So, is this good or bad? I don't see anything in the article about who
pays for it - public funding (i.e. taxes) or directly from SDG&E's
budget. If SDG&E pays the majority of the cost, there might be too much
motivation to treat them as a profit generator rather than a public
service. Nor do I see anything about what rates will be allowed. If
they charge the rates typically charged by many of the private ESVE
operators, there won't be any fuel cost benefit of owning an EV,
although there are still all the other benefits.
A third consideration I have is whether a membership will be required.
When will this model go away?
If these two main conditions are met in a reasonable way, it seems like
a good program.
Peri
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From: "brucedp5 via EV" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: 03-Feb-16 12:04:48 AM
Subject: [EVDL] EVLN: BAD for ratepayers> CA Utilities Installing public
EVSE
'This is not good for ratepayers'
'PG&E wants ratepayers to pay for EVSE they will profit from'
'SCE ratepayers must pay for EVSE they will profit from'
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http://news.sys-con.com/node/3654874
SDG&E To Install Thousands Of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
January 28, 2016 PR Newswire
- Pilot program authorizes 3,500 electric vehicle chargers at 350 sites
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the California Public
Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved San Diego Gas & Electric's (SDG&E)
Electric Vehicle Grid-Integration pilot project, signaling the "green
light"
for the company to own and install thousands of electric vehicle (EV)
charging stations at businesses and multi-family communities, including
in
underserved neighborhoods, throughout San Diego and south Orange
Counties.
An important program benefit is that it should maximize the use of
renewable
energy to charge electric vehicles and minimize the need for new
fossil-fuel
power plants ...
In 2012, Gov. Jerry Brown set a bold vision of having 1.5 million
zero-emission vehicles on the road in California by 2025. For the San
Diego
region to meet a mere 10 percent of that target – 150,000 electric
vehicles
– EV growth and supporting infrastructure must increase at a much
quicker
pace. SDG&E is now poised and positioned to accelerate the EV race.
Today, the San Diego region has only 19,000 EVs and the barriers to
clean
transportation are particularly sobering. Fifty percent of SDG&E's
customers
live in multi-family communities. Without access to vehicle charging,
there
is virtually no way for these residents to ever become part of the
solution
to significantly reduce air pollution or to create real personal
savings by
eliminating gasoline bills. SDG&E's initiative will help address gaps
like
this in the market and ensure charging is accessible to all customers.
The company will install charging stations at up to 350 businesses and
multi-family communities throughout the region, with 10 chargers at
each
location for a total of 3,500 separate chargers. SDG&E will install at
least
10 percent of the chargers in disadvantaged communities. SDG&E's
project
will overcome many current obstacles to EV growth and reassure local EV
drivers that they will have a place to charge their vehicles.
In addition ... the pilot features special rates that encourage EV
drivers
to charge their cars when electricity supply, including renewable
energy, is
plentiful and energy prices are low ...
California has led the way to de-carbonizing electricity over the last
several decades, helping to pave the way for the modernization of the
transportation sector. With SDG&E's energy portfolio being made up of
33
percent renewable energy and no coal, drivers will be plugging into one
of
the cleanest electric grids in the country. Furthermore, with the
pilot's
special rate encouraging drivers to charge exactly at the times of day
when
solar power is at its height, customers will literally be driving on
sunshine.
SDG&E has an extensive track record of promoting electric vehicles,
both in
the community and for its employees ... SDG&E also is adding 163 more
plug-in EVs to its fleet as part of a five-year purchase plan.
For those interested in learning more about this EV charging station
program, email EV @sdge.com.
SDG&E is a regulated public utility that provides ... service to 3.5
million
consumers ... SDG&E's Customer Contact Center at 800-411-7343, on
Twitter
(@SDGE) and Facebook [
http://www.facebook.com/sandiegogasandelectric
] ... SOURCE San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)
[© 2016 SYS-CON Media]
...
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sdge-to-install-thousands-of-electric-vehicle-charging-stations-300211765.html
-pr-
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-0127-electric-cars-20160126-story.html
... the state largest electric providers ... have sweeping proposals
that
would require ratepayers to cover 100% of the construction costs, and
would
give the utilities complete ownership of the new stations' wires and
chargers. This is not good for ratepayers, and it's even worse for
competition — after all, who else could construct charging stations
with
someone else's money? Fortunately, there's still time for utility
regulators
to amend these proposals and add safeguards to limit ratepayers' risk
...
...
http://www.orovillemr.com/opinion/20160127/letter-pge-wants-to-charge-us-to-charge-electric-vehicles
Letter: PG&E wants to charge us to charge electric vehicles
01/27/16
...
http://energyefficiencymarkets.com/california-utilities-ev-charging/
Two California Utilities Get Creative with EV Charging
February 1, 2016 CPUC approved two utility proposals to expand charging
...
...
http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/SCE-ratepayers-plugin-driver-or-not-must-pay-for-30k-LA-CA-area-EVSE-tp4679969.html
SCE ratepayers (plugin driver or not) must pay for 30k LA-CA area EVSE
Jan 20 2016
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