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A suburban New Jersey town of 80,000 installs public Level 2 at the municipal complex — showing exactly what prevailing wage and apprenticeship is worth.
Segment
Municipal
State
New Jersey
Ports
6 × L2
Net cost
~$19,100
Illustrative example. This sample project shows representative numbers based on NuWatt benchmark data and 2026 incentive programs. Your actual project depends on site conditions and incentive availability at the time of install.
On this 6-port NJ town hall install: $15,120. Gross cost is $63,000. Without prevailing wage and apprenticeship, Section 30C pays 6% — $3,780. With PWA (which NJ law requires anyway), the credit jumps to 30% — $18,900. Stack the utility make-ready ($25,000), claim both via direct pay, and the township is out roughly $19,100.
Total ports
6
Gross project cost
$63,000
Net after incentives
~$19,100
Timeline
9 months
The same project, two scenarios. NJ law forces the second one — but many out-of-state buyers do not realize what that is worth.
Without PWA
Base federal rate when prevailing wage and apprenticeship are not met.
$3,780
6% × $63,000 gross
With PWA
Full rate when prevailing wage and apprenticeship are documented.
$18,900
30% × $63,000 gross
PWA delta: $15,120
For a municipality that has to pay prevailing wage under state law anyway, this is free money left on the table by any contractor who does not document PWA properly.
Gross hardware + install
$27,000 hardware + $36,000 install (prevailing wage)
$63,000
− Section 30C via direct pay (30% PWA)
30% × $63,000 — cash refund via Form 990-T
−$18,900
− Utility make-ready (PSE&G or JCP&L)
Utility-side + customer-side, address-specific
−$25,000
= Net out-of-pocket
Roughly $3,183 per port
~$19,100
Rugged, networked, weather-rated — public-access environments need durability over cleverness.
Council authorizes the project; staff drafts the RFP with prevailing-wage language.
Public solicitation, bid opening, scoring, legal review.
Contract executed; direct-pay registration filed with the IRS.
Single-line, municipal permit (self-permitted is sometimes allowed), utility app.
PSE&G or JCP&L installs utility-side service upgrade.
Certified-payroll crew installs 6 ports, signage, bollards, accessibility.
Direct-pay refund claim submitted for the tax year of commissioning.
We draft the RFP boilerplate, run the tract check, stage IRS direct-pay registration, and coordinate PSE&G or JCP&L — so the town clerk does not have to assemble it piece by piece.
Get a municipal quoteSection 30C pays 6% of eligible cost by default. If the project meets prevailing wage and apprenticeship (PWA) rules, that rate jumps to 30%. The difference between those two rates on a given project is the PWA delta. On this town hall project, the delta is $15,120 — the entire argument for running the job under prevailing wage, which is required under NJ state law anyway.
Fifteen-minute feasibility call covers RFP language, direct-pay pre-registration, and utility make-ready sequencing.
Last verified by NuWatt Incentive PM on 2026-04-14. Numbers are illustrative — actual incentives depend on tract eligibility, PWA documentation, PSE&G or JCP&L program status, and the June 30, 2026 federal 30C placed-in-service deadline.
