This kinds a part of the draft revised tips on electrical car charging infrastructure for EVs ready by the Ministry and launched on Monday. Stakeholders have been requested to share their responses on the identical by August 1, 2024.
In addition to the only half tariff, the draft additionally proposes that the price of provide by Distribution Licensee (Discom) to EV charging station can be 0.7 occasions of ACoS throughout photo voltaic hours and 1.3 occasions ACoS throughout non-solar hours.
“Photo voltaic hours imply 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM time and non-solar hours imply the remaining interval of the day. Separate metering preparations shall be made for EV charging stations in order that consumption could also be recorded and billed as per relevant tariff for EV charging stations,” it added.
The general public charging stations shall have the function of pay as you go and postpaid assortment of service fees with the time of the day charges and low cost for photo voltaic hours.
“Any public charging station/ group of charging stations could acquire electrical energy from any supply by means of open entry additionally. Open Entry shall be offered for this goal inside 15 days of receipt of the appliance full in all respects. They are going to be required to pay the relevant surcharge — equal to the present degree of cross subsidy (no more than 20 per cent, as per the Tariff Coverage Pointers), transmission fees and wheeling fees. No different surcharge or fees shall be levied besides talked about on this provision,” the draft added.
Tie-up with NSP
The draft additionally proposes that the charging station operators tie up with at the very least one on-line Community Service Supplier (NSPs) to allow superior distant or on-line reserving of charging slots (non-compulsory) by EV homeowners shall be made.
Such on-line data to EV homeowners ought to embody data concerning location, sorts (indicating AC/ DC, Sluggish/ Quick, kW capability, charging charges and many others.) and numbers of chargers put in/ obtainable, service fees for EV charging and another data as specified by Central Nodal Company (CNA) sometimes.
The federal government has additionally offered tips for the placement for organising EV public charging stations. It has proposed that at the very least one charging station shall be obtainable in a grid of “1 km x 1 km” within the city limits by FY30.
Additional, one charging station shall be arrange at each 20 km on either side of highways or expressways or roads. For lengthy vary EVs and/ or heavy responsibility EVs like buses/vans and many others, there shall be at the very least one quick charging station at each 100 kms, one on both sides of the highways or expressways or street positioned ideally inside/ alongside the general public charging stations.
Inside cities, such charging services for heavy responsibility EVs could also be positioned inside transport nagars and bus depots, it added.
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