Special Programs
Two programs.
One charger.
One turns your idle hours into revenue you keep. The other, in Canada, turns the electricity you already deliver into carbon credits. Both run on the same plug.
In one paragraph
The Host Program pays you 90% of what guests pay to use your charger during the hours you are not using it, anywhere on the network. Canadian Carbon Credits is Canada only. It turns every kilowatt-hour you deliver into a carbon credit, on free sessions and your own charging as well as paid ones, so a Canadian charger earns even if no guest ever plugs in. You cannot claim those credits yourself and neither can your utility: only a registered network operator can. We generate them, sell them, and pay you a share of what they actually sell for, with a floor underneath it, in cash. A deposit buys the charger and comes back in full once your charging reaches the milestone.
- 90%
Of what guests pay, to the host. That is the Host Program, everywhere.
- Canada only
Carbon credits run on Canadian regulation. There is no US equivalent.
- Free sessions count
Credits come from energy moved, not money collected.
- Deposit back
It buys the charger, and it returns in full at the milestone.
Program one, everywhere
The Host
Program.
A charger used for four hours a night is idle for twenty, and those twenty hours are the product. Open it, price it, keep 90%.
Free to run.
No subscription, no per-charger fee, no listing fee. Keep 90% of what guests pay, gross. Your own charging is always free, and you keep a free list of up to a hundred people who charge free at any time.
The model that did not exist.
A resident who owns a private plug opens it to neighbours at their own price and hours, keeps 90%, and never pays to use it. The building is not in the middle of that transaction, and it gains capacity it did not fund.
$8 a charger, handled.
Buildings, hotels, dealerships, retail and workplaces keep 90% of net and pay $8 per charger per month. Every rebate, grant and tax credit stays with the owner.
Program one
Your spot is
already paid for.
Open it for the hours you are not in it and keep 90% of what the next driver pays. No subscription if you own the charger.
Program two
Canadian Carbon
Credits.
Canada only. Every kilowatt-hour you deliver in Canada generates a carbon credit. You cannot claim it yourself. We can, and we split what it sells for.
Only a registered operator
can claim them.
Under Canada’s federal Clean Fuel Regulations an individual charger owner cannot claim credits on their own charging. Neither can the utility. Only a registered charging network operator can.
So a Canadian charger that is not connected to a network generates nothing at all. Connecting is not an optimisation, it is the entire route in. We pool the charging, generate the credits, sell them, and share the proceeds with the owner of the charger. That is the whole mechanism behind every “get paid to charge at home” offer you have seen here.
Credits are denominated per tonne of CO2e avoided and filed in Canada’s Credit and Tracking System. Every connected Canadian home is a metered node inside that filing, whether or not a single guest ever plugs in.
A share, not a flat rate.
The two other Canadian programs pay a fixed amount per kWh and keep whatever the credit actually sells for, without telling you the spread. We split the realised value and show the arithmetic. When credit prices rise, you earn more.
With a floor underneath it.
A minimum per kWh that your earnings cannot fall below while the program runs. A share alone would hand you the downside as well as the upside. The floor takes the downside back.
Cash, to your bank.
Through Stripe, to the account you connect. Not points, not app credit, and not a gift card from a redemption catalogue.
Put a deposit down.
Charge. Get it back.
The deposit buys the charger, so it is yours from day one. You start earning on the first session. When your charging reaches the milestone, the full deposit comes back to you. At that point the hardware has paid for itself and everything after it is yours.
The deposit
It buys the charger outright and it is the only thing at risk. We take no assignment of your rebates and we do not lock the hardware to us.
You earn from session one
Every kilowatt-hour counts, including your own car and anyone on your free list, because credits come from energy moved rather than money collected. The balance accrues in the app as you charge.
The milestone returns it
Reach the charging milestone and your deposit is returned in full. The milestone exists so the program goes to people who will actually use it, not to a charger that sits in a box.
The other Canadian program that gives a charger away takes an irrevocable assignment of every federal, provincial, municipal and utility rebate you were entitled to, voids the warranty if you leave, and the hardware cannot be moved to another network at all. Ours does none of that. Your rebates stay yours, the charger is yours, and you can leave whenever you want.
The same plug earns twice over.
Their programs pay you for plugging in your own car and that is the whole product. Ours does that, and lets the same charger sell power to guests at a price you set under the Host Program. Two streams, one charger, one app. A parking space earns while you are at work.
Accrues per session. Pays on the program cycle.
Credits are generated and sold on the regulator’s cycle, and we pay you once they are actually sold and settled. The app shows the balance climbing with every session. Anyone promising you daily payouts on carbon credits is describing something else.
Program two, Canada only
Get on the list
before the rate lands.
The program is built. The per-kWh figure is being reconciled with our aggregator now, and everyone registered has it the day it is set, before it reaches this page.
The one number we have not published
The rate.
It is being
finalised.
Everything about how the program works is settled and on this page. What a kilowatt-hour pays is not, and we will not guess at it in public.
Why there is no figure here yet.
The share and the floor are set against what credits actually sell for, and we are reconciling that value with our aggregator now. Publishing a rate before that is settled would mean either walking it back later or quietly paying less than the page said.
You have probably seen “up to $X a year” from somebody. Ask them what the credit sold for and what they kept. That spread is the number that matters, and it is the one nobody else prints.
Register below and you will have the rate the day it is set, before it goes on this page.
What will never change
Your rebates stay yours. The hardware is yours and is not locked to us. You can leave, and the deposit is the only thing ever at risk.
How the rate behaves
The rate in force when a session starts is the rate that session earns. A later change never reaches backwards into charging you have already done. Rates can move, because credit prices move, and we will tell you before they do.
What we will not promise
Guaranteed income, a dollar figure per month, or daily payouts. Credits sell on the regulator’s cycle and we pay when they settle. Anyone telling you otherwise is describing a different product.
What it takes to start
Three things.
None of them
are us.
No installer visit from us, no equipment to buy from us, no contract term, and no minimum.
A charger that speaks OCPP.
Most units sold in the last five years. Enter its identity once and it connects. If you are joining the carbon program the deposit buys you one outright, and it stays yours.
A Stripe account.
Created through a guided flow inside the app. Stripe asks for a legal name, an address, identity verification and a bank account. About fifteen minutes if you have your details to hand.
A price and hours.
Set in the app, changeable any time. That is the whole setup. A host who wants to stop simply closes their charger to guests, and keeps the hardware.
Questions
Straight
answers.
What are the Special Programs?
Two. The Host Program, which pays the owner of a charger 90% of what guests pay for the hours they are not using it. And Canadian Carbon Credits, which is Canada only, and which turns the electricity a connected charger delivers into carbon credits that we sell and split with you.
Can I get paid to charge my EV at home in Canada?
Yes, both ways at once. You open your charger to guests and keep 90% of what they pay, gross, with no subscription of any kind. Separately, the electricity you deliver generates carbon credits under the federal Clean Fuel Regulations, including on your own charging and on free sessions. You opt into a share of that credit value by joining the Canadian Carbon Credits program.
Can a home EV charger earn carbon credits in Canada?
Yes, but only through a registered charging network operator. Electricity delivered to a vehicle counts as a transportation fuel under the federal Clean Fuel Regulations, and an individual charger owner cannot claim those credits themselves. Neither can the utility. EV Initiative is a registered operator, so we pool the charging, generate the credits, sell them and share the proceeds with you. That is the mechanism behind every "get paid to charge at home" offer in Canada.
Is this available outside Canada?
No. Canadian Carbon Credits is Canada only, because it runs on Canadian regulation. There is no equivalent federal program in the United States, so a US charger earns charging revenue and nothing else. The Host Program, where you keep 90% of what guests pay, runs everywhere on the network.
Do I earn credits if nobody else ever uses my charger?
Yes. Credits come from energy moved rather than money collected, so your own overnight charging counts, and so does every session you give away free. That is deliberately unlike the installer commission, which counts only paid sessions.
What does it cost a Canadian homeowner to run?
Nothing. No subscription, no per-charger fee, no listing fee, and no charge to participate in the carbon program. Your own charging is always free.
How is this different from the other Canadian programs?
Three ways. They pay a flat rate per kWh and keep whatever the credit actually sells for without disclosing the spread, while we pay a share of the realised value with a floor underneath it. One of them pays quarterly in gift cards through a redemption catalogue, while we pay cash to your bank through Stripe. And the one that gives a charger away takes an irrevocable assignment of every rebate you were entitled to, voids the warranty if you leave, and locks the hardware so it cannot be moved to another network. We take no rebates, we do not lock the hardware, and you can leave whenever you want.
What is the deposit, and how do I get it back?
The deposit buys the charger, so the hardware is yours from day one rather than borrowed. You earn from the first session. When your charging reaches the milestone, the full deposit is returned to you. The milestone exists so the program goes to people who will actually use the charger.
What happens to my deposit if I leave early?
The deposit is the only thing at risk in this program, and it is at risk only until you reach the milestone. Your rebates, your hardware and your accrued charging revenue are not affected. We do not void warranties and we do not lock the charger to our network.
What will I earn per kWh?
We have not published the rate yet. The share and the floor are set against what credits actually sell for, and we are reconciling that value with our aggregator. We would rather publish nothing than publish a number we have to walk back. Register your interest and you will have the rate the day it is set.
How much do I keep from a guest?
90% of what the guest pays, gross, before card processing. EV Initiative takes 10% and absorbs the payment fee out of it. Payouts land in your own bank account through your connected Stripe account, with no invoicing and no monthly request.
When do I actually get paid?
Charging revenue settles to your bank on the normal payout cycle. Carbon earnings accrue in the app with every session, then pay out once the credits are sold and settled on the regulator’s cycle, in cash to the same account. Nobody in this category can pay daily on carbon credits, and anyone saying they do is describing something else.
Can the rate change after I join?
It can, because credit prices move. The rate in force when a session starts is the rate that session earns, so a change never reaches backwards into charging you have already done, and we tell you before a change takes effect.
Can I run both programs on the same charger?
Yes, and that is the point. The credits come from every kilowatt-hour you deliver, and the Host Program pays you 90% of what guests pay for the ones they bought. Two streams, one charger, one app. No other Canadian program does both.
Who files the credits?
We do, as the registered network operator, working through a carbon credit aggregator. Operators of our size do not file their own credits: an aggregator handles registration, reporting, verification and market sale.
What do I need to start?
A charger that speaks OCPP, which is most units sold in the last five years. A Stripe account, created through a guided flow in the app, which takes about fifteen minutes. And a price and hours, changeable any time. No installer visit from us, no contract term, and no way to be locked in.
Register interest.
Tell us where your chargers are and we will tell you what you qualify for, including whether the carbon program reaches you. A person replies within one business day.