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Commissioners,
Regarding the assertion made this morning that “there are no caps on any charging station in any state”.
That statement is simply not true.
It’s disappointing to hear such a categorical and apparently underinformed pronouncement from county staff.
See also “Pricing” in
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/28/2023-03500/national-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-standards-and-requirements
Thank you for taking the time to dig into this issue in detail.
Tom Thiersch
From: Tom Thiersch <tprosys@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2022 12:00 PM
To: 'Kevin Streett' <kstreett@jeffpud.org>; Joel Paisner (joel@ascentllp.com) <joel@ascentllp.com>
Subject: EV charging - ability to regulate fees?
Good afternoon, Kevin and Joel.
I have a legal and philosophical (i.e., policy) question for JPUD.
Please see the attached article from the PDN.
“Prior to the approved modifications, the [city] code allowed only the city [Port Angeles] to sell electric power <https://library.municode.com/wa/port_angeles/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT13PU
UT_CH13.10ELUT> .”
13.10.040 - Connections.
A. All purchased electricity, other than emergency, standby service, or customer generation, used on the premises of the customer shall be supplied exclusively by the electric utility
within the City.
As an EV owner, I find the rates charged by almost all these charging companies to be excessive, but at least PA is now regulating the maximum allowable.
Buying electricity from JPUD <https://www.jeffpud.org/rate-schedule/> costs about $.09 per kWh for non-residential large load customers, so $.38 seems like a usurious 320% markup. It
looks like the markup in PA is even greater.***
JPUD’s rates are set by JPUD, not the UTC.
So, two questions:
1. Does JPUD have the exclusive franchise to sell electricity within its service area (the way that the PA code says that city does)?
2. Do you know if JPUD has the legal authority to regulate rates on “re-sold” electricity the way that PA just did?
If that authority exists, I’m hoping that JPUD would consider regulating the maximum rates for EV charging to be a lot less than what PA just enacted. For example, Tesla charges $.25
per kWh at its Level 3 superchargers.
Now would be the time to consider such a policy; i.e., before EV charging stations become more widely available.
Thanks,
Tom Thiersch
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https://www.cityofpa.us/1097/Residential-Rates-2022-2023
Residential Electric
* Electric base: $29.17 per month
* Electric consumption: $0.06596 per kWh
* Discounted rates available
https://www.cityofpa.us/1098/Commercial-Rates-2022-2023
Commercial Electric
Service base usage demand. To find your commercial electric utility rate, add your corresponding service base rate to the price of usage per kWh and price of demand per KVA.
Service
Base Rate
Usage per kWh
Demand per KVA
General Service 1 phase
$36.45
$0.06095
$0.00
General Service 3 phase
$83.31
$0.06343
$0.00
General Service Demand 1 phase
$75.56
$0.05257
$4.462
General Service Demand 3 phase
$151.93
$0.05212
$4.462
Non-Profit 1 phase
$34.21
$0.05486
$0.00
Non-Profit 3 phase
$75.99
$0.05589
$0.00
Primary Service (September - May)
$518.75
$0.05740
$4.462
Primary Service (June - August)
$518.75
$0.03510
$4.462