Written Reply to Parliamentary Question on Minimum Service Standards for Operators of Publicly Accessible Electric Vehicle Charging Points
06 Nov 2023In Parliament
Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Transport
a. whether LTA regulates operators of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging points to ensure minimum service standards such as operational downtime;
b. if so, what are these standards; and
c. what are LTA’s findings when working with such operators.
Reply by Acting Minister for Transport Chee Hong Tat:
1. Under the Electric Vehicles Charging Act (EVCA), which will commence by end 2023, all electric vehicle charging operators (EVCOs) will need to be licensed and subject to a set of licensing conditions. These include data sharing with the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and maintaining the service uptimes of their chargers in their network.
2. LTA currently enforces strict network serviceability requirements for electric vehicle (EV) charging points under the mass tender for public carparks at Housing Development Board (HDB) estates. The EVCOs are required to ensure that the chargers are serviceable for over 97% of the time. All EVCOs have currently met their obligations on EV charging points serviceability.
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a. whether LTA regulates operators of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging points to ensure minimum service standards such as operational downtime;
b. if so, what are these standards; and
c. what are LTA’s findings when working with such operators.
Reply by Acting Minister for Transport Chee Hong Tat:
1. Under the Electric Vehicles Charging Act (EVCA), which will commence by end 2023, all electric vehicle charging operators (EVCOs) will need to be licensed and subject to a set of licensing conditions. These include data sharing with the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and maintaining the service uptimes of their chargers in their network.
2. LTA currently enforces strict network serviceability requirements for electric vehicle (EV) charging points under the mass tender for public carparks at Housing Development Board (HDB) estates. The EVCOs are required to ensure that the chargers are serviceable for over 97% of the time. All EVCOs have currently met their obligations on EV charging points serviceability.
