An electric vehicle charging station, EVCS, comprising: a charging outlet configured to receive a chargeable device; an advanced metering infrastructure, AMI, meter; a contactor operably connected to the charging outlet and electrically connected to the advanced metering infrastructure, AMI, meter; and an EVCS controller configured to receive a first set of instructions from the AMI meter, wherein: the EVCS is configured to receive the first set of instructions for executing a remote disconnect function, wherein the first set of instructions is received from an AMI network; the EVCS controller is configured to execute a remote disconnect function of power supplied to the charging outlet via the contactor in response to receiving the first set of instructions, and the EVCS controller is configured to provide a second set of instructions to the contactor in response to receiving the first set of instructions; the contactor is configured to act as a shared relay for both a power supply function of the EVCS and a remote disconnect function to allow the EVCS to execute a remote disconnect function at the charging outlet, as effectuated by the EVCS controller; the integrated relay for a remote disconnect function of the AMI meter has been removed and the AMI meter is configured to utilize the contactor as its relay; and the contactor is a bi-functional contactor configured to provide the remote disconnect function for the AMI meter in response to receiving the second set of instructions from the EVCS controller. a charging outlet configured to receive a chargeable device; an advanced metering infrastructure, AMI, meter; a contactor operably connected to the charging outlet and electrically connected to the advanced metering infrastructure, AMI, meter; and an EVCS controller configured to receive a first set of instructions from the AMI meter, wherein: the EVCS is configured to receive the first set of instructions for executing a remote disconnect function, wherein the first set of instructions is received from an AMI network; the EVCS controller is configured to execute a remote disconnect function of power supplied to the charging outlet via the contactor in response to receiving the first set of instructions, and the EVCS controller is configured to provide a second set of instructions to the contactor in response to receiving the first set of instructions; the contactor is configured to act as a shared relay for both a power supply function of the EVCS and a remote disconnect function to allow the EVCS to execute a remote disconnect function at the charging outlet, as effectuated by the EVCS controller; the integrated relay for a remote disconnect function of the AMI meter has been removed and the AMI meter is configured to utilize the contactor as its relay; and the contactor is a bi-functional contactor configured to provide the remote disconnect function for the AMI meter in response to receiving the second set of instructions from the EVCS controller. the EVCS is configured to receive the first set of instructions for executing a remote disconnect function, wherein the first set of instructions is received from an AMI network; the EVCS controller is configured to execute a remote disconnect function of power supplied to the charging outlet via the contactor in response to receiving the first set of instructions, and the EVCS controller is configured to provide a second set of instructions to the contactor in response to receiving the first set of instructions; the contactor is configured to act as a shared relay for both a power supply function of the EVCS and a remote disconnect function to allow the EVCS to execute a remote disconnect function at the charging outlet, as effectuated by the EVCS controller; the integrated relay for a remote disconnect function of the AMI meter has been removed and the AMI meter is configured to utilize the contactor as its relay; and the contactor is a bi-functional contactor configured to provide the remote disconnect function for the AMI meter in response to receiving the second set of instructions from the EVCS controller.