We are still awaiting funds to come from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism so that we can cut the checks.
No ETA, sorry.
akohekohe said:I got a letter from Electric Vehicle Rebate program saying they have approved the rebate for my LEAF. I also got one in December saying they had approved the rebate for the EVSE. I still haven't received the $500 check for the EVSE or the $4,500 check for the LEAF so I sent them an e-mail asking for an ETA for the check. Here is their response:
We are still awaiting funds to come from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism so that we can cut the checks.
No ETA, sorry.
I suspect DBEDT is holding the money up until July 1 when they can take it out of next year's budget. Even though they probaly aren't going to cut the checks any time soon you should still apply ASAP because it is on a first come first served basis and there is a limited amount in the pool although they seemed to have upped the pool from $1,000,000 to $1,400,000 as of January 1 which is enough for another 80 cars. For more info see http://hawaii.gov/dbedt/info/energy/evrebatesgrants/rebates
drerio said:Got the same message... awaiting both of my credits. I think I saw your LEAF parked in the Aikahi Shopping Center Friday afternoon. Not too many of us, so easy to spot.
Update on EV Rebates from the State.
One of the most complicated processes in the State has THREE departments working the electric vehicle rebate program. Anyway, DCCA finally got the money from DAGS for its first request to DBEDT. This was for the initial batch of applications for five chargers. So five checks for $500 are on their way out to those applicants. In other news, DBEDT now has the process worked out so that the turnaround time from when they receive DCCA's Bill for Collection to submitting a request to DAGS is only three days. From then, we wait on DAGS. So far, there have been four batches submitted by DCCA.
slickoko said:What has everyone else done?
fulabu said:slickoko said:What has everyone else done?
Haven't done anything yet, but I'm probably going with this solution (http://www.evseupgrade.com) and skip the electrician all together.
What did AV quote you?
akohekohe said:fulabu said:slickoko said:What has everyone else done?
Haven't done anything yet, but I'm probably going with this solution (http://www.evseupgrade.com) and skip the electrician all together.
What did AV quote you?
I have the AV level 2 charger but I also got the EVSE upgrade. I got one of the early ones that is limited to 12 amps but they now can do 16 amps and will probably upgrade to the 16 amp version but this is not urgent since it is really just a backup. It works fine and I probably would have done that instead of the AV one if it had been available at the time. The AV installation was a little over $2,200 but I was able to get the State of Hawaii Rebate of $500 and a federal tax credit of $1,100 (which is now limited to $1,000). I wouldn't have done it without the tax credit and rebate but I figured $700 net cost wasn't too bad. PM me if you want to try the EVSE upgrade.
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