Qmerit or a Tesla Certified Installer: Who Does the Work

A Florida condo board that asks for EV charging proposals can get two very different kinds back. One carries a national name the board recognizes from a car dealership or a utility mailer. The other comes from a company twenty minutes away.

Both say certified. Both quote a price per port.

The question a board still has to ask either one is who will be standing in the garage on install day, and who picks up the phone in year three.

Short answer: Qmerit and a Tesla Certified Installer are two different structures, not two grades of the same thing. Qmerit describes itself as a national network of certified local electrical contractors and says it matches a project to one contractor from that network. A Tesla Certified Installer is a contractor that holds the manufacturer certification itself. Both can be the right answer for a property. What changes is which company the property contracts with, who commissions the equipment, and who is accountable afterward.

What Qmerit says it is

Qmerit publishes a clear description of its own model, and it is worth reading rather than guessing at. Its how-it-works page describes Qmerit as America's largest network of certified local electrical contractors, with 23,000+ certified contractors covering all 50 states and Canada, and states that Qmerit removes the guesswork by identifying and deploying the right electrician or team based on scope, location and any special requirements. The same page describes the result for a customer as one qualified contractor, with no competing quotes, contractor lists or multiple calls. Its commercial page reports 770,000+ EV charger installations.

On vetting, Qmerit states that only select electricians earn the Qmerit-certified contractor badge, that each must pass a rigorous screening process, that all are licensed, insured and background-checked, and that contractors are evaluated continuously across seven categories including service quality, responsiveness and customer feedback.

Its commercial page describes Qmerit as a single point of accountability offering centralized program management, and says it can support the installation process from site assessment and planning through permitting, necessary electrical work, charger installation and commissioning.

Read plainly, that is a description of a coordination layer over a network of local electricians. That is not a criticism. For a large owner it is the entire value. But it does mean the electrician on the property is local in both models, and the real difference is which company the property signs with.

What Tesla Certified means, and the one place it is required

Tesla's certified installer page states that Tesla works with trained Certified Installers to install its products. On its own, that is a credential rather than a reason to choose anyone.

The part that is worth a board's attention is narrower and more concrete. Tesla's commercial charging support page states that to qualify for listing on the Find Us map and Trip Planner, a site must have reliable connectivity and a Tesla Certified Installer must commission the units. Tesla's own installer quick guide states the same requirement from the other direction: for public installations visible on Tesla Find Us Maps and in-car navigation, a Tesla Certified Installer is required.

That requirement needs its scope stated, because it does not apply to every project. It attaches to the listing. A property that never wants its chargers to appear on Tesla's map does not face it. A hotel or a resort that does want Tesla drivers routed to it has a condition to satisfy, and it is worth raising with any bidder before the units are commissioned. Tesla also states that it retains the right to make the final decision on initial and continued public listing, so no installer can promise the outcome.

Florida Chargers is a Tesla Certified commercial EV charging reseller and installer, holds Florida electrical contractor license EC13009718, and installs the Tesla Universal Wall Connector, a Level 2 unit rated at 48 amps with a NACS connector and a built-in J1772 adapter, so one port serves either charge-port type. The Tesla and ChargePoint comparison covers what else changes between systems, and the companies compared page lays the hardware options side by side.

The per-port number is not comparable until it says what is in it

Both figures below are published by the companies themselves, and they overlap.

Qmerit's July 2026 article on commercial charging costs states that installing Level 2 commercial EV charging stations will cost anywhere from $3,500 to $15,000 per port on average. Florida Chargers quotes $5,000 to $8,000 per port installed before incentives, depending on how far the work has to reach and what the panel and service can carry.

The narrower range is not a better deal and the wider one is not padding. Qmerit attributes its own spread to the complexity of the installation, the distance from the chargers to a power source or electric panel, and any other service or infrastructure upgrades required to support the charging stations. That is the same thing a Florida site assessment establishes, and it is why a per-port number means very little until a proposal says what sits inside it. The breakdown of where install dollars actually go works through which lines a board should make any bidder itemize.

Budget utility make-ready programs only, and whether a particular property qualifies is a question for its serving utility.

When Qmerit is the right call

There are properties this article is not written for, and saying so is more useful than pretending otherwise.

An owner standardizing EV charging across a portfolio in a dozen states is describing the problem Qmerit says it exists to solve. Qmerit publishes coverage across all 50 states and Canada. Florida Chargers installs across Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and North Carolina, and a national rollout is not a five-state job.

A property that has already committed to hardware Florida Chargers does not install is in the same position. So is an individual unit owner paying for a charger in their own deeded space rather than a board running a common-element project, which is a smaller and more residential piece of work than anything described here.

What to ask either one

Four questions, and they fit in an email. Which company's electrical license the permit will be pulled under, and whether that is the same company signing the agreement. Whether the firm doing the installation is the firm that returns for service, and for how long. Whether the units will be commissioned by a Tesla Certified Installer, if the property wants the Tesla listing. And whether the quoted price sits before or after utility incentives, and what it assumes about the distance from the panel to the parking spaces.

These apply to any proposal, including one from Florida Chargers. A bidder that answers all four in writing has told a board more than a certification logo does.

Under Share the Revenue, the property invests in the professional installation and Florida Chargers owns and operates the chargers, and the property then shares in net charging profit for the full term. Tesla Wall Connector hardware is included, with no separate hardware charge. Financing is available for qualified properties to cover the electrical infrastructure and installation with no money down, so a project can start without drawing on reserves. A project runs 6 to 12 weeks from signed agreement to energized. The apartment charging page covers how a multifamily project is put together.

Florida Chargers is a veteran-owned, Tesla Certified commercial EV installer serving condo associations, apartment communities, hotels and asset managers across Florida. A property gets those four answers in writing. Reach out for a no-pressure free site assessment. Call 321-475-2689 or visit flchargers.com.

This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal or financial advice. Third-party company descriptions, program requirements, pricing and published figures are subject to change, and the Qmerit and Tesla details described here were verified in October 2026 against pages published earlier. Confirm current terms, certifications and pricing with the company or manufacturer directly, and consult a licensed Florida attorney for guidance specific to your association or property.