EV Charger Grants 2026: What’s Available and How to Apply

If you’re weighing up a home EV charger, one of the first questions is usually whether you can get any money off the cost. The short answer is: quite possibly, depending on your property and vehicle situation. As NAPIT registered EV charger installers across Watford and Hertfordshire, we provide the quotation you’ll need for your application, and take care of the installation and grant claim once you’re approved, so here’s an honest, current breakdown of what’s actually available.

Grant schemes for home EV charging have changed shape more than once since they were first introduced, so if you’ve read older advice online, it may not reflect what’s currently in place. We’ll keep this page updated as the rules shift.

What grant support is currently available

The main scheme relevant to most homeowners is the EV chargepoint grant, run through the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV). It provides a contribution toward the cost of supplying and installing a compliant home charger, for eligible households and installations. The exact contribution amount is periodically reviewed by government, so rather than quote a figure that may be out of date by the time you read this, we’ll confirm the current rate when you get in touch for a quote.

Alongside the national scheme, some local authorities and energy suppliers run their own incentives from time to time. These tend to be smaller in scale and change frequently. We keep an eye on anything relevant to Hertfordshire and will flag it during your site survey if it applies to you.

Who typically qualifies

• Property type: most schemes are aimed at homeowners with off-street parking, though provisions for flats and rented properties do exist in some cases.
• Vehicle ownership: you’ll usually need to already own or have ordered an eligible electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle.
• No existing chargepoint: grants are generally for a first dedicated home chargepoint, not a replacement or second unit, though exceptions can apply.
• Approved installer: the installation must be carried out by an installer registered with the scheme. We’re an approved installer, which means our customers can access grant funding as standard.

The smart charger requirement

Every charger we install, Zappi, Easee, Ohme, and Hypervolt, meets the smart charger criteria required for grant eligibility. This means the charger supports scheduled charging and can respond to demand-side signals, rather than simply switching on and off manually. If you’re considering any of the four, grant eligibility isn’t something you need to weigh up separately, it comes as standard.

How much can you actually save

Because the contribution amount is subject to periodic government review, we won’t print a fixed figure here that could go stale. What we can tell you is that the grant meaningfully reduces the upfront cost of installation for most eligible customers, and we always factor it into the quote we give you rather than treating it as an afterthought. See our Hertfordshire EV charger installation cost guide for typical all-in pricing before and after grant deduction.

How the application process works

This is the part most homeowners are relieved to hear about: you’ll need to apply for the grant yourself. As your installer, we provide the quotation your application needs, and once you’re approved, we take care of the installation and the grant claim.

1. We provide a written quotation for your installation, which you’ll need to include with your grant application.
2. You submit your application and wait for approval before any work begins.
3. Once approved, you send us your OZEV application reference number.
4. We carry out the installation and submit the grant claim, so the contribution is deducted from your final invoice.

You’ll need to submit the initial application yourself, but once you’re approved there’s no separate claim for you to chase up, we take care of that as part of the installation.

What if you’re not eligible

If your situation doesn’t meet current grant criteria, whether that’s vehicle type, property type, or an existing chargepoint already in place, the installation itself is unaffected. You’ll simply pay the standard rate. Given the cost of running a car on petrol or diesel versus home EV charging, the underlying case for the installation typically still stacks up well even without the grant.

Landlords and tenants

If you’re a landlord, or a tenant hoping to get a charger installed at a rented property, the eligibility picture is a little more involved, since it depends on both the property owner’s agreement and which scheme applies to the situation. We’re happy to talk this through during a quote call and explain what’s realistic for your circumstances.

A note on how these schemes change

Government EV incentive schemes have been adjusted more than once in recent years, sometimes the contribution amount changes, sometimes eligibility criteria narrow or widen. Rather than list out the full history here, our approach is simple: we check the current position every time we prepare a quote, so what we tell you reflects what’s actually available on the day you book, not what was available when this page was last updated.

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