http://www.labusinessjournal.com/news/2016/mar/25/plugging-evs/ Plugging EVs ENERGY: Program by SoCal Edison will add 1,500 charging stations. March 25, 2016 GARRETT REIM
... pending approval from the California Public Utilities Commission ... If the pilot program is well-received by consumers, Edison will increase the number of charging stations throughout the region to about 30,000 at an estimated cost of $355 million. Other utilities in California have similar plans. Sacramento’s Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is awaiting approval for a reported $160 million proposal to install 7,600 charging stations in Northern California. And in January, the CPUC approved a $45 million plan from San Diego Gas & Electric to place 3,500 electric vehicle chargers at 350 sites ... AeroVironment Inc., a Monrovia manufacturer of electric charging stations that is best known for its unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones. But he said installing charging stations in multifamily units and office buildings made of concrete is often more difficult and costly ... It may be a high bar to get over ... Consumer groups have opposed similar plans put forward by other state utilities as an unfair burden on ratepayers, and critics have suggested that stations might not get the usage needed to repay equipment and installation costs. Short-lived? Moreover, rapidly advancing charging technology could also shorten the usefulness of existing stations, said John DeCicco, a research professor at University of Michigan Energy Institute. “Those (charging stations) are going to be stranded investments,” he said. “They will be obsolete in a decade.” There are other market forces to consider as well. ... DeShazo of UCLA’s Luskin Center also said it’s difficult to generate a return on investment in electric car charging stations. “It’s really hard to make a financial profit on these stations,” he said. “Though, there are other social and environmental benefits ... [© 2016 Los Angeles Business Journal] http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/PG-E-leveraging-off-CPUC-s-approval-of-other-Utilities-EVSE-plans-tp4681137.html PG&E leveraging off CPUC's approval of other Utilities' EVSE plans Mar 22 2016 For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Utilities-EVSE-may-lack-usage-needed-to-repay-installation-cost-tp4681303.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
