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Best Practices for Workplace Charging

EV Roadmap 6Portland, July 30, 2013Jasna Tomic – CALSTART

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Growing Number of PEV Models

Fills a critical gap in PEV Infrastructure needs

Extends the range of PEVs and builds the market

Allows for more electric only miles for PHEV’s

Creates local ‘PEV showrooms’ for info sharing on vehicles

EV’s can act as ‘employee pool cars’ for day trips

Importance of Workplace Charging

EV Sales Compared to HEV

Numbers of Workplace Chargers

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Source Navigant

CURRENT NUMBERS - ?DOE’s Alt Fuel Station Locator

7,500 EV stations total6,100 EV private

1 Workplace Charger for Every 3 PEVs

= Need 300,000 workplace EVSE by 2017

210,000

350,000

CALSTARTs Workplace Charging Outreach Projects and Workshops

CALIFORNIA• Workplace Charging

workshop #1 (Google July 2012)

• Employer EV Monthly Forum

MICHIGAN partnership with Next Energy

• Workplace charging workshop #2 June 18 2013

OHIO partnership with Clean Fuels Ohio

• Outreach and survey with Ohio Employers

• Workshop #3 in Fall 2013

CALSTART workplace charging projects & partnerships

Developing Tools and Resources for Workplace Charging

Website to share resources across regions and showcase case studies www.evworkplace.org

Understand Barriers to faster growth Identify process steps that are too costly and/or lengthy Identify successfully implemented programs – what makes

them special Workplace Charging – Best Practices Guideline with updates

CA Plug-in Collaborative - workplace charging WG Quick guide for workplace charging Case studies on workplace charging

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How Best Practices for Workplace Charging Were Developed

EEVI – Employer EV Initiative

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Elements of Best Practices for Workplace Charging

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How Many Chargers?

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Costs

• Hardware costs – Level 1… just the cord to ~$1,000– Level 2: $500 - $5,000– DC Fast charging: $15,000

• Installation costs– Can vary greatly depending on site conditions– Few $100 to $5,000 per EVSE

• Operating costs– Commercial el rates in US $ 0.8 -0.15/kWh– Network costs – site host, monthly charge $30/EVSE, membership

for user– Demand charges – can be avoided if managed, cost $10-30/kW

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Different Solutions

Important to understand companies specific needs

Size the infrastructure to the needsImplement and monitorThere are a variety of different cases

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Tax Questions

While no specific rules mention EV charging, these rules are being used as guidelines• Taxpayers can exclude from gross income any

fringe benefit that qualifies as a “de minimis” fringe benefit (section 132(a)(4) of the Code). EV charging not specifically identified

• Section 132 (f)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, “Commuter Tax Benefits,” allows for a fringe benefit exclusion for qualified parking. In 2013 this value was $245 per month.

Since PEV charging is not explicit, related examples of

de minimus limits are:

PEV Workplace Charging Employee BenefitIRS Tax Code: definition of “de minimus” benefits

Source: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15b.pdf

Consult your tax professionals for official guidance.

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EXAMPLES

EV Employer Initiative

EV Chargers at Fox StudiosCurrently have 20 Level 2 chargers• 17 Blink and 3 Clipper Creek• 4 in each parking structure, 3 on lot, 1 in transportation• 40 - 50 users at present

Why Install EV Chargers?Employee interest• Hybrid & EV incentive program ($4,000)• EVs in fleet

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Department of General Services (CA)

• DGS funding for the purchase and installation of 24 level 2 EVSEs March 2012

• The EVSE stations have been used 44 times a month

• Users are monthly and public parkers

• DGS plans on installing 9 additional EV charging stations at the Fleet Garage located 1416 10th Street in Sacramento to support the DGS electric vehicle fleet.

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Evernote

• 44 PEVs• 10 EVSE• HOV subsidy

program

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTWhitney Pitkanen, Mary Kathryn Campbell

Funded in Part by: Bay Area AQMD, South Coast AQMD, CA Plug-in Vehicle Collaborative

CALSTART Clean Transportation

Technologies and Solutions

Jasna Tomicjtomic@calstart.org