Lok Sabha Question No. 877 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Prataprao Govindrao  Patil Chikhalikar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.877

## ANSWERED ON 21.07.2022

## ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS

†877.  SHRI PRATAPRAO PATIL CHIKHLIKAR:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Government  has  prepared  any  action  plan  and  policy  for  electric vehicle charging stations across the country;

- (b) if so, the details of the criteria fixed in this regard;

(c) the number of charging stations set up in Maharashtra including Nanded till date and the number of charging stations likely to be set-up in coming days;

(d) whether locations have been identified for electric vehicle charging stations in Nanded; and

- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) & (b) : Ministry of Power issued the revised consolidated Guidelines & Standards for  charging  infrastructure  on  14.01.2022.    The  salient  features  as  stipulated  in  the guidelines and standards are as under:

- i. 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.
- ii. 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.
- iii. 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.
- iv. Charging stations meant for 100% in-house/captive utilization are free to choose charging specifications as per requirement.

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- v. DISCOMs  have  been  directed  to  provide  electricity connection  to  PCS  in accordance with the timelines specified in the 'Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules 2020'.
- vi. 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.
- vii. 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.
- viii. 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.
- ix. 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.

Action plans have been prepared by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) and sent to the concerned State Governments for 8 cities  - with 4 million plus population (Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Surat and Pune). Under the Action  Plans,  scenario-wise  targets  have  been  prepared  for  Business  as  Usual  (BAU), Moderate  and  Aggressive  Scenarios  for  installation  of  Charging  Stations  in  these  8 cities  so  far.  These  targets  have been  prepared based  on the requirements under the Guidelines and Standards issued by the Ministry of Power, Electric Vehicles (EV) growth projections  in  these  cities,  Growth  in  EV  charging  demand  etc.  As  per  the  initial estimates,  a  total  of  3263  chargers  under  BAU  scenario,  23,524  chargers  under moderate  scenario  and  46,397  under  Aggressive  scenario  are  being  targeted  for installation of PCS in these cities by 2030.

- (c) : As  per  data  available  with  Maharashtra  State  Electricity  Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL), the State Nodal Agency for the rollout mechanism of EV charging infrastructure  in  Maharashtra,  total  458  no.  of  public  charging  stations  have been  commissioned  in  the  State  of  Maharashtra.  Installation  of  charging  station  is delicensed activity and anyone can set up charging station.
- (d) : It  is  informed  by  Maharashtra  State  Electricity  Distribution  Company Limited  (MSEDCL),  the  State  Nodal  Agency  for  the  rollout  mechanism  of  EV  charging infrastructure in Maharashtra, that till date no location has been identified for setting up Public Electric Vehicle (EV) charging Station in city of Nanded.

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