Public Utility Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger Policy Design Requirements

Public electric utilities must develop and implement competitively neutral electricity policies and tariffs to encourage competitive private sector investment in the deployment of public EV chargers. Entities that are not electric utilities may enter into an agreement with a utility to own or operate EV chargers.

The Public Utility Commission of Texas may not authorize electric utilities to recover costs for the installation, equipment, operation, and maintenance of EV chargers.

(Reference Texas Statutes, Utilities Code 42.0104)