POLE-MOUNTED ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING: PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE FOR A LOW-COST AND MORE ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC CHARGING SOLUTION

This section focuses manufacture and/or operate PMCs; to understand on the ownership of the poles themselves and not of the opportunity seen in PMCs, document any the land poles are installed on because PMCs are most barriers encountered while implementing this type commonly in the public ROW, avoiding the need for legal of infrastructure, and how the manufacturers can approval from private landow. [...] Even with the 208/240 V Streetlights and the role of LED conversions line, infrastructure upgrades or modifications may be Many of the cities we spoke with that are installing needed to support Level 2, depending on the existing streetlight PMCs are doing so on LED converted capacity of the circuit and the location of the pole. [...] In Los Angeles, following the installation of a new streetlight charger, the Bureau ▪ City permitting: In some cities, mounting charging of Street Lighting was informed the curb was recently stations on a pole would require an encroachment designated a no-parking zone and the charger had permit or ROW permit which can be costly and to be relocated. [...] ▪ Most PMC deployments are in the pilot stage and available Site surveying: The more detailed the process of information about maintenance and ongoing operational elimination is to identify the best poles for PMCs, costs is limited. [...] This preliminary guidance is built on early 3.7 Community Engagement learnings and recommendations from the small handful of cities installing PMCs and is likely to be refined Engaging with the community is an important part of and improved over time as the number and scale of understanding local needs, barriers, and who will utilize deployments increase.