Executive Summary: EV- A New Entrant to India’s Electricity Consumer-basket

Executive Summary: EV- A New Entrant to India’s Electricity Consumer-basket
Executive Summary: EV- A New Entrant to India’s Electricity Consumer-basket
Sector:Sustainable Transport Undertaken By:Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy Year Published:2020

Electric vehicle charging infrastructure can have dual impacts on distribution utility companies (DISCOMS) in India. It can help improve DISCOM revenue. At the same time, increased demand can have a significant impact on its cost of power procurement and network management. Therefore, EV charging tariffs need to be designed in a way that would allow the DISCOM to recover its costs, while making EV charging cost effective for users and provision of EV charging services a commercially viable business. This report investigates the linkages between EV charging tariffs and electric vehicle adoption, and provides recommendations on the same.