Details of your EV Charging strategy, progress to date and investment in 2024
1. Does the authority have a published strategy to provide public charging infrastructure across the authority?
The Devon EV Charging Strategy was recently adopted and can be found at the following link Devon Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy.
2. Has the authority received funding from central government schemes to part-fund the Public Charging strategy, such as ORCS, OZEV, ILEV or ULETIS funds/grants?
Devon County Council (DCC) has been allocated funding from OZEVs LEVI Fund, although capital funding has not yet been received. For further details and amount allocated see the following link Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) funding amounts.
Previously DCC received European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) funding to support the delivery of Chargepoints through the “DELETTI” project.
3. How many Public Charging Points are there across the authority, and based on current plans how are these expected to increase by end 2024? (approximate numbers are fine)
Total numbers of Chargepoints are detailed in the Devon EV charging Strategy and can be found on the National Chargepoint Registry (NCR) Public Electric Vehicle Chargepoints.
Public Chargepoints are delivered by a range of organisations including supermarkets, car park operators, district authorities and others.
DCC has delivered and enabled Chargepoints through the DELETTI project and the privately led and funded Rapid Charging Devon project. To date around 40 car park and on-street sites, with a total of 100 sockets have been delivered in Devon by these projects. By the end of 2024 we expect these projects to have delivered 95 sites with a total of 274 sockets in Devon. DCC have collaborated with neighbouring authorities and these projects are also delivering chargepoints in Somerset and Torbay.
4. How many On-street (kerbside) Public Charging Points are there across the authority, and based on current plans how are these expected to increase by end 2024? (approximate numbers are fine)
Current on-street Chargepoints are identified in the NCR.
We anticipate DCC will enable the delivery of around 70 on-street sockets in 2024 via the Rapid Charging Devon project. Delivery of on-street sites funded by the LEVI Fund is pending approval from OZEV and likely to begin in 2025.
5. How many of these Public Charing Points are slow, fast, rapid and ultra rapid charging devices, and based on current plans how is this expected to change by end 2024? (approximate numbers will be fine)
This information is detailed in the NCR.
DCC delivered/enabled projects outlined above will be delivering a mix of fast and rapid Chargepoints, the exact mix is to be confirmed.
6. Which Charge-Point Operators do the council partner with to provide the Public Charging Devices across the authority? (please list suppliers used)
DCC’s current Chargepoint suppliers are:
- Scottish Power
- Gamma/Wenea
Devon district authorities have entered into agreements with other suppliers including Osprey, PodPoint, Instavolt and others.
7. Does the authority manage the implementation of charge points directly or do they work with a partner organisation to deal with implementation on their behalf, such as procurement, project management etc?
DCC managed the delivery of the DELETTI project directly, with project management support from DCC’s term consultants WSP and legal support from Foot Anstey.
The Rapid Charging Devon project is led by Gamma/Wenea.
8. Are any mechanisms in place for the authority to share experience and learnings with other authorities as the charging infrastructure evolves?
DCC actively participate in knowledge sharing forums including events and platforms organised by the Energy Saving Trust and others, and direct engagement with other local authorities.