The EV Charging Station Playbook: A Small Business Owner's Guide to Planning, Permitting, and Installing EV Charging Stations

By Randy Schimka

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 estimatesHow to talk to your utility the right way - and avoid the mistakes that blow up budgets and timelinesBuilding a realistic budget, understanding tax treatment, and financing the upfront cost of incentive-funded projectsChoosing hardware and a contractor without getting oversold - including how to actually vet a contractor's track recordNavigating electrical code, ADA requirements, and permitting without losing your mindWhat construction actually looks like, week by week - and what you can do to keep it on scheduleSetting realistic revenue expectations, pricing, security, and marketing once your stations are liveComplete with a contractor questions checklist, a construction compliance checklist, a glossary, and a guide to finding incentive programs, this book is the resource you wish someone had handed you before you started.

If you're serious about adding EV charging to your property - and want to avoid expensive surprises - this is where to start.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HCM3WBG7
• ISBN13: 9798190424652
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"