Multi-Family & HOA EV Charging in Tustin, CA
Charging for apartments, condos, and HOA-governed communities, including load-shared and separately metered installations.
Shared Parking, Separate Bills
The hard problems in multi-family charging are not electrical, they are structural: who owns the parking space, who pays for the energy, and how you add twelve chargers to a building whose service was sized for a building without any. The technical answers are load sharing, which caps the total draw so the building service is never exceeded, and sub-metering, which bills each resident for their own consumption instead of spreading it across the association. We design around both and present the options to boards in terms they can vote on.
What the Job Includes
Building load assessment.
What the existing service can carry, and how many charging positions fit inside that envelope with load sharing.
Load-shared circuit design.
Multiple charging positions sharing a capped feeder, throttling automatically so the building service is never overloaded.
Metering and billing setup.
Sub-metering or networked billing so each resident pays for their own energy rather than the association absorbing it.
Board and property manager documentation.
Scope, cost, and capacity documentation in a form a board can review and approve.
How It Goes
- 01
Site assessment.
Service capacity, parking layout, and conduit paths.
- 02
Design and board presentation.
Options with costs, including a phased approach.
- 03
Permit and installation.
Staged so parking stays usable.
- 04
Commissioning and resident onboarding.
Access, billing, and support.
Tustin's Condo and Apartment Stock
Tustin has a large share of condo and apartment housing, much of it built when a single 240-volt circuit per unit was not part of the plan. California law has moved steadily toward requiring associations to permit resident charger installations, which means boards here are fielding these requests whether or not they have a policy. A phased load-shared design is usually the answer that satisfies residents without a special assessment.
Questions About This Service
Frequently yes, and California law limits an association's ability to refuse a reasonable request. The practical constraints are metering and where the circuit originates.
Sub-metering or a networked billing platform. We configure it as part of the install.
Not with load sharing, which caps total charging draw below the building's available capacity and throttles automatically at peak.
Yes. Phased designs install the conduit and capacity for future positions while energizing only the ones needed now, which is much cheaper than trenching twice.
Bring Your Board a Real Number
We assess the building's capacity and put the load-shared and sub-metered options in writing, phased if that suits the budget. Call (714) 266-3787 or request a free quote.
Licensed C-10 · Bonded & Insured · EVITP Certified · Permit and inspection included