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Council directs staff to set new EV‑charging rates, targets 10% margin with lower night rate
Summary
After a presentation showing usage increases and rising electricity costs, the council directed staff to craft a resolution that would set EV‑charging rates to achieve a 10% margin overall with differential day/night pricing (night target ~22¢/kWh) and asked staff to explore idle/parking fee timing and signage enforcement.
The council directed staff to prepare a resolution updating City Hall EV‑charger fees to achieve a modest 10% margin while making overnight charging more affordable for residents who lack home chargers. Climate Action Manager Bettina Miguez told the council usage increased substantially year over year and that the previous 22¢/kWh rate no longer covers electrical costs and ChargePoint fees.
"If we left it as is...the city would potentially subsidize EV charging by about $1,100 this year," Bettina said, presenting four fee scenarios (flat breakeven, differential breakeven, flat 15% margin, differential 15% margin). Councilors debated equity implications and technical issues such as metering, peak demand, and idle/parking fees. A motion to update fees to produce a 10% margin overall, with differential day/night pricing and a nighttime rate set near 22¢/kWh, was moved, seconded and approved unanimously.
Council also discussed changing parking signage to make spaces explicitly for electric or plug‑in vehicles and asked staff to examine ChargePoint settings for idle fees and time‑of‑day permissions before the resolution is drafted.
