a $40 million NEVI round on July 24, targeting corridors beyond its completed highway network. Seattle City Light's Multifamily EV Charging Program closes July 9, three days from this issue. And Walmart's in-house DC fast-charging network passed 600 stalls across 17 states at the end of June.
The First Week Without 30C
Section 30C has been gone for a week now. It expired June 30, 2026, exactly as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act set out a year ago, and nothing changed that outcome: no extension bill moved in Congress, no IRS relief notice appeared, no grace period softened the placed-in-service deadline. If your charger was not installed and operating by June 30, the credit is not available to you.
That is the whole story on the federal side. What is more useful now is what replaces it, and this week gave a clean answer: the state and utility layer did not wait for July to start moving.
New Jersey turned its fiscal year over and relaunched three incentive programs on July 1. Wisconsin opened a new NEVI round the same week. Seattle City Light's multifamily incentive window is closing in days. None of these are reactions to 30C ending; they are programs that run on their own calendars. But together they are the concrete version of the pattern this newsletter has been tracking since spring: the money for EV charging infrastructure now lives at the state and utility level, and it moves on a rolling, program-by-program basis rather than a single federal deadline.
What this means for you. Stop checking for 30C news. Start checking your state energy office's site and your utility's program page on a recurring basis, because that is where the deadlines and dollars are now, and they do not all land on the same day.
New Jersey Relaunches Its EV Incentives for FY27
New Jersey's Board of Public Utilities turned over its Charge Up New Jersey suite of programs into fiscal year 2027 on July 1, with new Terms and Conditions posted for the vehicle purchase incentive, the MUD (multi-unit dwelling) charging incentive, and the Clean Fleet program.
The vehicle incentive covers new eligible battery electric vehicles ordered, purchased, or leased on or after July 1, 2026: a $1,500 base incentive plus an additional $2,500 for income-qualifying buyers under the Charge Up+ tier, for up to $4,000 total. The FY27 budget for this piece is $30 million, down from $50 million in FY26 as the program's multi-year allocation (roughly $245 million since 2022) steps down toward its planned close.
The MUD program is the one that matters most for multifamily property owners. Under its most recent cycle, it reimbursed up to $4,000 per dual-port, networked Level 2 charger, rising to $6,000 in designated overburdened municipalities or qualifying affordable housing, plus up to $5,000 toward make-ready electrical work for properties outside investor-owned utility territory. It renewed under new FY27 terms on the same July 1 date; property owners should confirm current dollar figures against the posted FY27 Terms and Conditions rather than assume last cycle's numbers carried over unchanged.
The Clean Fleet program funds Level 2 and DC fast-charging equipment, plus vehicle purchases, for local government, state, and nonprofit fleets.
What this means for property owners and fleet managers in New Jersey. The application clock reset on July 1. If you run a multifamily property or a public or nonprofit fleet in New Jersey, this is the week to read the new Terms and Conditions on the Charge Up New Jersey site rather than plan around FY26 figures.
Wisconsin Opens a $40 Million NEVI Round
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation opened a new round of its Wisconsin Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (WEVI) program, making roughly $40 million in remaining NEVI formula funds available, with proposals due July 24, 2026.
The round funds up to 80% of eligible project costs, with grantees covering at least 20% from non-federal sources. It follows WisDOT's earlier round, which awarded about $37 million to 78 charging projects at fuel retailers, grocery stores, hotels, and restaurants across the state; 21 of those sites are already operational. With Wisconsin's federally designated Alternative Fuel Corridor network now considered built out, this round is aimed at connecting corridors and additional locations beyond the interstate backbone the earlier funding covered.
What this means for Wisconsin property owners. If your site sits on a secondary corridor rather than the interstate network Wisconsin already funded, this round is built for you, and the July 24 deadline leaves about three weeks from this issue to get a proposal in.
Seattle's Multifamily Charging Incentive Closes in Three Days
Seattle City Light's Multifamily EV Charging Program has been accepting applications since May 5, and the window closes July 9, three days after this issue publishes.
The program is open to multifamily properties with five or more units, including apartments, condominiums, and both affordable and market-rate housing. It covers 50% to 100% of eligible project costs, up to $50,000, for labor, wiring, conduit, circuitry, permits, and materials tied to installing 120V outlets, 240V outlets, or hardwired Level 2 chargers, with affordable housing eligible for the higher end of that range.
What this means for Seattle-area property owners. If you manage a qualifying property in City Light territory and have not applied, July 9 is close enough that this week is your last real window. Seattle City Light's Transportation Electrification team can do a free site assessment before you submit.
Walmart's Charging Network Crosses 600 Stalls
Walmart's in-house DC fast-charging network ended June with 612 stalls across 17 states, up from 15 states a month earlier after Illinois and North Carolina came online in June.
Every Walmart charger is a 400 kW dual-port unit, either an ABB A400 or an Alpitronic HYC400, with one CCS1 connector and one NACS (SAE J3400) connector per unit so both charging standards are served without an adapter. The network averages about 8.4 stalls per location.
What this means for commercial property owners. Walmart's model is a small number of very high-power, dual-connector chargers per site rather than a larger count of lower-power units. For a property owner sizing a DC fast-charging installation, it is a useful real-world data point on how a large retail operator is trading unit count for power per stall and connector flexibility, though a big-box parking lot and a typical commercial property rarely have the same electrical capacity to work with.
By the Numbers
June 30, 2026: Section 30C expired, one week before this issue, with no extension and no IRS grace period.
$30 million: New Jersey's FY27 budget for the Charge Up New Jersey vehicle incentive, part of roughly $245 million allocated to the program since 2022; the MUD and Clean Fleet programs also renewed for FY27 on July 1.
$40 million: Remaining NEVI funds in Wisconsin's new WEVI round, proposals due July 24, 2026; covers up to 80% of eligible cost with a 20% minimum match.
July 9, 2026: Closing date for Seattle City Light's Multifamily EV Charging Program, open since May 5 to properties with five or more units.
612: Walmart DC fast-charging stalls across 17 states as of the end of June 2026, up from 15 states the month before.
400 kW: Power level of every Walmart charger (ABB A400 or Alpitronic HYC400), each with one CCS1 and one NACS connector.
Sources: IRS (Form 8911 instructions and OBBBA provisions), New Jersey Board of Public Utilities and Charge Up New Jersey program (chargeup.njcleanenergy.com, FY27 Terms and Conditions and FAQ), Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WEVI program), electrive.com (May 27, 2026), WisPolitics, Seattle City Light (Multifamily EV Charging Program), EVChargingStations.com (State of Walmart EV Charging, July 2026 update). evcharginghelp.com is editorially independent and receives no compensation from any company mentioned.
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