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County weights and measures division readies EV test equipment and reports 251 complaints in 2024; seeks public outreach improvements
Summary
Santa Clara County’s weights and measures division told the Hewlett Committee it inspected more than 22,000 measuring devices in fiscal 2024, will purchase new test standards to meet an expanded electric-vehicle charging-station testing mandate, and received 251 consumer complaints last year.
Santa Clara County’s Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency presented an annual update on the weights and measures program to the Hewlett Committee on Sept. 18, highlighting inspection volumes, a forthcoming purchase of EV charging-station test equipment and the program’s consumer complaint work.
“Sometimes when scales and pumps are off even slightly, working families pay the price,” said Edgar Olasco, director of the Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency, introducing new Agricultural Commissioner and Sealer Priscilla Yeney. Yeney and staff described the program’s workload: more…
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