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Apply now for our EV Rebate program

by | Mar 17, 2023

EV Rebate 

Eligible customers can receive $1,500 from DTE when you purchase or lease a battery electric vehicle. 

How to receive your EV Rebate:

  1. Review the customer eligibility to see if you may qualify
  2. Purchase or lease an eligible battery electric vehicle (BEV) see “Vehicle Eligibility” section below for more information
  3. Submit the application using the link below within 6 months of the purchase or lease of your BEV
  4. Wait for eligibility verification from DTE via approval email
  5. Receive a $1,500 check from us in the mail 

Apply Now

Customer Eligibility 

  • Current DTE Electric residential customer 
  • Account is in good standing with no past-due balance 
  • Meet the Income Eligibility Requirement (see below) 
  • See Electric Vehicle Rebate Agreement within application for full program requirements 

Vehicle Eligibility 

  • A new or used BEV 
    • Plug-in hybrid EVs and any vehicle with a gasoline or diesel engine or hydrogen fuel cell are not eligible 
    • Check out DTE’s EV Showroom for help picking a BEV 
  • Purchased or leased from any licensed dealership or online car retailer for a total taxable price (if purchased) or capitalized cost (if leased) of $50,000 or less  
  • Purchase or lease contract execution date is after Dec. 1, 2022
  • Registered in your name with the Michigan Secretary of State, at the address corresponding to your DTE Electric service account, at the time of application
  • If leased, must have a lease term of at least two years
  • See Electric Vehicle Rebate Agreement within application for full program requirements

Income Eligibility 

You meet the EV Rebate’s Income Eligibility Requirement if your household income is under 400% of the 2023 Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines.

For 2023, you meet the EV Rebate’s Income Eligibility Requirement if your household’s total annual income is under the amount listed here:  

Who’s included in your household? For the EV Rebate program, a household is defined as the Applicant, and any dependents or spouse listed on the Applicant’s tax return. For most Applicants, this will be you, your spouse if you filed taxes jointly, and any dependents. Anyone who lives with you but who is not listed on your filed tax return will not be included in the household for this program’s purposes. 

During the application process, DTE will verify that you meet the EV Rebate’s Income Eligibility Requirement one of two ways:

  1. Now or in the last 12 months, you were enrolled in the Shutoff Protection Program and/or you received energy assistance from any of the following programs: Home Heating Credit, State Emergency Relief, or Michigan Energy Assistance Program 
     
    Now or in the last 12 months, if you were enrolled in the Shutoff Protection Program and/or you received energy assistance from any of the above programs, then you already meet the EV Rebate’s Income Eligibility Requirement (learn how to apply for the Shutoff Protection Program or energy assistance at Low-Income Programs | DTE Energy) 
     
  2. You allow DTE to review your tax transcript and the tax transcript of each person 18 years or older in your household, for the most recent tax year. 
     
    For applications submitted using the 2021 or 2022 tax year, DTE will use IRS Form 1040 Line 9 as total income for each person 18 years or older (note that if Line 8 of Schedule 1, “Other Income,” is negative, then DTE may not include that negative amount in the calculation of total income). DTE will sum the total income for each person 18 years or older to determine the household income. If your household’s total income is under the amount in the table above for your household size, then you meet the EV Rebate’s Income Eligibility Requirement. After submitting your application for the EV Rebate, DTE’s authorized income verifier Veri-Tax™ will send electronic signature requests on behalf of DTE to you and any other adult members of your household at the email addresses you provided in your application. The emails will come from the email address info@taxverification.com. Veri-Tax™ will ask you and any other adult members of your household to electronically sign and submit a U.S. IRS Form 4506-C form. Each form must be signed by the member of the household listed on the form. This form allows Veri-Tax™ to obtain a tax transcript from the IRS, which DTE will use to determine household income. 

 

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