Electric charge point statistics - Public Charge Point Regulations 2023 - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description: Electric charge point statistics - Public Charge Point Regulations 2023
FOI Number: 2024799
Date Received: 15/08/2024
Type of Request: EIR
Request or Question: 1. How many electric charge points does this council currently own and operate?
2. Are all the charge points compliant with the 2023 Public Charge Point Regulations? If not all, then how many?

3. What steps has this council taken to ensure compliance with the 2023 Public Charge Point Regulations?

4. Has this council experienced any challenges when working to comply with the 2023 Public Charge Point Regulations?

For reference, the 2023 Public Charge Points Regulations are available here - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-public-charge-point-regulations-2023-guidance/public-charge-point-regulations-2023-guidance
Response: 1. 27

2. Not yet, 10 units require contactless retrofitting.

3. We ve been in contact with the manufacturer of these units regarding the potential of retrofitting these units with contactless payments for some time. We ve recently been told its possible and are currently exploring the process to getting these installed and operational.

4. Originally the manufacturer of the units that are required to be upgraded did not have a solution due to the age of the units installed on site. More recently the challenges have been financial, costs for the contactless units, installation of these units, operating costs for the units, potential future transaction costs.