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It'll cost you to charge your electric vehicle at Fairfax Co. stations
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It’ll cost you to charge your electric vehicle at Fairfax Co. stations
Jack Moore | jmoore@wtop.com
August 9, 2022, 2:18 PM
If you plan to plug in your electric vehicle at county-owned charging stations in Fairfax County, it’ll now cost you. ... During a meeting Aug. 2, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved fees for using county-owned charging stations. The fees include 30 cents per kilowatt hour of charging and a $2 per hour “dwell-time” fee after vehicles are fully charged, to motivate EV drivers to free up the space for others. ... The fees went into effect Aug. 3.
In 2021, Fairfax County began installing Level 2 charging stations manufactured by ChargePoint at county government facilities, mostly parking lots and garages. It’s part of a long-term plan to electrify the county government’s own fleet of vehicles and to increase charger availability for the public to spur widespread adoption of EVs.
Currently, Fairfax County has EV charging stations at six sites across the county, including the Sully Community Center in Herndon, the Herndon Monroe Park-and-Ride off the Dulles Toll Road and the Innovation Center Metro station parking lot. ...The county plans to have 49 stations, with a total of 80 spaces, up and running by the end of the year, according to Susan Hafeli, deputy director of the Office of Environmental and Energy Coordination.
A memo from county officials laying out the fee proposal ahead of the board vote said charging per kilowatt hour “is the most equitable approach” because it’s based on the actual electricity consumption of the vehicle and is comparable to the approach adopted by most commercial charging stations.
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Jack Moore
Jack Moore joined WTOP.com as a digital writer/editor in July 2016. Previous to his current role, he covered federal government management and technology as the news editor at Nextgov.com, part of Government Executive Media Group.
jmoore@wtop.com
It’ll cost you to charge your electric vehicle at Fairfax Co. stations
Jack Moore | jmoore@wtop.com
August 9, 2022, 2:18 PM
If you plan to plug in your electric vehicle at county-owned charging stations in Fairfax County, it’ll now cost you. ... During a meeting Aug. 2, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved fees for using county-owned charging stations. The fees include 30 cents per kilowatt hour of charging and a $2 per hour “dwell-time” fee after vehicles are fully charged, to motivate EV drivers to free up the space for others. ... The fees went into effect Aug. 3.
In 2021, Fairfax County began installing Level 2 charging stations manufactured by ChargePoint at county government facilities, mostly parking lots and garages. It’s part of a long-term plan to electrify the county government’s own fleet of vehicles and to increase charger availability for the public to spur widespread adoption of EVs.
Currently, Fairfax County has EV charging stations at six sites across the county, including the Sully Community Center in Herndon, the Herndon Monroe Park-and-Ride off the Dulles Toll Road and the Innovation Center Metro station parking lot. ...The county plans to have 49 stations, with a total of 80 spaces, up and running by the end of the year, according to Susan Hafeli, deputy director of the Office of Environmental and Energy Coordination.
A memo from county officials laying out the fee proposal ahead of the board vote said charging per kilowatt hour “is the most equitable approach” because it’s based on the actual electricity consumption of the vehicle and is comparable to the approach adopted by most commercial charging stations.
{snip}
Jack Moore
Jack Moore joined WTOP.com as a digital writer/editor in July 2016. Previous to his current role, he covered federal government management and technology as the news editor at Nextgov.com, part of Government Executive Media Group.
jmoore@wtop.com