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Subcommittee advances city ordinance to set fees and enforcement for public electric-vehicle chargers
Summary
The committee advanced an ordinance to allow the city to set rates, automatic pass-through of DTE electricity charges and idling fees for a planned public EV charging network; officials outlined deployment goals, vendor contracts and operational plans.
Detroit officials moved forward with an ordinance to authorize city-managed electric-vehicle charging rates, pass through DTE electricity costs and establish idling fees and towing rules for public charging stations.
Tricia Stein, chief strategy officer for Mayor Duggan, said the proposal is part of a broader “Detroit Charging Ahead” plan that uses ARPA and other funds to plug gaps in city charging infrastructure and support local manufacturing and jobs. “We are here to prime the pump,” Stein said during the hearing.
Tim Slusser, chief of mobility innovation, explained the ordinance creates the legal authority—through the Public Lighting Department—to set a charging formula and to pass DTE electricity costs through automatically so the city would not need to return to council every time DTE…
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