raynewman
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Unfortunately I won't be there til late September; New Y won't arrive til late August.10 -13 august.
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Unfortunately I won't be there til late September; New Y won't arrive til late August.10 -13 august.
It‘ll be a doddle…St George and Cunnamulla are now live in the Chargefox app. Cunnamulla is also showing as live in plugshare. Anyone willing to go for a cruise this weekend to test?
sustainable.greedy...
greedy...
While I respect that increased costs result in increased prices, this is an 83% price jack. I suspect that this is less about sustainability and more about a sudden budget deficit or change in operating model.sustainable.
Likely this. The original site build costs were funded fully by the state government, and the 30c/kWh was likely the cost of energy. There was probably zero allowance for other operating/maintenance expenses. They've probably now realised they need to allow for this (like all other networks do).or change in operating model.
It will be a blessing if it helps fix the charger reliability problem
Actually, no. EV charging station operators get gouged mercilessly by the power companies. They're treated as industrial users (think of a small factory). They're charged as if they need huge amounts of power on standby 24x7, on the off chance that the grid might need to supply those huge amounts of power at a second's notice. Which is, umm, true.Buying energy in bulk is a lot cheaper than what they rip us off for in private households. For our residential/hotel/commercial highrise towers in the Sydney CBD we pay 14c/kWh peak and 10.5c/kWh off-peak on a ~5 GWh annual contract for 2024 (used to be 8c and 6c respectively before the energy market blew up). I don't think 30c/kWh is what an ev charge supplier pays. It's far less than that.
They're charged as if they need huge amounts of power on standby 24x7, on the off chance that the grid might need to supply those huge amounts of power at a second's notice. Which is, umm, true.