The Delhi EV Policy is committed to creating an enabling environment for the provision of private and public charging/swapping infrastructure. A working group for accelerated roll-out of charging infrastructure in Delhi was constituted, responsible to develop the strategy for Delhi to create a network of charging stations in the city.
The Delhi EV Policy commits to create an enabling environment for the provision of private and public charging/swapping infrastructure through progressive incentives and policy provisions. In fact, Delhi has been on the forefront to take cognizance to work towards accelerated deployment of charging infrastructure in the city. To this end, the Delhi Government constituted a Working Group for Accelerated Roll-out of Charging Infrastructure in Delhi; which is an inter departmental, multi-agency body responsible to develop the strategy for Delhi to create a network of charging stations in the city. The Working Group has representatives from the Power Department, Transport Department, all Municipal Corporations and is chaired by the Vice-Chairperson of the Dialogue and Development Commission of Delhi.
Private charging infrastructure
Installing EV charging points at private and semi-public spaces
To address the challenge of lack of adequate charging infrastructure; Delhi plans to leverage the unique advantage of an EV which is that it can be charged when it is idle. The Delhi Government’s plan to roll-out at least 30,000 charging points across Delhi will be a game changer in the adoption of light electric vehicles (2 & 3 wheelers) and fleet vehicles.
Large scale adoption of electric 2 and 3 wheelers is critical for Delhi’s transition as the EV capital of India. With 42% of the vehicular pollution (PM 2.5) in Delhi caused by 2&3 wheelers, their adoption is also crucial for reducing vehicular pollution.
For accelerated deployment of these chargers to support the growing 2-&-3 vehicles, Delhi will leverage existing private and semi-public spaces like kirana stores, malls, theatres, hospitals, workspaces, group housing societies etc. which have parking space and high dwell time for vehicles. With the widespread availability of charging points in these spaces, Delhi will not only have the largest number of EV charging points in India but will also become among the most ‘Light EV’ charging friendly cities in the world.
Single window process for installing EV charging points from a trustworthy platform
The Delhi government has set in place a single window process for the people of Delhi to install EV charging points in their premises. This single window process is being made available both online and through a phone call. Through the DISCOMs, the Delhi Government has empaneled vendors who will provide installation of slow and moderate chargers. Under the single window, any consumer in Delhi can:
Therefore, the end-to-end process of selecting EV chargers/vendors, obtaining new electrical connection, installing charging points, and availing subsidy for chargers will be accomplished through a single unified system put in place by the Delhi government. The cost of the charger will be inclusive of cost of the EV charger (net of subsidy and inclusive of GST), charger installation cost (including cost of wiring up to 5 metres) and annual maintenance cost for 3 years. The incentives will reduce the cost of chargers by up to 70% and it will provide additional revenue generating opportunities for thousands of kirana store owners. The process will also provide an avenue to formalize informal and unsafe charging of e-rickshaws. Such a facilitative process for installing EV chargers has been developed for the first time in India and with their widespread installation, Delhi will become the best city in the world in terms of accessibility to EV charging points.
Public Charging Stations
Range Anxiety is an inherent challenge for mass EV adoption, and increasing the spread of Public Charging Stations/Battery Swapping Stations (PCS/BSF) across Delhi is the key to address this barrier. In order to address this challenge, Delhi is exploring a strategy where the installation of charging stations is led by the private sector.
In the first phase, Delhi Government will set up close to 500 PCS/BSF across 100 Locations provided by different land-owning agencies in Delhi. These 100 locations have been bucketed into several packages based on detailed site assessment and spatial analysis. The packages will be tendered out on a concessional basis.
For setting up PCS/BSF, Delhi Government will provide the following support:
To ensure these charging/battery swapping stations are equipped to support all vehicle segments, the Delhi Government will mandate setting up a certain number of slow and moderate/fast chargers on each site respectively. The Bidding criteria will be service charge on slow and moderate/fast chargers. L1 for each package will be selected as Concessionaire. Concessionaires are free to fix service charge on other types of chargers. The Concessionaires will pay the land owning agency INR 0.70/kWh of power sold through PCS/BSF.
