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EV Charger / EVSE Permit — Akron, Colorado · Requirements sheet
Reviewed 2026-07-23 · Source: https://dpo.colorado.gov/ElectricalPlumbingPermits/Info
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EV Charger / EVSE Permit in Akron, Colorado
The Town of Akron has no local electrical permitting program (Title 10 contains no electrical chapter), so a residential EV charger / EVSE installation follows the same path as all other electrical work in Akron: a Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA/DPO) permit, not a Town-issued permit. No web search of the State Electrical Board's fee materials, the Town's Building Department page, or the Town's live application form turned up an EV-charger-specific fee line item or expedited process — an EV charger circuit is billed under the State Electrical Board's general fee schedule like any other electrical installation.
Reviewed 2026-07-23 · Source
When you need this permit
- A valid Colorado State Electrical permit (State Electrical Board, DORA/DPO) is required prior to installing an EV charger circuit in Akron — obtained online through the State's Electrical and Plumbing Permits system, not from the Town
- A homeowner may perform the work at their own residence under a state homeowner permit if personally performed, the property is not for sale/resale/rent and not open to the public, and all work is inspected before and after concealment Owner-builder
- A licensed Electrical Contractor must pull the permit for company-performed work
- Work must comply with the National Electrical Code (NEC) as adopted by the State of Colorado
- Once the state electrical permit is obtained, the permit number must be provided to the Town of Akron — the Town's current Building Permit Application form has a dedicated 'STATE ELECTRIC PERMIT #' field to record it
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Fee schedule
State Electrical Board general permit fee (no EV-specific line item found)
Neither the Town's Building Department page, its application form, nor the DORA/DPO Electrical and Plumbing Permits pages list an EV charger/EVSE-specific fee category — an EV charger circuit is… Show full citationHide
Neither the Town's Building Department page, its application form, nor the DORA/DPO Electrical and Plumbing Permits pages list an EV charger/EVSE-specific fee category — an EV charger circuit is treated as ordinary residential electrical work under the state's general fee schedule. Neither dpo.colorado.gov nor the Secretary of State's CCR rule text (3 CCR 710-1) makes the statewide schedule available as accessible static text. The most recent public reproduction of the statewide schedule is Douglas County's Electrical Permit Application & Fee Schedule (douglasco.gov/documents/electrical-permit-app-2025.pdf — despite the '2025' filename, the document itself is footer-dated 01/12/2023, so its currency for 2026 is not confirmed and it is not adopted here as a verified figure). For reference only, that document's 'ALL OTHER FEES' category (which explicitly lists 'EV Charger' as a checkbox item, alongside photovoltaic and other non-square-footage installations) ties to Colorado Revised Statute § 12-115-121.3 and reads: not more than $2,000 valuation = $57 flat; $2,001+ = $5 per $1,000 (or fraction) plus $57 base. The Colorado Secretary of State's official CCR text for 3 CCR 710-1 (State Electrical Board Rules and Regulations, sos.state.co.us/CCR/GenerateRulePdf.do) contains only disciplinary civil-penalty fine schedules (tied to C.R.S. §12-115-122), no permit or inspection fee table of any kind; DORA's ElectricalPlumbingPermits, ElectricalPlumbingPermits/Info, Electrical, and ElectricalPlumbingPermits/Forms pages plus the online-portal FAQ (dora.state.co.us/pls/real/ep_web_faq_gui.show_page) likewise publish no numeric fee table for any installation type, EV or otherwise (the FAQ does confirm Washington County is within the State Electrical Board's inspected jurisdiction). C.R.S. §12-115-121 (2025 text) provides that electrical inspection fees are 'set and categorized based upon the actual expense of inspecting each type of electrical installation' by the Board itself rather than published in statute, and separately caps only local-government-charged inspection fees at $120 (CPI-adjusted) — inapplicable here, since Akron has no local electrical program and the State Board itself inspects. One caution on sources: DORA's FAQ page cites a 'HB99-1199, $500/$2,000' solar fee cap — that citation is a DORA error. No such bill as 'HB99-1199' exists; the actual C.R.S. § 24-48.5-113 solar/geothermal fee-cap statute was originally enacted in 2011 as HB11-1199, with its current dollar figures ($500 residential / $1,000 nonresidential) set by the 2021 amendment HB21-1284, per the statute's own codified text and legislative History note (see the solar-pv-permit entry). That statute governs 'active solar energy systems' and 'geothermal energy systems' only (per its own definitions subsection) — it does not apply to EV chargers, so it supplies no fee-cap basis for this entry either way. Colorado does have an EV-charging-specific statute — HB24-1173 (2024), codified at C.R.S. §§ 30-28-213 (counties) and 31-23-316 (municipalities); per the signed bill text (leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1173_signed.pdf), it governs the EV charger permit review process (objective standards, administrative review, response timelines) and contains no fee-cap or fee-schedule provision of any kind. It also applies only to counties with population 20,000+ and municipalities with population 10,000+ (per the 2020 federal census) — Akron's population is 1,757, far below the 10,000 municipal threshold, so HB24-1173 does not apply to Akron at all, even for its process requirements. In sum: no Colorado statute caps or schedules EV-charger permit fees; Akron's EV-charger permit fee is whatever the State Electrical Board's general (non-EV-specific) fee schedule charges for the installation, which is not published as accessible static text. The State Board's actual EV-charger fee amount appears only inside its login-gated online application portal after an installation type and valuation are entered.Set by the Colorado State Electrical Board's own current fee schedule, not by the Town of Akron
Review timeline
Plan review
Not published — contact the department
Inspection process
- 1
Rough Electrical
Wiring and circuit installed before concealment; scheduled with the State Electrical Board's inspector for the Akron/Washington County area
- 2
Final Inspection
Charger installed and energized, panel/circuit labeled
See the full Akron inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →
Tips
- Do not apply to the Town of Akron for an EV charger permit — like all electrical work in Akron, it is permitted and inspected directly by the Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA/DPO), not the Town.
- After obtaining the state electrical permit, record the resulting permit number on the Town's Building Permit Application form (field: 'STATE ELECTRIC PERMIT #') so the Town has it on file.
Frequently asked questions
Akron requires an ev charger / evse permit for: A valid Colorado State Electrical permit (State Electrical Board, DORA/DPO) is required prior to installing an EV charger circuit in Akron — obtained online through the State's Electrical and Plumbing Permits system, not from the Town; A homeowner may perform the work at their own residence under a state homeowner permit if personally performed, the property is not for sale/resale/rent and not open to the public, and all work is inspected before and after concealment; A licensed Electrical Contractor must pull the permit for company-performed work; Work must comply with the National Electrical Code (NEC) as adopted by the State of Colorado; Once the state electrical permit is obtained, the permit number must be provided to the Town of Akron — the Town's current Building Permit Application form has a dedicated 'STATE ELECTRIC PERMIT #' field to record it. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Akron — Office of the Building Inspector (Town Hall) at 970-345-2624 before starting work.
No distinct EV charger/EVSE permit type or fee was found for Akron. An EV charger installation is electrical work, and like all electrical work in the Town, it is permitted and inspected by the Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA/DPO) under that board's general fee schedule — the Town of Akron has no electrical chapter of its own and issues no separate EV-charger fee.
Akron does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Akron — Office of the Building Inspector (Town Hall) at 970-345-2624 for current turnaround.
You'll need: Colorado State Electrical Permit Application. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.
Akron requires 2 inspection(s) for an ev charger / evse permit, in order: Rough Electrical, Final Inspection. Schedule each through Town of Akron — Office of the Building Inspector (Town Hall) (970-345-2624).
Apply through Town of Akron — Office of the Building Inspector (Town Hall) at 250 Main Ave, Akron, CO 80720. Phone: 970-345-2624, email: deputyclerk@townofakron.com. Office hours: Monday - Thursday, 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM; closed Fridays. Fax: 970-345-2617. Per Town Code 10-1-1, the Building Inspector is appointed by the Board of Trustees at its first regular meeting following each biennial election and serves as chief enforcement officer for all Title 10 building regulations (except fire prevention code); there is no separate physical 'Building Department' office distinct from Town Hall in this small Eastern Plains town (2020 Census population 1,757).. Official information: https://www.townofakron.com/179/Building.
Akron, Colorado has adopted: 2018 International Building Code (IBC), chapters 1-35 plus appendices C, E, G, H, I, and J — Town Code 10-2-1, adopted by Ordinance 514 (1-6-2014), amended by Ordinance 589 (6-5-2023). The Ord. 589 amendment did NOT change the underlying edition year — Town Code 10-2-1 as currently published still names the 2018 IBC specifically, not a newer cycle — so the 2023 ordinance is treated as a re-adoption/amendment of the same 2018 edition rather than a code-cycle update, per direct reading of the current Town Code text (American Legal Publishing).; 2009 International Residential Code (IRC), chapters 1-43 plus appendices B, C, D, E, G, H, J, and K — Town Code 10-3-1, adopted by Ordinance 515 (1-6-2014). This is a materially older code cycle than the Building Code (2009 IRC vs. 2018 IBC); no evidence of a later IRC re-adoption was found anywhere in the Town Code, the Town's ordinances index, or web search as of the last verification.; No standalone plumbing, mechanical, fuel gas, or electrical code chapter exists anywhere in Town Code Title 10 (Building and Development) — Chapters run: Ch.1 General Building Provisions, Ch.2 Building Code (IBC 2018), Ch.3 Residential Code (IRC 2009), Ch.4 Building Numbers (addressing), Ch.5 Colorado Plains Regional Airport Overlay Zoning, Ch.6 Shipping Containers. Checked the full Title 10 table of contents and walked every chapter node directly on American Legal Publishing's code library (codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/akron_co) — confirmed no electrical/plumbing/mechanical/energy chapter exists.; No energy code (IECC or otherwise) has been adopted by the Town of Akron — no such chapter exists in Title 10, and no ordinance adopting an energy code was found via direct Town Code review or web search. See localAmendments for the HB22-1362 analysis.. Local amendments apply — see the Akron overview page for the full list.
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