SCE Charge Ready Home Installation Rebate (panel and 240 V circuit for EV charging)
Up to $4,200 for Electrical Panel Upgrade and EV Outlet Installation; Up to $1,000 for EV Outlet-Only Installation
Up to$4,200
Home energy rebates in Palm Desert, CA
Palm Desert gets its power from Imperial Irrigation District, Southern California Edison (SCE) and Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas). Here's what you can claim and who can do the work.
Rebates you may qualify for
Driving Clean Assistance Program (DCAP) - home charger incentive
Up to $2,000 toward buying and installing a Level 2 home charger. The alternative is a $2,000 prepaid card for public charging; you get one or the other. It comes with a DCAP vehicle grant: up to $7,500 with no...
Up to$2,000
Golden State Rebates - heat pump water heater instant rebate
Instant rebate of $400-$700 for replacing a natural gas storage water heater with a qualifying heat pump water heater. The amount depends on the type and size of the unit replaced (per Marin County page updated...
Up to$700
SCE portable generator rebate (SCE Marketplace)
$200 on a qualifying portable generator, or $600 for income-qualified or Medical Baseline customers (SCE Marketplace). SCE's backup power page says up to $800, so the amounts conflict.
Up to$600
SCE portable power station rebate (SCE Marketplace)
$150 on a qualifying portable power station, limit 5 per SCE residential address, per one SCE page. SCE Marketplace listings dated from 2026-04-01 and the backup power page say up to $200.
Up to$200
Equitable Building Decarbonization (EBD) Statewide Direct Install Program
No cost to the household. Every home served gets a heat pump for heating and cooling, a heat pump water heater, or both. Some homes also get induction cooking, laundry, building envelope and electrical remediation...
Demand Side Grid Support (DSGS) Option 3 - home battery virtual power plant
Pays battery owners, through their aggregator (storage VPP provider), for exporting during grid-stress events. The 2026 per-kW rate was not confirmed. The total budget is $109.5M, with about $34M left after projected...
Energy Savings Assistance (ESA) Program - no-cost heat pump water heaters and other upgrades
No cost to the household. Eligible homes can get a heat pump water heater replacement installed free (SCE and PG&E pages), along with other efficiency upgrades. No dollar amount per household is published.
DAC-SASH no-cost rooftop solar for income-qualified homeowners (paired with SGIP storage)
$3/watt incentives to install an onsite solar system; Program budget: $120 million total ($10 million per year 2019 - 2030)
SCE Critical Care Backup Battery Program (free portable battery)
A free portable backup battery with a solar panel kit and 3-year warranty. Delivery and setup are free.
California HEEHRA (federal HEAR) rebates via TECH Clean California - multifamily
Multifamily – Low-to-Moderate Income (LMI): Heat Pump for Space Heating and Cooling – Variable Speed (Heat Pump HVAC) $8,000; In-Unit Heat Pump Water Heater $1,750; Electric Load Service Center (Electric Panel)...
Up to$14,000
California HEEHRA (federal HEAR) rebates via TECH Clean California - single-family heat pumps
up to $8,000 for low-income households and $4,000 for moderate-income households for a heat pump HVAC unit
Up to$8,000
TECH Clean California single-family heat pump HVAC and heat pump water heater incentives (general market)
FULLY RESERVED since 2025-11-14, with no new reservations. The last amounts, per an SCE fact sheet: $1,000 for a heat pump water heater replacing an electric resistance unit, or up to $3,100 replacing a gas water...
Up to$3,100
Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) Residential Solar and Storage Equity (RSSE, AB 209 funds)
Storage: 1,100/kWh; Solar: 3,100/kW
SGIP Equity Resiliency budget (battery storage for vulnerable customers in wildfire/PSPS areas)
The rebate may cover 80 percent to 100 percent of the cost of installing a battery storage system.
SGIP Equity and Small Residential Storage (general market) budgets
CLOSED: these ratepayer budgets stopped taking new applications, including waitlist entries, after 2025-12-30. The Equity budget rate was $0.85/Wh. The final general-market step rate was not confirmed.
Map of Palm Desert
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Licensed installers in Palm Desert
1st Atrium INC
Palm Desert, 92261Home batteryEV chargerStandby generator
C-10 Electrical 836088
Licensed since 2004
A B C Electric
Palm Desert, 92211Home batteryEV chargerStandby generator
C-10 Electrical 586780
Licensed since 1990
Absolute Air Conditioning & Heating
Palm Desert, 92260Heat pump
C-20 Warm-Air Heating, Ventilating... 945702
Licensed since 2010
Accurate One Construction
Palm Desert, 92211Heat pump
C-20 Warm-Air Heating, Ventilating... 770913
Licensed since 1999
Airflo Air Conditioning LLC
Palm Desert, 92211Heat pump
C-20 Warm-Air Heating, Ventilating... 973347
Licensed since 2012
All Day Heating & Cooling INC
Palm Desert, 92211Heat pump
C-20 Warm-Air Heating, Ventilating... 1008011
Licensed since 2015
All Desert Plumbing Heating And Air Conditioning LLC
Palm Desert, 92255Heat pump
C-20 Warm-Air Heating, Ventilating... 811885
Licensed since 2002
Andrew C Brown
Palm Desert, 92260Home batteryEV chargerStandby generator
C-10 Electrical 888253
Licensed since 2006
Arnolds A / C Service
Palm Desert, 92211Heat pump
C-20 Warm-Air Heating, Ventilating... 860682
Licensed since 2005
Arujo Electrical Contractors
Palm Desert, 92211Home batteryEV chargerStandby generator
C-10 Electrical 783131
Licensed since 2000
Avir INC
Palm Desert, 92211Home batteryEV chargerStandby generator
C-10 Electrical 659261
Licensed since 1992
Banzai Electric
Palm Desert, 92211Home batteryEV chargerStandby generator
C-10 Electrical 948490
Licensed since 2010
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- California Air Conditioning And Heating (760) 449-6427
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- Chamberlain Company INC (714) 322-0821
- Champion HVAC (760) 360-7500
- Chris Wilson Plumbing & HVAC Of Coachella INC DBA Chris Wilson (760) 836-9321
- Coachella Construction (909) 821-9688
- Cole Mathew Larby (760) 345-5519
- Collins Electrical Services (760) 341-8764
- Command One Security INC (760) 568-0052
- Cove Electric INC (760) 360-0036
- D M D Mechanical INC (760) 218-7889
- Dave Williams Plumbing & Electrical INC (760) 296-1397
- Day & Night Heating And Air Conditioning (760) 863-1414
- Deh Mechanical Company INC (760) 346-5354
- Desert Alarm INC (760) 322-1562
- Desert Elite Electric & Construction INC (760) 565-1804
- Desert Oasis Air Conditioning Plumbing And Heating INC (760) 340-2029
- Desert Palms Electric INC (760) 341-8018
- Do - Efficiency (760) 773-9410
- Ecoliving INC (760) 578-5775
- Elecro - Com (760) 578-0640
- Esser Air Conditioning (760) 668-4640
- First Choice A / C & Heating INC (760) 989-2369
- Future Tech INC (760) 641-4194
- Grayco Electric INC (760) 345-3699
- Green Air (760) 565-6398
- Hall Electric (949) 466-0903
- Hill Electric Incorporated (760) 772-1770
- Hugh Hoard INC DBA H And H Air Conditioning (760) 340-3088
- Hunt Electrical Contractors (801) 808-0328
- J D P Electric (760) 569-8170
- Jlkl Enterprises LLC DBA So-cal Electric (760) 992-4047
- John Austin INC DBA Best Tec (760) 328-0021
- Joseph Trombino Electrical INC (760) 636-0668
- Kermit Larby Air Conditioning & Sheet Metal INC DBA Kermit Larby (760) 345-5519
- Knall Enterprises (310) 703-4849
- Krome Jon (760) 272-0953
- L E S (760) 340-2809
- M & M Total Services (760) 779-0736
- Mc Kinzie Electrical Contractors INC (760) 360-0728
- Michael W Villa Electric (760) 340-4176
- Mo Power (760) 898-0465
- Mohr Electric (760) 770-8866
- Mr Electric (760) 578-1213
- Murdica Electric INC (760) 565-3600
- Nuline Electric (760) 908-3345
- P B Mechanical Air Services (760) 342-3700
- Pacific Fire Communications (818) 736-7255
- Palm Desert Air Conditioning Company (760) 346-0677
- Parker Lighting And Electrical (760) 902-7931
- Phillip Barnes (760) 773-5732
- Poe's Air Conditioning And Heating (760) 341-8387
- Prec H & A INC (760) 776-1550
- Priority One Air Conditioning And Heating INC (760) 773-0811
- Proelco (818) 599-8997
- Rangel INC (760) 360-7377
- Ray's Air Conditioning And Heating (760) 202-7773
- Rexco Electric INC (760) 345-8051
- Right Away Air Conditioning INC (760) 408-0280
- Rod Jackson & Associates INC (818) 422-8994
- Scott Can Fix It (760) 668-5592
- Sipovac Construction INC (760) 567-2347
- So Cal Electric (760) 877-9802
- So Cal General Building INC (760) 574-7621
- Sola-lite (760) 779-5591
- South Valley Electric (760) 902-0827
- Southern Community Electric (760) 464-4812
- Stada Energy (760) 851-4270
- State Wide Plumbing (760) 699-5434
- T D Services (804) 512-2832
- Valley Concrete & Steel (760) 203-4313
- Wagner Electric (206) 228-7353
- Watts Airconditioning And Heating (760) 272-7148
- Westbound Electrical Srvices (760) 289-0320
- Wright Building (760) 898-6788
- American Cool Heat Air & Commercial Refrigeration INC (760) 750-0808
- Electrical Services (442) 400-2700
- Grant Air Conditioning (601) 819-0010
- Quality Air Conditioning & Heating (760) 567-1600
- Elias Electric Company (626) 410-3350
- Palmer Electric (760) 797-7878
- Roberto Cruz Air Conditioning And Heating (760) 275-4919
- Corona Lighting And Electric INC (760) 321-8700
- Assured Heating & Air Conditioning Services LLC (442) 334-7026
- Fusero INC DBA Western Air Cooling & Heating (760) 984-3151
- Hermetic Heating And Air (760) 894-9065
- Service Pros Air Conditioning And Plumbing (760) 423-6940
- Sunlogix AC, Heating , & Solar (760) 844-6507
- Tier 1 Electric INC (760) 702-1198
- Tommy Air & Electric INC (760) 574-4444
- Urban Worx Construction INC (760) 321-3770
- All Seasons Air Conditioning Plumbing And Heating (760) 568-2663
- Cold Star Heating And Air (760) 902-7363
- Mg Construction & Electrical INC (760) 770-5696
- Socal Electrical And Lighting INC (760) 699-2686
- Jj Energy INC (760) 851-3632
- Jon's Electric (626) 240-9181
- Brockman Air & Services (949) 705-7419
- Comfort Heroes Air Conditioning And Heating (760) 899-3607
- Htl Mechanical INC (760) 449-4712
- Lioness Electric INC (760) 688-7408
- Next Level Air Conditioning (760) 619-1866
- Quick And Easy HVAC Services INC (858) 866-6373
- Advanced Mep Systems INC (442) 434-7315
- Fairway Air (760) 574-9788
- Sorensen Electrical And Fire Alarm Services (760) 898-3754
- Tbsc Fire System Alarms (760) 262-7646
- Tru Electric Services (760) 413-9694
- Truluxe Electric (760) 567-6593
- Ahc Fire Alarm (760) 797-7274
- Aire Serv Of Palm Desert (760) 373-0760
- Gage Stickles (760) 880-0778
- Stj Electric INC (760) 641-2980
- Alliance Protection INC (760) 342-8406
- Jnl Electrical Co (760) 898-8478
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Public EV charging
31 public charging stations in Palm Desert: 125 Level 2 ports and 12 DC fast ports.
| Station | Address | Ports | Network | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CircleK - Palm Desert, CA | 78005 Country Club Dr | 4 fast | CIRCLE_K | 24 hours daily |
| Target T0940 (Palm Desert, CA) | 72549 Highway 111 | 4 fast | Electrify America | 24 hours daily |
| GF4EVA KOHLS PD DC1 | 34940 Monterey Ave | 1 fast | ChargePoint Network | 24 hours daily |
| GF4EVA KOHLS PD DC2 | 34940 Monterey Ave | 1 fast | ChargePoint Network | 24 hours daily |
| GF4EVA KOHLS PD DC3 | 34940 Monterey Ave | 1 fast | ChargePoint Network | 24 hours daily |
| Palm Desert City Hall | 73510 Fred Waring Dr | 1 fast | eVgo Network | 24 hours daily |
| EV Passport - Acrisure Arena | 75702 Varner Rd | 54 Level 2 | Non-Networked | 24 hours daily |
| Marriott's Shadow Ridge Resort | 9003 Shadow Ridge Rd | 8 Level 2 | EV Connect | 24 hours daily |
| The Lakes Country Club | 161 Old Ranch Rd | 7 Level 2 | LOOP | 24 hours daily |
| Canterra Apartments | 74401 Hovely Ln E | 6 Level 2 | LOOP | 24 hours daily |
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Source: U.S. Department of Energy station locator. Confirmation dates vary by station.