Workplace Charging panelist at the EV Roadmap 6 conference, July 30th, 2013, Portland, OR

1. Best Practices for Workplace Charging
EV Roadmap 6
Portland, July 30, 2013
Jasna Tomic – CALSTART
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2. Growing Number of PEV Models
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3.  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

4. EV Sales Compared to HEV

5. Numbers of Workplace Chargers
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Source Navigant
CURRENT NUMBERS - ?
DOE’s Alt Fuel Station Locator
7,500 EV stations total
6,100 EV private

6. 1 Workplace Charger for Every 3 PEVs
= Need 300,000 workplace EVSE by 2017
210,000
350,000

8. 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

9. How Best Practices for Workplace
Charging Were Developed
Workshop I
(July 2012 –
Google)
Survey of
companies
7 Interactive
Monthly
Web
Meetings
Interviews
with
Pioneering
and
Interested
Companies
Review of
Relevant
Reports and
Literature
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EEVI – Employer EV Initiative

10. Elements of Best Practices for
Workplace Charging
Gain Internal Support
Employee Survey & Site Electrical System Evaluation
Choose Appropriate System
Install System
Establish Internal Procedure
Monitor and Evaluate
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12. 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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13. Different Solutions
Important to understand companies
specific needs
Size the infrastructure to the needs
Implement and monitor
There are a variety of different cases
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14. 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.
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15. Since PEV charging is not
explicit, related examples of
de minimus limits are:
PEV Workplace Charging Employee Benefit
IRS 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

17. EV Employer Initiative
EV Chargers at Fox Studios
Currently 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

18. Department of General Services (CA)
• DGS funding for the purchase
and installation of 24 level
2EVSEs 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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20. Evernote
• 44 PEVs
• 10 EVSE
• HOV subsidy
program
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22. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Whitney Pitkanen, Mary Kathryn Campbell
Funded in Part by: Bay Area AQMD, South Coast AQMD,
CA Plug-in Vehicle Collaborative
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23. CALSTART
Clean Transportation
Technologies
and Solutions
Jasna Tomic
jtomic@calstart.org