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Oversight committee hears county staff describe $1,000-a-month bill for parking garage EV meters
Summary
County staff told the oversight committee that electric vehicle charging stations in the County Square parking garage currently cost about $1,000 per month to operate, that a $5,400 donation will cover several months, and that the county is studying longer-term options including fee-based charging when the garage becomes a pay garage.
The Greenville County Oversight Committee was told Wednesday that the county is paying roughly $1,000 per month to supply electricity to all electric-vehicle charging stations in the County Square parking garage.
The matter came up during the committee’s business items when a member said, “The next item we're gonna bring up is the electric charging meters in our parking garage, and we will defer to Kurt to make those comments.” A staff speaker identified in the meeting as Kurt said, “They cost approximately $1,000 a month. We were able to get that price down. It used to be 1,600.”
Kurt told the committee the…
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