New Orleans, LA
EV CHARGER INSTALL ESTIMATING.

## EV Charger Estimating in New Orleans Is Not the Same as Anywhere Else New Orleans runs on older infrastructure. A Level 2 charger install in Lakeview or Mid-City often means upsizing a 100A panel that hasn't been touched since the 1970s, pulling permits through the New Orleans Department of Safety and Permits, and accounting for the humidity and flood-zone conduit requirements that add real cost and time. Estimating off a flat national template leaves money on the table or kills the job before it starts. Estimate.Pro is built for the 25 trades, including EV charger installers, who deal with exactly that reality. ## What the Estimate Covers A standard EV charger install bid in the New Orleans metro needs to account for: - **Panel capacity evaluation.** A large share of homes in older Orleans Parish neighborhoods require a panel upgrade before a Level 2 EVSE can be connected. Your scope needs a line item for load calculations and potential 200A service upgrades. - **NEC Article 625 compliance.** Every EV charger install scope in Estimate.Pro is structured around Article 625 requirements — dedicated circuit sizing, GFCI protection, and listed equipment language your inspector expects to see. - **Conduit and weatherproofing.** New Orleans sits in a high-humidity, flood-prone zone. Estimate.Pro lets you price liquidtight flexible conduit, weatherproof enclosures, and elevated mounting as discrete line items, not buried averages. - **Permit and inspection fees.** The City of New Orleans charges permit fees tied to job valuation. Those costs belong in your bid, not absorbed into your margin. - **Utility coordination.** Entergy Louisiana may require notification or meter inspections for service upgrades tied to EV charger installs. Your bid should reflect any coordination labor. ## The 8-Minute Workflow You walk the job. You open Estimate.Pro on your phone or tablet. The AR measurement tool — powered by ONNX on supported devices — lets you capture conduit runs and panel distances without a tape measure. Photos on unsupported devices are flagged as estimates so you know what to verify. The AI scope-of-work engine reads your walkthrough notes and generates a line-by-line scope: circuit run, breaker size, EVSE unit, mounting hardware, permit allowance, and labor. You adjust the numbers against your saved material cost workspace — your Entergy account pricing for wire and breakers, your preferred EVSE brands — and the bid is ready to send in under 8 minutes from when you walked in the door. No platform fee on Pro+ plans. Stripe Connect invoicing on Elite. Your customer can pay from the same document they signed. ## Why New Orleans Specifically Louisiana has pushed EV adoption through the Louisiana Electric Vehicle Rebate Program and ongoing infrastructure investment tied to federal NEVI corridor funding along I-10 and I-12. That means demand is building — commercial properties, multi-family buildings in the Warehouse District and Bywater, and single-family homeowners in Metairie and Kenner who just bought their first EV and need a Level 2 charger before delivery day. The contractors who win those jobs consistently are the ones who can deliver a professional, itemized bid the same day as the walkthrough. A handwritten quote or a three-day turnaround loses to whoever shows up with a PDF. Estimate.Pro gives you that PDF in 8 minutes. ## Plans - **Free:** Full estimating, no credit card, 3% Stripe Connect fee if you collect payment through the platform. - **Pro – $39/seat/mo:** Your saved material cost workspace synced across jobs. - **Elite – $79/seat/mo:** Stripe Connect at 0% platform fee, invoice exports, advanced workflows. - **Crew – $399/mo flat:** Unlimited seats for a crew operation running multiple EV installs per week. Start on the free tier today. No credit card. No commitment.