City of Norwich Joint Committee hears proposal for electric car chargers
NORWICH – The City of Norwich Joint Committee heard a presentation from Livingston Energy Group regarding electric car chargers. The committee then debated if it should add them to its infrastructure.
According to Livingston Energy Group Representative Sami Hawkins, this is the second time their organization has presented to the joint committee, and while there were initial concerns of risk versus reward there are several options to fill that gap.
“It seemed like a lot of the questions or discussion revolved around this concept of risk versus reward,” said Hawkins. “That the city was going to be taking on some sort of risk after taking on the stations, but they wouldn't be getting much out of it.”
“We do have a program option where you guys can purchase and own the stations from us, and there's an annual software fee to keep the stations active.”
Hawkins said the city could charge two to three times whatever the cost of its electricity is, and then recoup the software charge; creating an opportunity to make extra revenue for the city in a way that was unavailable before.
“When we were walking around in the city, and we were kind of looking around at the different spots where we could potentially put locations we did happen to see at least four all electric vehicles or plug in hybrids,” she said. “What we’ve found is that a lot of people don’t think that they have a strong need for them, but then all of a sudden they get them and they see all of these plug-ins and all of these cars come out of the woodworks.”
She said if two people charged their cars in the City of Norwich per month, the city would recoup any losses due to the annual software fees.
Another Livingston Energy Group Representative Steve Coons also spoke at the presentation and said they would be willing to do all of the initial work to get the program started, and that New York State is making a big push towards electric vehicles.
“We still do all of the funding for you, we still do all of the paperwork, we handle the install, all of the permitting, and we make sure the ground is returned to the natural state like before we started,” said Coons. “We have a few cities right now that choose this option, and they’re looking forward to creating a revenue stream.”
Coons said funding is at its best currently, and that New York State has one of the best programs in the United States, second only to California. He said other states have already pledged to stop selling gas powered vehicles in the future.
“Massachusetts just announced that by 2035 they will ban the use of new gasoline powered cars,” he said. “This is really coming fast, and the funding is available to get the infrastructure in the ground.”
“It may not seem like it's on the top priority list today, but within two years you’ll have people knocking down the door asking how come we don’t have chargers downtown, we need to charge our cars while we’re there.”
The proposed locations of the chargers were not released during the meeting. While a vote wasn’t taken at that time, committee members said they would revisit it after receiving an official proposal.
Those who are interested in hearing the proposal in its entirety may visit Facebook.com/NorwichNewYork for the full video.
According to Livingston Energy Group Representative Sami Hawkins, this is the second time their organization has presented to the joint committee, and while there were initial concerns of risk versus reward there are several options to fill that gap.
“It seemed like a lot of the questions or discussion revolved around this concept of risk versus reward,” said Hawkins. “That the city was going to be taking on some sort of risk after taking on the stations, but they wouldn't be getting much out of it.”
“We do have a program option where you guys can purchase and own the stations from us, and there's an annual software fee to keep the stations active.”
Hawkins said the city could charge two to three times whatever the cost of its electricity is, and then recoup the software charge; creating an opportunity to make extra revenue for the city in a way that was unavailable before.
“When we were walking around in the city, and we were kind of looking around at the different spots where we could potentially put locations we did happen to see at least four all electric vehicles or plug in hybrids,” she said. “What we’ve found is that a lot of people don’t think that they have a strong need for them, but then all of a sudden they get them and they see all of these plug-ins and all of these cars come out of the woodworks.”
She said if two people charged their cars in the City of Norwich per month, the city would recoup any losses due to the annual software fees.
Another Livingston Energy Group Representative Steve Coons also spoke at the presentation and said they would be willing to do all of the initial work to get the program started, and that New York State is making a big push towards electric vehicles.
“We still do all of the funding for you, we still do all of the paperwork, we handle the install, all of the permitting, and we make sure the ground is returned to the natural state like before we started,” said Coons. “We have a few cities right now that choose this option, and they’re looking forward to creating a revenue stream.”
Coons said funding is at its best currently, and that New York State has one of the best programs in the United States, second only to California. He said other states have already pledged to stop selling gas powered vehicles in the future.
“Massachusetts just announced that by 2035 they will ban the use of new gasoline powered cars,” he said. “This is really coming fast, and the funding is available to get the infrastructure in the ground.”
“It may not seem like it's on the top priority list today, but within two years you’ll have people knocking down the door asking how come we don’t have chargers downtown, we need to charge our cars while we’re there.”
The proposed locations of the chargers were not released during the meeting. While a vote wasn’t taken at that time, committee members said they would revisit it after receiving an official proposal.
Those who are interested in hearing the proposal in its entirety may visit Facebook.com/NorwichNewYork for the full video.
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