The EV Charging Station Playbook

Thinking about adding EV charging to your property? Here's what nobody tells you before you start.
Every year, more property owners - and more third-party charging companies looking to lease space - face the same questions: should we install EV charging stations, and if so, how? The answer usually starts with good intentions and ends with a maze of utility calls, permitting delays, and contractor quotes that don't quite add up.
The EV Charging Station Playbook is a practical, start-to-finish guide written specifically for small business and property owners - not utility engineers, not fleet operators, and not people who already run charging networks. Drawing on real-world experience planning, permitting, and installing commercial charging infrastructure, this book walks you through every stage of the process, whether you'll own the chargers yourself or lease your site to a third-party operator:

• Whether your site is actually a good fit for charging - including nearby amenities, traffic corridors, and realistic usage estimates
• How to talk to your utility the right way - and avoid the mistakes that blow up budgets and timelines
• Building a realistic budget, understanding tax treatment, and financing the upfront cost of incentive-funded projects
• Choosing hardware and a contractor without getting oversold - including how to actually vet a contractor's track record
• Navigating electrical code, ADA requirements, and permitting without losing your mind
• What construction actually looks like, week by week - and what you can do to keep it on schedule
• Setting realistic revenue expectations, pricing, security, and marketing once your stations are live