Lok Sabha Question No. 1448 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-10
Subject: Policy for Electric Vehicles Charging Stations
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Joshi, Devji Mansingram Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1448

## ANSWERED ON 10.02.2022

## POLICY FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES CHARGING STATIONS

†1448. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI: SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the details of policy of the Government for setting up of electric charging stations in the country;

(b) the number of functional electric vehicle charging stations in the country, Statewise including Jalore-Sirohi in Rajasthan;

(c) the number of additional charging stations proposed to be set up along with the location and capacity of the said charging stations in Rajasthan; and

(d) the  percentage  of  charging  stations  powered  by  fossil  fuels  along  with  the number of charging stations connected to the grid?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)  : Ministry of Power issued the revised consolidated Guidelines & Standards for charging infrastructure on 14th January, 2022. The salient features as stipulated in the guidelines and standards are as under:

- a. Tariff for supply of electricity for Public Charging Station (PCS) shall be a single part tariff and shall not exceed 'Average Cost of Supply' till 31st March, 2025.
- b. DISCOMs  may  leverage  on  funding  from  the  Revamped  Distribution  Sector Scheme  (RDSS)  under  'Part  A  -  Distribution  Infrastructure'  for  the  general upstream  network  augmentation  necessitated  due  to  the  upcoming  charging infrastructure  in  various  areas.  The  cost  of  such  works  carried  out  by  the DISCOMs with the financial assistance from Government of India under Revamped Scheme shall not be charged from the consumers for Public Charging Stations for EVs.
- c. Housing Societies, Malls, Office Complexes, Restaurants, Hotels, etc. are allowed to  install  PCS  for  charging  of  vehicles  including  charging  of  visitor's  vehicles permitted to come in its premises.
- d. Charging stations meant for 100% in-house/captive utilization are free to choose charging specifications as per requirement.

- e. DISCOMs  have  been  directed  to  provide  electricity connection  to  PCS  in accordance with the timelines specified in the 'Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules 2020'.
- f. The connection for a PCS shall be provided within 7 days in metro cities, 15 days in other municipal areas and 30 days in rural areas. Appropriate Commission may specify a lesser time limit than the aforementioned limit.
- g. Any PCS/chain of charging station may also obtain electricity from any generation company through open access. Open access shall be provided within 15 days for this purpose. Only cross subsidy charges (not more than 20% as per Tariff Policy Guidelines), transmission charges and wheeling charges shall be applicable.
- h. Guidelines also include the details of requirements of Public Charging Infrastructure  (PCI),  PCI  for  long  range  EVs  and/or  heavy  duty  EVs,  Location  of PCS, Database of Public EV charging stations, Tariff for supply of electricity to EV PCS and service charge at PCS.
- i. Due  to  high  cost  of  rent  for  land  and  charges  provision  of  land  at  promotional rates  for  PCS  have  been  provided  in  the  Guidelines.  Land  available  with Government/Public  entities  shall  be  provided  to  Government/Public  entity  on  a revenue sharing basis at a fixed rate of Re.1/kWh (used for charging) to be paid to the land owning agency, initially for a period of 10 years.

(b)  : The  details  of  active  electric  vehicle  charging  stations  in  the  country (including Rajasthan) are furnished at Annexure-A. In terms of the information available with Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), no public EV charging station is currently active in Jalore-Sirohi, Rajasthan.

(c) : A  total  205  Public  EV  charging  stations  (Slow  and  Fast  type)  have  been sanctioned for Rajasthan under Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid & Electric Vehicles (FAME-II) scheme by the Department of Heavy Industry (DHI). Details of these Public EV charging stations are furnished at Annexure-B.

(d) : The Charging Stations take connection from DISCOMs which in turn take the  supply  of  electricity  from  the  Grid.  The  power  is  supplied  to  grid  from  both Non-Renewable and Renewable Sources.

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## ANNEXURE-A

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1448 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 10.02.2022

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## The details of active electric vehicle charging stations in the country (including Rajasthan)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | No. of PCS Operational or Active   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar | -                                  |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    | 72                                 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh | 2                                  |
| 4         | Assam             | 7                                  |
| 5         | Bihar             | 3                                  |
| 6         | Chandigarh        | 6                                  |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh      | 4                                  |
| 8         | Delhi             | 313                                |
| 9         | Goa               | 8                                  |
| 10        | Gujarat           | 27                                 |
| 11        | Haryana           | 55                                 |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh  | 7                                  |
| 13        | Jharkhand         | 7                                  |
| 14        | J & K             | -                                  |
| 15        | Karnataka         | 59                                 |
| 16        | Kerala            | 68                                 |
| 17        | Madhya Pradesh    | 27                                 |
| 18        | Maharashtra       | 80                                 |
| 19        | Manipur           | 1                                  |
| 20        | Meghalaya         | 12                                 |
| 21        | Nagaland          | 2                                  |
| 22        | Odisha            | 2                                  |
| 23        | Puducherry        | 1                                  |
| 24        | Punjab            | 11                                 |
| 25        | Rajasthan         | 27                                 |
| 26        | Sikkim            | -                                  |
| 27        | Tamil Nadu        | 111                                |
| 28        | Telangana         | 153                                |
| 29        | Tripura           | 2                                  |
| 30        | Uttar Pradesh     | 108                                |
| 31        | Uttarakhand       | 18                                 |
| 32        | West Bengal       | 22                                 |
|           | Total             | 1215                               |

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ANNEXURE-B ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1448 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 10.02.2022 **************

Public EV Charging stations allocated to Rajasthan under FAME-II:

| Sl. No.   | City    | Charge Point Operator   | Sanctioned PCS   |
|-----------|---------|-------------------------|------------------|
| 1.        | Jaipur  | EESL REIL               | 14 54            |
| 2.        | Jodhpur | REIL                    | 37               |
| 3.        | Kota    | REIL                    | 32               |
| 4.        | Udaipur | REIL                    | 37               |
| 5.        | Ajmer   | REIL                    | 31               |
|           | Total   | Total                   | 205              |

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