Dear Editor:
Re: “Who pays for power?”, and “EVs drain electricity,” Letters, Aug. 5:
The City instituted fees for EV charging at its charging stations effective March 1, 2020 as reported in the News “Fees come to Richmond city EV charging stations,” Jan. 14, 2020.
Taxpayers can relax. The EV owners are paying, not taxpayers.
Bob Garnett asks about the increased load on the power grid from all the EV charging.
Over 80% of EV charging is done at home overnight. EVs have charging timers that control when the EV begins charging. Our members set their timers to begin charging after midnight when demand on the power grid is extremely low and there is plenty of capacity for EV charging.
We have asked the BC Government to require all EV dealers to set the timers on new vehicles to charge after midnight, but in the absence of that, purchasers have to set the timer themselves.
John Roston
Coordinator, Plug-in Richmond
RICHMOND
