Raleigh, North Carolina has made the permitting process easier by reducing the time it takes to acquire a home charging station to one hour. The cost the for the permit will be $74.
Read more here.
Dennis Clements, Chief Electrical Inspector at the Oregon Building Code Department created an overview of the state’s efforts to streamline the permitting process, by offering permits through an online program. Download this document here.
Also, download here a press release, which explains Oregon’s Building Code Division’s permitting process for home charging units.
This Clean Fuel Connection presentation to the California P.U.C. Electric Vehicle Workshop includes lessons learned in average installation time, costs, and streamlining opportunities.
Download the pdf here
SDG&E has created a best practices document for bringing EV charging to multi-unit spaces, such as apartments and townhomes. This step-by-step timeline can be downloaded here (pdf).
Advanced Energy and Project Get Ready worked together to create a Request for Information for EVSE manufacturers to respond to. The deadline for EVSE manufacturers to respond is May 10, 2010. We hope to gather great, thorough information on all the EVSE products out there. More information can be found in Advanced’s press release.
Additionally, this [...]
The Department of Energy keeps an interactive, up-to-date map of all the alternative fuel filling stations in the country. It can be filtered to just show EV charge spots.
Friends of the Earth recently released A Survey of Bay Area Permitting Procedures for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure. The survey expounds upon several excellent recommendations:
Adopt specific permitting policy for EV chargers and train staff
Ensure public access to comprehensive EV-related information
Post EV charger specific website pages
Develop a comprehensive EV charger guide
Streamline permit access
Reduce the number of [...]
Oregon and ETEC have been working on a comprehensive guide for charging infrastructure in the I-5 metro area. We are pleased to host the final version: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Deployment Guidelines for the Oregon I-5 Metro Areas of Portland, Salem, Corvallis, and Eugene. This is a great place for any city looking into the [...]
This National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study looks at the cost-effectiveness of electrifying vehicles. NREL finds that costs for pure electric and plug-in electric vehicles will remain high. Instead, the study says, dynamic charging of vehicles with downsized batteries will provide a cost-effective path to electrification.
Read the study: Technology Improvement Pathways to Cost-Effective Vehicle Electrification.
Siting Considerations for EVSE
While most charging will likely be done at private (at home or private office parking) locations, public charging stations will play a critical role in a successful plug in vehicle ecosystem. As new innovations are introduced including faster charging stations or even battery swapping, public stations will become increasingly important. PGR cities [...]
BC hydro released this great report on charging infrastructure deployment guidelines, including disability requirements, back in July 2009. Denver has used it to help them with deployment and we recommend all cities have a look.
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Download the Project Get Ready presentation to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. Also be sure to read the written report on the event.
The Edison Electric Institute has put together a great document describing many of the utility-based electric vehicle initiatives starting up in US.
Take a look.
Houston has recently built out infrastructure to install 15 Coulomb charging stations. As should be expected, the costs are variable depending on location, availability of power, conduit size, and labor. Below is a chart with their approximate build out costs. These costs do not include the cost of the charging stations.
Location Type
Number of Stations
Total Installation [...]
Here is the information you need in order to make an informed decision on investing in a PEV charging station:
Download the full Excel tool
Download the full Excel tool (alternate version for older versions of Excel)
Read the instructions
Also, be sure to read the full report.
Finally, have a look at Pacific Gas & Electric’s charging station information [...]
Plugging In: A Stakeholder Investment Guide for Public Electric-Vehicle Charging Infrastructure is designed to inform potential investors about the costs, revenues, and benefits of charging infrastructure. It presents some overarching conclusions while the accompanying model allows investors to examine the likely costs, revenues, and benefits for their specific investment scenario. While we applaud groups who [...]
New tools from NREL and the Alternative Fuels & Advanced Vehicles Data Center let you search for alternative fueling stations (including electricity) near you!
