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 Ministry of Power

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Revised Consolidated Guidelines & Standards for
 Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles (EV)
Promulgated) Promulgated by Ministry of Power
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Guidelines seek to proactively support creation of
EV Charging Infrastructure; To provide for
affordable tariff chargeable from Charging Station
Operators/Owners and Electric Vehicle (EV)
owners.

Owners of Electric Vehicles can now charge them

at their residence/offices using their existing
electricity connections

A revenue sharing model has been put in place for

land use for making a charging station financially
viable

Timelines prescribed for providing connectivity for

the Public Charging Station (PCS); and for Rollout
of EV Public Charging Infrastructure

State Governments to fix the ceiling of Service

charges
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Posted On:
15 JAN 2022 4:06PM by PIB Delhi
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The Union Ministry of Power has promulgated the revised consolidated Guidelines & Standards for

Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles (EV) on 14th January,2022. The objective is to enable a
faster adoption of electric vehicles in India by ensuring safe, reliable, accessible and affordable Charging
Infrastructure and eco-system. This would also promote energy security and reduction of emission
intensity of the country by promotion of entire EV ecosystem.

These guidelines are exhaustive and include provisions for a) individual owners of Electric Vehicles: b)
for Public Charging Stations (PCS). In a significant step, Owners may charge their Electric Vehicles at
their residence/offices using their existing electricity connections.  Infrastructure requirements for Public
Charging Infrastructure as well as for Public Charging Infrastructure for long range EVs and/or heavy
duty EVs have been outlined.

Any individual/entity is free to set up public charging stations without the requirement of a license
provided that, such stations meet the technical, safety as well as performance standards and protocols
laid down   under the guidelines as well as norms/ standards/ specifications laid down by Ministry of
Power, Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) and Central Electricity Authority (CEA) from time to time.
An exhaustive list of compliance requirements for Public Charging Station (PCS) have also been
outlined. These include norms for “appropriate” infrastructure   for civil, electricity and safety
requirements .

Technology agnostic Charging Standards: The guidelines have been made further technology agnostic by
providing for not only the prevailing international charging standards available in the market but also the
new Indian charging standards.

Land at promotional rates for installation of PCS through a Revenue Sharing Model: In order to address
the challenge of making a charging station financially viable in the period of growth of Electric Vehicles,
a revenue sharing model has been put in place for land used for the same. Land available with the
Government/Public entities shall be provided for installation of Public Charging Stations to a
Government/Public entity on a revenue sharing basis for installation of Public Charging Station at a
fixed rate of ₹ 1 / kWh (used for charging) to be paid to the Land-Owning Agency from such PCS
business payable on quarterly basis. A Model Revenue Sharing agreement has also been included under
the guidelines. Such revenue sharing agreement may be initially entered by parties for a period of 10
years. The Revenue Sharing Model may also be adopted by the public Land-owning agency for
providing the land to a private entity for installation of Public Charging Stations on bidding basis with
floor price of ₹ 1 / kWh. 

Timelines for providing connectivity for the installation of Public Charging Station (PCS) : Timelines
have been prescribed as per the Electricity (Rights of Consumers). Accordingly, PCS shall be provided
connection within seven days in metro cities, fifteen days in other municipal areas and thirty days in
rural areas. Within these timelines the distribution licensees shall provide new connection or modify an
existing connection. 

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Tariff for supply of electricity to EV Public Charging Stations: The tariff for supply of electricity to
Public EV Charging Stations shall be a single part tariff and shall not exceed the “Average Cost of
 Supply” till 31st March, 2025. The same tariff shall be applicable for Battery Charging Station (BCS).  
The tariff applicable for domestic consumption shall be applicable for domestic charging.
State Governments to fix the ceiling of Service charges: As electricity is being provided at concessional
rates and also considering the fact that subsidy is being provided by the Central/State Governments in
many cases for setting up Public Charging Stations, the State Government shall fix the ceiling of Service
Charges to be charged by such Charging Stations.
Open Access: Any Public Charging Station/ Chain of Charging Stations may obtain electricity from any
generation company through open access. Open Access shall be provided for this purpose within 15 days
of receipt of the application complete in all respect. They will be required to pay the applicable
surcharge – equal to the current level of cross subsidy (not more than 20 percent, as per the Tariff Policy
Guidelines), transmission charges and wheeling charges. No other surcharge or charges shall be levied
except mentioned in this provision.

Database of Public EV Charging Stations: Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) shall create and maintain
a national online database of all the Public Charging Stations in consultation with State Nodal Agencies
(SNAs). Bureau of Energy Efficiency shall create a Web-Portal/Software/Mobile Application for the
database of Public Charging Stations throughout the country. As per the details available with Bureau of
Energy Efficiency (BEE) a total of 1028 Public Charging Stations (PCS) have been installed throughout
the country. Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) as the Central Nodal Agency (CNA) is in process of
preparing action plans for the installation of Public Charging Stations for 9 major cities  having million
plus population (Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Surat, and
Pune). A scenario wise targets have been prepared for Business as Usual (BAU), Moderate and
Aggressive Scenarios for installation of Chargers in these cities so far. These targets have been prepared
based on the requirements under the Guidelines and Standards issued by the Ministry of Power, Electric
Vehicles (EV) growth projections in these cities, Growth in EV charging demand etc. As per the initial
estimates, a total of 3263 chargers under BAU scenario, 23,524 chargers under moderate scenario and
46,397 under Aggressive scenario are being targeted for installation of PCS in these cities by 2030.

 
Network Service Providers: Public Charging Station  will be required to tie up up with at least one online
Network Service Providers (NSPs) to enable advance remote/online booking of charging slots by EV
owners. Such online information to EV owners should also include information regarding location, types
and numbers of chargers installed/available, service charges for EV charging etc.

Location of Public Charging Stations: To alleviate the range anxiety of the potential EV owners,
guidelines provides that at least one Charging Station shall be available in a grid of 3 Km X 3 Km.
Further, one Charging Station shall be set up at every 25 Km on both sides of highways/roads. For long
range EVs and/or heavy duty EVs like buses/trucks etc., there shall be at least one Fast Charging Station
with Charging Infrastructure Specifications every 100 Kms, one on each side of the highways/road
located preferably within/alongside the Public Charging Stations

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Rollout of EV Public Charging Infrastructure: A phase wise installation has been envisaged under the
 guidelines as below:

Phase I (1-3 Years): All Mega Cities with population of 4 million plus as per census 2011, all existing
expressways connected to these Mega Cities & important Highways connected with each of these Mega
Cities may be taken up for coverage. A list of these Mega Cities and existing connected expressways is
prepared

 
Phase II (3-5 Years):     Big cities like State Capitals, UT headquarters may also be covered for
distributed and demonstrative effect. Further, important Highways connected with each of these Mega
Cities may be taken up for coverage. 

 
Central Nodal Agency: Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) shall be the Central Nodal Agency for
rollout of EV Public Charging Infrastructure All relevant agencies including Central Electricity
Authority (CEA) shall provide necessary support to Central Nodal Agency.   Every State Government
shall nominate a Nodal Agency for that State for setting up charging infrastructure. The State DISCOM
shall generally be the Nodal Agency for such purposes. However, State Government shall be free to
select a Central/State Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) including Urban Local Bodies (ULBs),
Urban/Area Development Authorities etc. as its Nodal Agency. 

 
These Guidelines and Standards shall supersede the Revised “Charging Infrastructure for Electric
Vehicles – Guidelines and Standards” issued by Ministry of Power on 1st October, 2019 and subsequent
amendments dated 08.06.2020. The complete guidelines can be accessed on the website of Ministry of
Power.

Go Electric Campaign: As part of the endeavor of Government of India for E-Mobility transition,
Ministry of Power along with Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of Heavy Industries
and NITI Aayog has launched a nationwide “Go Electric” Campaign to educate the general public on the
benefits of e-mobility, inform the potential EV owners about the Government incentives for EV
adoption, generate curiosity and transform the same into demand, discredit misinformation against
Electric Vehicles and bring together multiple stakeholders under single platform. Under the “Go
Electric” Campaign, State Nodal Agencies (SNAs) have conducted around 15 Roadshows, 35 Webinars,
and various other awareness activities including Radio jingles, EV carnival, hoardings, pamphlets,
advertisements on electricity bills in multiple states across the country.

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