Oh, well that certainly puts this in a new light if they don't even have demand charges to deal with or to be avoided.The Burns charger is owned by the electric co-op so it is not subject to demand charges however competing stations like the Tesla Supercharger will be. The co-op servicing McDermitt does not have demand charges for large commercial. Many rural stations that are being built are using a combination of government grants, EV specific negotiated power rate plans, utilities that don't charge demand charges, or straight up utility owned chargers.
I was thinking of these two cost items, which would be higher for a standard station with a higher power connection:
1. High demand charges
2. Higher cost construction/install/utility transformer
The battery-included station type would save money in those two areas, but offset with higher equipment price. I wasn't sure of which side of that equation would be higher. And I was trying to get away from the idea that they just won't be built. These sites do eventually get SOMEthing. It's a question of which would be the most cost effective one.