Scope of the regulated monopoly Originally, the regulated utility model included the electricity value chain from the generator to the meter. [...] These decisions will determine the speed of deployment of EV charging, the costs of EV charging, the competitiveness of EV charging, and the products and services offered to end-use consumers of EV charging. [...] With these assumptions, we calculated the total cost of an EV charging station to be in the range of $150,000 for four charging ports66 on the low end and $275,000 for eight charging ports67 on the high end. [...] In its order, the MDPSC stated, “In due consideration of the State’s policies toward EV adoption and clean air, as well as the Commission’s own priorities for grid reliability, efficiency and optimization, the Commission finds that it is in the public interest to allow utilities to own and operate a limited number of public charging stations to jumpstart the deployment of a public EV charging netw. [...] 90036, Order Approving, in Part, Modifications to the Statewide Electric Vehicle Charging Pilot Program, In the Matter of the Petition of the Electric Vehicle Work Group for Implementation of a Statewide Electric Vehicle Portfolio, Case No.
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