New Delhi: Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot and Dialogue and Development Commission of Delhi (DDC) Vice Chairman Jasmin Shah launched the Residential EV Charging Guidebook during an event at Resident Welfare Association, Vasant Kunj on Monday. Of. This guidebook has been developed jointly by DDC and World Resource Institute (WRI, India).
The guidebook contains all the guidelines for setting up EV charging stations in residential premises for Delhiites. This guidebook has tried to cover all the concerns and queries related to EV charging stations for RWAs or residential premises and has all the necessary information including the right choice of EV chargers, power load management.
2 EV Charging Stations Inaugurated
Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gehlot and DDC Vice President Jasmin Shah inaugurated 2 EV Charging Stations inside the RWA’s premises. also inaugurated The charging stations are part of the 30,000 charging points that will benefit from the Rs 6,000 subsidy available under this initiative. ‘Switch Delhi’ As part of the campaign, the Delhi government has developed a single window facility for Delhiites to apply for setting up EV charging points and get the subsidy from the comfort of their homes without any hassle. With the subsidy, one can buy 3.3KV LEVAC charger for 2500 which is much less than the current market price of Rs.8500.
10 EV charger listed
As part of the initiative, three discoms BRPL, BYPL and TPDDL have already Enlisted more than 10 EV charger vendors, who will provide reliable and certified chargers to citizens as per the standards set by the government. One can submit the request for EV charging point installation in less than 5 minutes with EV charging connection (if required) through Switch Delhi webpage of their respective DISCOM. The government has mandated a power tariff of Rs 4.5 per unit for all such EV connections, which is claimed to be the lowest in India. Under this initiative, all the three discoms have already received more than 100 requests and installation of 19 EV charging points has already been completed, covering both private and semi-public use.
< p style="text-align: justify;">Through this guidebook, the Delhi government wants to encourage all residential complexes to promote electric vehicles by adopting EV charging at their locations. The Delhi government has already taken several steps, including directing all existing commercial and institutional buildings with a parking capacity of 100 or more vehicles to reserve 5 per cent of their parking space for EVs with suitable EV chargers with a minimum output of 3.3 kW. Giving is included. In addition, as per the amended United Building by Laws (2016) of the Delhi Development Authority, 20 per cent of the parking capacity in all new constructions should be provided with charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.
‘committed to make the government the EV capital of India’
Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gehlot said that our The government is committed to make Delhi the EV capital of India. Kailash Gehlot said that a comprehensive EV policy was launched in August 2020, with the aim of achieving the target of EV adoption in the city by 2024. Through the EV policy, we have ensured that we will not only encourage the purchase of EVs through demand side incentives but also supply side boosts. Single window facility is a unique initiative for charging point development and installation of charging points at private and semi-public locations through subsidy to citizens. Due to this the people of Delhi .
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