Dem Policy: Employers should be required to provide free EV charging stations

[FredZim]

A mandatory workplace EV charging program will help alleviate several challenges to Green Energy adoption.
1. Charging EVs during the day when renewable energy is most available.
2. Increase the ease of use of EV
3. Subsidized fuel to employees should be strong incentive to increase EV adoption.

The policy proposal is to require 2% of parking spaces at all commercial buildings to have EV charging stations. This would increase over time as demand increases. In multi tenant buildings it would be based on the total number of parking spaces. It would be the landlord that is required to install the EV stations The landlord could negotiate with the tenants on cost sharing based on usage. If no tenant agreement can be made the landlord would be legally allowed to add a surcharge to tenants.

[Newest Reality]

1. Good idea...

However, negotiating with landlords? Yeah, right. That always works well.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Around here the local power company is offering subsidies up to almost $40,000 to install....

charging stations. And Tesla has its own deal.

Requiring such things has its place, but it's often better to encourage the marketplace.

[beachbumbob]

3. I believe tax incentive would have to be offered AND threshold limit on size

of employer, number of spaces, etc. Obvious, for instance some one with 10 employees and a parking lot of 5 spaces should not be forced to do so.

[Dennis Donovan]

4. I think there's already tax benefits...

The company I worked for until recently installed a EV charging station for its employees, even though only one employee had an EV (they wouldn't have installed it if there was no benefit to them).

[beachbumbob]

5. I can;'t say for sure but I am not aware of any federal incentive in place