How to open an EV charging station in Gurugram

Haryana publishes a dedicated EV charging tariff, which is more than many states do. What makes Gurugram worth its own guide is that two of the entries a project budget needs are blank in the schedule — and the most common reaction to a blank cell is exactly the wrong one.

1. Your utility: DHBVN

Haryana is split between two distribution companies. UHBVN serves the north — Panchkula, Ambala, Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Panipat, Kaithal, Rohtak, Jhajjar, Sonipat, Jind. DHBVN serves the south, which includes Gurugram, along with Faridabad, Palwal, Nuh, Rewari, Mahendragarh, Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa.

So a Gurugram site applies to DHBVN. Utility allocation at district level is indicative — you still need to confirm the exact SDO and subdivision from the full site address, which our reference records as a critical open item because it controls both the application route and the utility works.

2. The EV tariff, and the two blank cells

Compare that to Hyderabad, where LT-IX’s fixed charge is affirmatively stated as ₹0/kW-month in the schedule. That is a published zero, which you can model. Haryana’s blank is an unknown, which you must ask about. The two look identical in a spreadsheet and are completely different in reality.

Note also the HT/LT relationship. HT energy at ₹7.24/unit is ₹0.24 cheaper than LT at ₹7.48 — a modest gap. Whether HT is worth it therefore turns almost entirely on the unresolved fixed-charge and demand position, not on the energy rate. Which is another way of saying: you cannot choose your connection voltage rationally until those blanks are filled in.

3. Capital incentives, and the conditions attached

Haryana’s EV policy states capital incentives, and the conditions matter as much as the headline percentages:

Two conditions deserve emphasis because they are easy to skim past. The public charging incentive requires fixed capital investment above ₹25 lakh — a small installation does not qualify at all. And it is limited to the first 200 stations, so availability depends on how much of that allocation remains, which our register records as unconfirmed.

Our standing rule applies: no financing credit without a written sanction. Build the base case without the incentive and treat it as upside. A project that only clears its hurdle with an unconfirmed grant has not cleared its hurdle.

4. Gurugram-specific practicalities

Stated as advisory observation rather than sourced fact:

• Land cost is NCR-level, and the service charge you may earn per unit is capped nationally. As in Mumbai, that combination is unforgiving for standalone rented plots and much kinder to sites attached to a business that gains from the footfall.
• Commercial and office concentrations create long-dwell demand, which is the pattern AC charging suits — a genuinely different proposition from highway DC. We work through that trade-off in AC or DC.
• The security deposit and service charges are variable by load, voltage category and the works required, and need a live utility estimate. Our register carries no universal figure because there is not one.

5. The sequence we would follow

1. Confirm the DHBVN SDO and subdivision for the full address.
2. Get DHBVN’s current EV schedule in writing, and specifically ask what the fixed charge and MMC are — the two blanks.
3. Ask for the additions: electricity duty, municipal or panchayat tax, FSA, and any exemption that applies to EV charging.
4. Screen the plot for geometry and electrical sizing.
5. Get a live estimate for security deposit, service line and any augmentation.
6. Model without the subsidy, then check whether the incentive allocation is still open.

What is still unconfirmed

Published deliberately. For Haryana we have not verified from a primary source: the exact DISCOM SDO and subdivision for a given full address (critical — controls the application and utility works); the FY 2026–27 EV fixed charge and MMC treatment where the tariff-table cells are blank (critical — required for an all-in electricity cost); and the current FSA, electricity duty, municipal or panchayat taxes and any exemptions for EV charging. Incentive availability and remaining allocation are also unconfirmed. DHBVN’s implementation of the rates above is itself flagged for confirmation.

Sources

Reference information for planning purposes, not legal, engineering or financial advice. Confirm the current DHBVN schedule before financial commitment. Found an error? Tell us.