The Ministry of Energy’s Gas and Fuel Administration is preparing to charge for the installation of “managed charging stations” for electric vehicles in condominiums. These systems are equipped with two-way communication and allow the supplier and the electricity company to remotely control the charging rate and charging hours and optimize it to prevent, among other things, overloading electricity to the shared house and network in general and to route charging for less busy hours. This means that in the case of homes with a large number of electric vehicles owned by the tenants, charging will not be allowed “around the clock”.
According to calculations by the Ministry of Energy, recently presented to the Economics Committee based on IEC data, a family with a single electric vehicle is expected to add on average about 40% to its annual electricity consumption (about 3,150 kilowatt-hours) while a family with two electric vehicles will add almost 80% for its average power consumption. This is based on a journey of about 22,000 kilometers a year.
According to internal estimates by the ministry, the amount of electric vehicles that have hit the country’s roads to date – less than 17,000 units – has not yet reached a “critical mass” that has a significant impact on the increase in load on the electricity grid. However, if the market continues to grow at a rate of hundreds of percent per year, binding regulation will be needed to manage the charge as early as the next two years.
Delivery difficulties prevented further dedication of trams
It should be noted that in January and February alone, 3,203 electric vehicles were delivered and were added to about 11,000 vehicles, which were delivered last year. The industry says that dedications in January-February would have been several orders of magnitude had it not been for the supply difficulties due to the chip crisis and the “Spring Festival” in China, which brought a slowdown in production. The backlog of orders currently held by importers for the coming months is estimated to exceed 15,000 vehicles.
For the past six months, the Ministry of Energy has been conducting a limited pilot on the subject of managed charging stations in cooperation with the private sector.
The Ministry of Energy stated in response that “the Fuel and Gas Administration in the Ministry of Energy is currently considering a plan to implement, encourage and encourage the installation of managed charging systems for electric vehicles in shared homes. Managed charging is the most efficient, smart and inexpensive way.
“A mechanism must be created that will provide certainty to both the managing / claiming company and the maximum tenants in each and every building while maintaining competitiveness, flexibility and the ability to change suppliers by consumers. For managed loading. “