{"id":93696,"date":"2025-08-06T06:03:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=93696"},"modified":"2025-08-06T08:28:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T22:58:24","slug":"ev-charging-infrastructure-mb3241","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ev-charging-infrastructure-mb3241\/","title":{"rendered":"ECA&#8217;s Call For Fair, Affordable Public EV Charging Access"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93697\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/public-ev-charger.jpg\" alt=\"Using a public EV charger\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/public-ev-charger.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/public-ev-charger-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/public-ev-charger-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/public-ev-charger-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A report commissioned by Energy Consumers Australia (ECA) makes initial recommendations for creating affordable public electric vehicle charging that&#8217;s accessible to all \u2014 and ECA is looking for feedback.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Public EV charging availability in Australia has come a long way in the last few years. If you check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/ev-chargers\/public\/#locations\">public EV charger map<\/a> on SolarQuotes, stations have popped up everywhere and there are a bunch more on the horizon. An example is the New South Wales government announcing last month another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/nsw-kerbside-chargers-mb3223\/\">549 kerbside EV chargers<\/a> will be installed across Wollongong, Greater Sydney and Newcastle over next year.<\/p>\n<p>But it can be a case of feast or famine, and even where it&#8217;s a feast there can be issues.<\/p>\n<p>ECA commissioned economic consultancy HoustonKemp to prepare a report to identify public charging challenges, and solutions for Australia that would best promote consumer interests based on ECA&#8217;s vision of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensuring affordability of EV charging through minimising network upgrade costs of meeting increased load, costs of implementation, and end-user pricing.<\/li>\n<li>Providing availability of public EV charging infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>Promoting a positive user experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Fragmented Infrastructure Not Keeping Up<\/h2>\n<p>According to HoustonKemp, public charging points in Australia increased 121 per cent from approximately 3,650 in 2022 to 8,100 in 2025; but EV registrations surged by 675 per cent over the same period.<\/p>\n<p>The firm notes Australia is now at the lower end of public charging points per EV compared to mature international markets, having one per 37 EVs in 2025; whereas in 2022 it was one per 11.6 EVs. Just as a comparison, in South Korea it&#8217;s reportedly one per 1.8 electric vehicles, which seems over the top but places the country well for further and significant EV uptake.<\/p>\n<p>However, the firm also says there is no definitive optimal ratio \u2014 it depends of factors such as local electricity grid capacity, the mix of AC and DC public charging infrastructure, adoption rates and home charging availability.<\/p>\n<p>How we stack up on home EV charging isn&#8217;t clear, but not everyone can install a hard-wired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/ev-chargers\/\">home EV charger<\/a>. And for some EV owners, the &#8216;granny&#8217; or &#8216;brick&#8217; chargers that plug into a standard power outlet just isn&#8217;t enough. There are also the many Australians in regional areas, renters, those without off-street parking and apartment dwellers to consider.<\/p>\n<h2>(Some Of The) Recommendations<\/h2>\n<p>HoustonKemp says international experience demonstrates a &#8216;fragmented&#8217; EV charging infrastructure market \u2014 such as that in Australia \u2014 where networks are not interoperable and have been developed with a lack of centralised planning is not in the best interest of consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Among the recommendations it makes to help turn this around:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mandating interoperability between public AC EV charging infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>Implementing a uniform set of accessibility standards, either customised for public EV charging infrastructure or in line with general accessibility standards.<\/li>\n<li>Implementing a set of payment accessibility standards for AC and DC charging infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>Introducing reliability standards for EV charging infrastructure, including for both uptime and electricity throughput.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In terms of roles and responsibilities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Making network capacity information publicly available, which will require co-operation from Distributed Network Service Providers (DNSPs), along with a\u00a0 map of suitable poles on electricity networks for hosting public EV charging infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>Expedited application approvals on fair terms.<\/li>\n<li>A standard set of guidelines developed to assist local governments in assessing where chargers can go.<\/li>\n<li>Charging infrastructure owners should determine the quantity, specification and location of commercial public EV charging infrastructure as they are taking the investment risk.<\/li>\n<li>Provision for non-commercial delivery of infrastructure should not be at the expense of commercial market development, with state and territory governments best placed for non-commercial delivery decisions.<\/li>\n<li>Allowing DNSPs to provide public EV charging infrastructure in non-commercial locations; but subject to participating in a competitive tender ensuring the infrastructure is delivered at least cost.<\/li>\n<li>Network capacity planning and pricing needs to account for the substantially higher strain of DC charging on electricity networks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The above barely scratches the surface of what&#8217;s in the report and solutions proposed. Among various other topics, it also delves into changes to the National Electricity Rules that will be necessary and looks at the issue of local government and DNSP charges for land and electric pole access.<\/p>\n<p>ECA is welcoming feedback on the challenges identified <a href=\"https:\/\/energyconsumersaustralia.com.au\/our-work\/research\/report-houstonkemp-creating-accessible-affordable-public-ev-charging-networks-australia\"> in the report<\/a> and the potential solutions proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/5GBF6RH\">via a survey<\/a> that&#8217;s open until 4 September 2025.<\/p>\n<p>On a related note, discover everything you need to know about using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/ev-chargers\/public\/\">public EV charging stations in Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report commissioned by Energy Consumers Australia (ECA) makes initial recommendations for creating affordable public electric vehicle charging that&#8217;s accessible to all \u2014 and ECA is looking for feedback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":93697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ECA&#039;s Call For Fair, Affordable Public EV Charging Access<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Report commissioned by Energy Consumers Australia makes recommendations for creating affordable, accessible public electric vehicle charging.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ev-charging-infrastructure-mb3241\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ECA&#039;s Call For Fair, Affordable Public EV Charging Access\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Report commissioned by Energy Consumers Australia makes recommendations for creating affordable, accessible public electric vehicle charging.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ev-charging-infrastructure-mb3241\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-05T20:33:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-05T22:58:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/public-ev-charger.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ev-charging-infrastructure-mb3241\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ev-charging-infrastructure-mb3241\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"ECA&#8217;s Call For Fair, Affordable Public EV Charging Access\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-05T20:33:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-05T22:58:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ev-charging-infrastructure-mb3241\/\"},\"wordCount\":739,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ev-charging-infrastructure-mb3241\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/public-ev-charger.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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