SCE Launches Program to Install 38,000 EV Chargers
Southern California Edison has launched the Charge Ready program, a $436 million initiative aimed at expanding electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Southern California. Over the next five years, the program will install approximately 38,000 new chargers in various locations, including disadvantaged communities. This effort follows a successful pilot program that added more than 2,700 charge ports at nearly 150 sites. The initiative also includes a related program, Charge Ready Transport, designed to support medium- and heavy-duty EVs with an investment of $356 million.
- Launch of $436 million Charge Ready program to install 38,000 chargers.
- Focus on disadvantaged communities, targeting 50% of chargers there.
- Expansion of infrastructure promotes EV adoption and clean air initiatives.
- Successful pilot program added 2,700 charge ports, demonstrating feasibility.
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Beginning today, businesses, government agencies and other organizations in Southern California will be able to sign up to participate in Southern California Edison’s Charge Ready program, the largest electric passenger vehicle charging infrastructure program in the nation run by an investor-owned electric utility company.
Fairplex in Pomona installed 200 charging ports, the largest project of the Charge Ready pilot phase. Many chargers are available for public use. (Photo: Business Wire)
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Through Charge Ready, SCE installs and maintains the supporting EV charging infrastructure while site hosts, who are non-residential SCE customers, typically own, operate and maintain qualified charging stations.
“As SCE is preparing its electric grid to serve the increase in transportation electrification, more charging equipment is needed to give EV drivers and fleet operators the peace of mind that they will be able to charge whenever they want,” said Carter Prescott, SCE director of eMobility and Building Electrification. “Today, we are asking our customers to join with us to ensure that an effective framework is in place for a clean air future for our communities.”
The large-scale program introduced at a virtual event today is modeled after a much smaller pilot that concluded in May, in which SCE partnered with businesses, local governments and other organizations to add more than 2,700 charge ports at nearly 150 sites.
SCE will continue to focus on providing charging infrastructure at workplaces, public parking lots, schools, hospitals and destination centers, with an added emphasis on condominium and apartment complexes.
In the interest of making EV charging available to all Californians, Charge Ready sets a target to locate
In addition to Charge Ready for passenger EVs, SCE launched a program last year for larger trucks, buses and off-road industrial equipment called Charge Ready Transport, which aims to add charging to support at least 8,490 medium- and heavy-duty EVs over a five-year period. The
About Southern California Edison
An Edison International (NYSE: EIX) company, Southern California Edison is one of the nation’s largest electric utilities, serving a population of approximately 15 million via 5 million customer accounts in a 50,000-square-mile service area within Central, Coastal and Southern California.
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