Austin Energy
Austin Energy is a municipally-owned utility serving the City of Austin and surrounding Travis County. It runs the Plug-In EVerywhere public charging network on usage-based pricing and offers a residential Level 2 charger rebate alongside a tiered workplace and multifamily rebate program.
At a glance
Municipal- Serves
- Texas
- Customers
- 520,000
- EV rate plan
- –
- EVSE rebate
- Yes
- Managed-charging program
- Yes
Residential EVSE rebates
Home EV Charging Rebate
Up to $1,200 (50% of combined charger and installation cost; $900 max for non-OCPP-compatible chargers)
Austin Energy residential customers with at least six months of account history, installing a qualifying Level 2 charger at their primary residence. Requires a city permit and inspection, a licensed electrician, and a UL/ETL/cETL-listed charging station. One rebate per vehicle purchase or lease. Program runs through December 31, 2026, first-come first-served.
Apply / learn more →Commercial & multifamily rebates
Business EV Charger Rebate
Up to $700 per port for Level 1, $3,000 per port for Level 2, $5,000 per port for DC fast charging
Businesses, non-profits, and multifamily properties within Austin Energy territory installing OCPP-compliant Level 1, Level 2, or DC fast charging stations. Paid on a post-installation reimbursement basis.
Apply / learn more →Managed-charging programs
Plug-In EVerywhere network (usage-based pricing)
The city-wide public charging network moved from a flat monthly subscription to usage-based pricing effective July 1, 2024. There is no subscription fee and no managed-charging signal requirement to use the network today.
Level 2 charging billed at $0.09 per kWh; DC fast charging billed at $0.21 per minute, plug-in to plug-out.
Austin Energy is unusual among Texas utilities in offering both a substantial residential charger rebate and a city-run public charging network. The Plug-In EVerywhere network is the city's main contribution to EV adoption: since July 1, 2024 it bills by usage rather than a flat subscription, at $0.09 per kWh for Level 2 and $0.21 per minute for DC fast charging, across more than 1,000 networked ports in the metro area.
Because Texas is a deregulated electricity market in most of the state, Austin Energy's municipal model is distinct from how Oncor or CenterPoint customers experience EV programs. Austin Energy bundles generation, transmission, and distribution, which lets it run rebates and a public charging network without going through a retail electric provider. Austin Energy's earlier EV360 time-of-use pilot, a 100-meter residential program, closed to new enrollment in 2019 and is no longer available.
The commercial rebate stacks well with the federal commercial EV charging credit, making Austin one of the more cost-effective Texas markets for workplace and multifamily charging buildouts.
Service territory
Texas
- Travis
Cost to charge
State guides
Sources
- Austin Energy Plug-In AustinRetrieved Aug 2026
- Austin Energy Business EV Charger Rebate (workplace and multifamily)Retrieved Aug 2026
- Austin Energy EVerything Charging (Plug-In EVerywhere network pricing)Retrieved Aug 2026
- EIA Form 861 (2024 data)Retrieved May 2026
Federal and state-level program details are tracked at DSIRE.
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