The process
From the first walk to the first charge
Six steps, in this order. The utility's part is slow and out of our hands, so we start it early.
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Step 1: Site survey
We come to the site with your fleet or facilities manager. We look at where vehicles park, when they sit, the electrical room, the panel, the meter and the transformer, and we photograph the nameplates.
Have ready: the vehicle list and shift times
Have ready: a recent utility bill
Someone who can open the electrical room
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Step 2: Load study
We size the charging to each vehicle's daily miles and dwell time, then test the plan against the service you have. Where it doesn't fit, we show the options.
Share power between chargers
Stage the build over two phases
Ask the utility for more service
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Step 3: Utility request
We file the request with the utility, Georgia Power or your EMC, with the load, a site plan and a one-line drawing. The utility reviews it, designs anything on its side of the meter and sets its schedule.
We file, and the utility decides
Its schedule can run longer than the install
Its charges are a separate line in the bid
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Step 4: Written bid
You get the scope, the utility's charges as their own line, what is left out, and a schedule that shows the utility's steps. A change goes on a change order before we do it.
Scope and exclusions in plain words
Permit fees shown as passed through
A schedule you can give your drivers
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Step 5: Permit and install
We pull the permit where the city or county requires one. We trench or bore, set pads, run conduit, and mount and wire the chargers, around the hours your vehicles move.
Night and weekend work by agreement
One crew lead on your site
Lot access plan agreed first
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Step 6: Inspect, energize, hand over
The inspector signs off, the utility sets or releases the meter, and we energize. We test every charger, walk your drivers through it and hand over the drawings.
Every charger tested
A driver walk-through
Drawings and the panel schedule
Before the walk
What we ask for before we come
The vehicle list, the shift times, the last utility bill, the site plan if there is one, and the name of the person who can open the electrical room.
None of it has to be tidy. We read the panel and the meter ourselves, and we fill in what's missing.
About the utility's part
What the utility owns, and what that means for your schedule.
Which utility do we deal with?
In most of metro Atlanta it is Georgia Power. Some counties are served by an electric membership corporation, or EMC. Your bill names yours, and we check it at the survey.
Can the utility say no?
It can say not yet. If the transformer or the line can't carry the load, the utility sets what has to be built and when. The load study shows options that may avoid that, such as sharing power or staging the build.
Do you build on the utility's side of the meter?
No. The line, the transformer and the meter set are the utility's. We agree the trench route and the dates with its crew, and we build everything after the meter.
Are there incentives?
Some utilities and programs help pay for commercial charging, and the terms change. We point you to the program and fill in the paperwork on our side. We can't promise you'll qualify.
Start with the walk.
Send the address and the vehicle list. We'll set a time to walk the site.