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Rancho Palos Verdes to study EV chargers at Ladera Linda; DOE grant flagged as option
Summary
Council has directed staff to return with options for seven potential EV stalls at Ladera Linda. Mayor Paul Seo said the city is weighing Level 2 versus Level 3 chargers and a Department of Energy grant, while weighing cost-recovery and demand concerns.
Rancho Palos Verdes councilors have asked staff to return with options for electric-vehicle charging at Ladera Linda Community Park after an initial discussion at the Jan. 20 meeting.
Mayor Paul Seo said the site has "7 stalls that are ready for electrification to charge your cars," and the council is evaluating whether to install Level 2 chargers (which Seo described as taking about eight hours to fully charge) or faster Level 3 units. "Level 2 being the ones that you have at your house, which takes about 8 hours to get a full charge. Level 3 is almost like a supercharger," he said.
Seo told City Talk the city will study demand, pricing and models used by neighboring jurisdictions before committing funds. He said there is a potential funding source: "There is a grant that's available from the Department of Energy," noting the city would seek to use that money if feasible.
Both hosts and the mayor flagged cost-recovery as a concern: staff and council want to avoid passing costs to residents or setting rates so high that chargers are underused. The council's direction to return with options means a future staff report should include demand estimates, cost and pricing scenarios and an analysis of grant eligibility and timelines.
Next steps: staff will prepare a detailed report with options so the council can decide whether to pursue grant funding and which charger type (or a blended approach) best fits local demand and budget constraints.
