The Electric Vehicle Charging
Association is a non-profit trade association comprised of 15
companies across the EV ecosystem dedicated to increasing EV
adoption through innovation, competition, and business model
inclusivity.
EVCA greatly appreciates ARB’s
raising the issue of charger reliability –– there is a
lot of activity happening on this topic already at both the federal
and state level. First, 3 of our members are sponsoring two pieces
of legislation this year to address EV charging reliability, and
the Energy Commission is conducting a robust stakeholder process to
increase reliability requirements. Second, the Public Utilities
Commission is discussing the importance of reliability requirements
via a filing from PG&E, and finally, the Federal Highway
Administration is currently developing reliability requirements for
the EV charging funds it is rolling out to all 50 states, including
California.
Given these existing processes, we
believe the state is taking meaningful, concrete action to address
this topic. We would be happy to brief ARB board members in more
detail about these processes and incorporate their concerns and
feedback into our work on this issue.
Thank you for your consideration
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