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EV Charger / Electric Vehicle Charging Station Permit in Winter Park, Colorado

Winter Park has no dedicated EV charger/EVSE permit type or fee line separate from its general electrical permitting process. Per the Town's own Building Division page, the Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA/DPO) handles ALL electrical permitting in Winter Park, Fraser, and Granby — this necessarily includes the branch-circuit wiring, panel work, and equipment installation for Level 1/Level 2 EV chargers, since EVSE installation is an electrical-trade permit, not a structural/building permit. There is no local Building Division fee schedule line item for 'EV charger,' 'electric vehicle,' or 'charging station' (confirmed via review of the Town's Building Permit Fee Schedule PDF). Winter Park (population under 1,000) falls well below the population thresholds (10,000+ for municipalities, 20,000+ for counties) that trigger Colorado's HB24-1173 EV Charging System Permit Requirements law, so the Town is not a 'covered municipality' required to adopt the state's expedited EV charger permitting model code or the 3-business-day approval/denial notification timeline. Re-confirmed 2026-07-20 via a direct re-fetch of the Town's Building Division page (live, unchanged): "The Colorado State Electrical Board handles all electrical permitting in Winter Park, Fraser and Granby." Because Grand County/Winter Park has no local electrical inspection program, the governing mechanism is the State Electrical Board's direct statutory authority under C.R.S. § 12-115-120(2): a state electrical inspector must inspect the work within three WORKING days of the inspection request (§ 12-115-120(2)(b)), and the Board sets its own permit fee based on "the actual expense of inspecting each type of electrical installation" (§ 12-115-121(1)) rather than a published table — confirmed against both statute sections and the Board's current rules (3 CCR 710-1), which likewise publish no static fee schedule.

Verified 2026-07-20 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Apply directly to the Colorado State Electrical Board (Division of Professions and Occupations) for the electrical permit covering EV charger circuit wiring, panel/service upgrades if needed, and equipment installation — not through the local Winter Park/Fraser/Granby Building Department, per the Town's own statement that the State Electrical Board handles all electrical permitting in Winter Park, Fraser and Granby
  • Electrical work must be performed by a Colorado-licensed electrician per Town Code 6-1-10 (NEC adoption) Contractor
  • If the EV charger installation is part of new construction or requires structural/mounting work (e.g., a new carport or panel enclosure), a separate structural building permit from the Winter Park/Fraser/Granby Building Department may also be required for that portion
  • Winter Park is NOT a 'covered municipality' under Colorado HB24-1173 (population under the 10,000-resident threshold), so the state's mandatory EV charger permitting model code and 3-business-day decision-notification requirement do not apply here as a matter of state law, though the Town may voluntarily follow similar practices

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Fee schedule

State Electrical Board Permit Fee (EV charger circuit/equipment)No dedicated Town of Winter Park fee line exists for EV chargers. The statutory reference point is § 12-115-121(2)(a)'s cap of $120 (base, CPI-adjusted annually since Jan 1, 2021) plus up to an 8% valuation-based surcharge, which governs LOCAL government electrical-inspection fees — not the State Board's own fee for jurisdictions like Winter Park that it inspects directly
Set by the State Electrical Board per C.R.S. § 12-115-121(1) based on actual inspection cost — calculated and charged online at the DPO Online Permitting System, not published as a static table

Review timeline

Plan reviewWinter Park’s published plan-review target
Up to 3 business days

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Inspection process

  1. 1

    State Electrical Board Inspection

    Scheduled and performed by the Colorado State Electrical Board for the EV charger circuit and equipment installation, not the local Building Division

See the full Winter Park inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →

Tips

  • Treat an EV charger installation in Winter Park as an electrical permit filed directly with the Colorado State Electrical Board — do not attempt to fold it into the joint Winter Park/Fraser/Granby building permit application.
  • Because Winter Park's population is under the HB24-1173 'covered municipality' threshold, don't assume the state's 3-business-day decision timeline or the EV charger permitting model code apply here; confirm current practice directly with the Town and the State Electrical Board.
  • The governing statutory timeline for a state-inspected EV charger circuit is C.R.S. § 12-115-120(2)(b) — a 3-working-day inspection turnaround after the request is filed — not HB24-1173's 3-business-day decision clock, which only binds "covered" jurisdictions above the population threshold.

Frequently asked questions

Winter Park requires an ev charger / electric vehicle charging station permit for: Apply directly to the Colorado State Electrical Board (Division of Professions and Occupations) for the electrical permit covering EV charger circuit wiring, panel/service upgrades if needed, and equipment installation — not through the local Winter Park/Fraser/Granby Building Department, per the Town's own statement that the State Electrical Board handles all electrical permitting in Winter Park, Fraser and Granby; Electrical work must be performed by a Colorado-licensed electrician per Town Code 6-1-10 (NEC adoption); If the EV charger installation is part of new construction or requires structural/mounting work (e.g., a new carport or panel enclosure), a separate structural building permit from the Winter Park/Fraser/Granby Building Department may also be required for that portion; Winter Park is NOT a 'covered municipality' under Colorado HB24-1173 (population under the 10,000-resident threshold), so the state's mandatory EV charger permitting model code and 3-business-day decision-notification requirement do not apply here as a matter of state law, though the Town may voluntarily follow similar practices. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Winter Park/Fraser/Granby Building Department (Town of Winter Park Community Development Department — Building Division) at (970) 726-8081 before starting work.

In Winter Park, the published State Electrical Board Permit Fee (EV charger circuit/equipment) is: Set by the State Electrical Board per C.R.S. § 12-115-121(1) based on actual inspection cost — calculated and charged online at the DPO Online Permitting System, not published as a static table. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Winter Park's published plan-review target for an ev charger / electric vehicle charging station permit is Up to 3 business days.

You'll need: Colorado State Electrical Board Permit Application. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Winter Park requires 1 inspection(s) for an ev charger / electric vehicle charging station permit, in order: State Electrical Board Inspection. Schedule each through Winter Park/Fraser/Granby Building Department (Town of Winter Park Community Development Department — Building Division) ((970) 726-8081).

Apply through Winter Park/Fraser/Granby Building Department (Town of Winter Park Community Development Department — Building Division) at 50 Vasquez Road, Suite B, P.O. Box 3327, Winter Park, CO 80482. Phone: (970) 726-8081, email: permits@wpgov.com. Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm. Official information: https://wpgov.com/our-government/departments/building/.

Winter Park, Colorado has adopted: 2021 International Building Code (IBC), as amended by Town Code Title 6, Chapter 1, Section 2 (6-1-2) — codified currently through Ord. 619, Series of 2024; 2021 International Residential Code (IRC), as amended by Town Code 6-1-3; International Plumbing Code, most current edition as adopted by the State of Colorado (per Town Code 6-1-1/6-1-4 cross-reference; the Town's own Codes Adopted by Reference section lists 'International Plumbing Code, 2021 Edition'); 2021 International Mechanical Code (IMC), as amended by Town Code 6-1-5; 2021 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC); 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC); 2021 International Fire Code (IFC), including all appendices; 2021 International Existing Building Code (IEBC), as amended by Town Code 6-1-9; National Electrical Code (NEC), 2020 Edition per the current Codes Adopted by Reference list, though Town Code 6-1-10 states the Town concurrently adopts whatever edition the State of Colorado has most recently adopted — electrical permitting itself is administered by the Colorado State Electrical Board, not the local Building Division (see localAmendments); 2023 Colorado Electric Ready and Solar Ready Code, as amended by Town Code 6-1-11 (Ord. 619, Series of 2024); 2025 Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code — statutorily mandated statewide for jurisdictions with mapped Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) area, adoption required by April 1, 2026 and full compliance by July 1, 2026 per the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control; the Town's own website (wpgov.com Building Division page) carries a 'Wildfire Resiliency Code Update' notice confirming the Town is subject to this new statewide code, but the Town had not yet published its own locally-amended code text/section numbers for this specific code as of the date of this extraction — see localAmendments for what is and is not yet verifiable; Full adopted code text (Town Code Title 6, Chapter 1) hosted at codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/winterparkco/latest/winterpark_co/0-0-0-2239. Local amendments apply — see the Winter Park overview page for the full list.

No. There is no dedicated EV charger/EVSE permit type or fee line in Winter Park. EV charger circuit and equipment work is permitted as ordinary electrical work through the Colorado State Electrical Board, the same authority that handles all electrical permitting in Winter Park, Fraser, and Granby per the Town's own Building Division page.

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