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Monmouth council approves ordinance letting private EV stations resell city power and sets $0.34/kWh fee
Summary
The Monmouth City Council adopted an ordinance permitting commercial electric-vehicle charging stations to resell city-supplied electricity with a markup and approved an administrative-fee resolution that sets the city's portion at $0.34 per kilowatt-hour.
Monmouth City Council adopted an ordinance changing city code to allow commercially operated electric-vehicle charging stations to resell city-supplied electricity with a markup and approved an administrative-fee update that includes a $0.34 per kilowatt-hour charge.
Wade Carey, director of Monmouth Power and Light, told the council the ordinance is intended to make commercial charging installations feasible in the city and to support state EV-adoption goals. "This is an ordinance to change our current City code that will allow for the reselling of City supplied electricity with a markup for commercially owned and operated EV charging stations," Carey said.
Councilor Oberst moved to adopt Ordinance 1415 (an amendment to city code section 13.050.04); the motion was seconded and passed on a roll-call vote, 6–0.
Following the ordinance vote, city staff presented fee recommendations for the station operator. Carter Craig said staff surveyed the local market and recommended a flat charge of $0.34 per kilowatt-hour. "We looked around the market and arrived at 34¢ a kilowatt hour," Craig said. He explained the station operator (ChargePoint, the operator referenced by staff) will collect user payments and remit the city's portion to the general fund.
During council questions, a councilor asked whether the city can control the price the private operator charges to drivers. Craig confirmed the operator sets customer prices after buying electricity from the city: "Yes. That's my understanding," he said when asked whether vendors can resell at whatever retail price they choose.
Council then moved and approved Resolution 19-98, which adds miscellaneous administrative fees (including the EV charging fee) and repeals conflicting provisions; the motion passed on roll call 6–0. Staff said the fee schedule will be brought back as part of the council's annual fee review.
What happens next: the ordinance was adopted and the fee was added to the administrative fee schedule; staff will include the change on the updated fee schedule presented at the next meeting cycle.
