Patent ID: 8798805

Claim:
An electric vehicle charging station (EVCS) comprising: a charging outlet configured to receive a chargeable device; a contactor operably connected to the charging outlet and electrically connected to an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) meter, the AMI meter substantially contained within a housing of the EVCS; and an EVCS controller configured to receive a first set of instructions from the AMI meter about modifying an amount of power supplied to the charging outlet, wherein the EVCS controller is configured to modify the amount of power supplied to the charging outlet via the contactor in response to receiving the first set of instructions, and wherein the AMI meter is configured to receive a second set of instructions via an AMI network external to the EVCS, and wherein the contactor is a bi-functional contactor configured to provide a remote disconnect function for the AMI meter in response to receiving the second set of instructions.