The big empty pad in the first picture is for the utility transformer that will eventually be installed before the site gets energized. The smaller pads behind the 4 northern charging posts are for supercharger cabinets that haven't been installed yet. Current best guess is that they laid in the underground work to support up to an 8 stall expansion (i.e. 4 additional cabinets) for this location at some point in the future.
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Supercharger - Menlo Park, CA (LIVE 21 Nov 2019, 18 urban stalls)
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I went by to check it out today. All the SC’s still have some cable covering on them, so maybe not active at all. The ones on the RIGHT there don’t seem to be the same infrastructure in place like on the LEFT side, but there seem to be pads and large conduits going into the ground as if more physical infrastructure is still required.
Some may be operational soon.
Some may be operational soon.
Dag
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To the left of where the picture was taken, almost at the end of the parking lot is the transformer pad. Is the PG&E transformer installed now? As of the 3rd it was still missing.
Dag
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No, those are pre-placed conduit to support a future expansion to add more stalls. The pad for the transformer is on the other side past the parking stalls to the left of that big gray box in your picture.
As for other things that are needed, the only thing I see are the parking signs. But they're not a big deal. It's the utility transformer, any final inspections, and the electrical meter that are the things that will continue to delay the opening if they haven't happened or been installed yet.
Dag
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Went by earlier today ( Wed. Aug. 20 ). Transformer is in as Dag has pointed out. Still not charging.
When is this coming online??? I can only put off my grocery shopping trip so long.... 
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