nibularr said:
spotted on facebook some info regarding more of these charger installs
same people that did the etobicoke hospital.. but at least its more?
*NEWFLASH** - JML Electric has just achieved another EVCO Program site. Successful bidder with Oxford County for L3's and L2's in Ingersoll and Woodstock! The first of many more in this forward thinking Ontario Community...
Paul : Are you saying the ones planned for Woodstock are installed and operational?
September 14 at 1:41pm
JML Electric Inc. No - JML just today won the sale and install of the facilities in Woodstock and Ingersoll, ON. One(1) DCFC L3 and two(2) L2's in each locale. Will be complete by early December (if not sooner)...
Thanks for the update. Glad as I am to hear of ANYTHING actually being done on this project, I find it disturbing that almost nothing has actually been done (other than lots of talk and hype).
It shouldn't take this long to install fairly simple infrastructure. It's not like they have to invent anything here.. Everything is already available off the shelf, and best practices can be observed in other jurisdictions to use as a model if necessary. Far too much red tape - permits, regulations, local utility pushback, environmental assessments - all the wholly unproductive things that make it near to impossible to get anything done in this province in a reasonable amount of time and at a reasonable cost.
Heck, even Ikea hasn't started anything on this, and they were awarded almost $1m if my memory serves me correctly.
I believe there was a far better way to roll out charging infrastructure. Since we already have gas stations everywhere and most of these are in areas with high capacity electrical lines, and with other supporting amenities nearby (coffee, restaurants etc), why not change the environmental assessment and permitting process as follows:
- All gas stations with over a certain number of pumps will be required to have X number of fast chargers
- Make compliance with the installation and operating ratio a condition of obtaining the necessary business and environmental permit for the gas station
- Provide some of this grant money to the station owner to help cover the initial cost of installation, or perhaps tax rebates in the form of accelerated amortization (cca) on the infrastructure installed
- Cancel the business and environmental permits for any station while in non compliance
Done.