The Government will be mandating specific monitoring and reporting requirements within the legislation. We will mandate that a chargepoint must measure or calculate the electricity imported/exported and amount of time for each charging event and enable the user of the chargepoint to view this information. This requirement will help consumers to engage with their energy bills and usage, and allow either the measurement or calculation of this consumption information (in line with PAS 1878).
Government will not specify the format or method for providing this information to users, but deems it appropriate that as a minimum, consumption information should be provided per charging event, to a 10% accuracy level and aggregated over the period of a month and year. In addition, we will mandate that a chargepoint must as a minimum be capable of measuring or calculating power import/export values every second with an accuracy upper limit of 10% and providing these values over an interface to any DSR service provider, such as an aggregator.
These minimum requirements were included within PAS 1878 and are necessary to ensure a chargepoint is operationally capable of supporting DSR services. It should be noted that existing legal requirements already apply to the metering of electricity supply for settlement and trade purposes as stipulated in the Metering Instruments Regulations, and these should be complied with where relevant. Enforcement authority and penalties In the consultation, Government proposed to appoint the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) as the enforcement authority for these regulations and proposed that a civil penalty would apply for each non-compliant chargepoint sold or installed.
Many respondents agreed with both proposals, stating that the OPSS is well placed to enforce these regulations and that a monetary fine is a suitable deterrent for non compliance. Government is likely to appoint the Office of Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) as the Enforcement Authority for EV smart chargepoints, subject to final agreement. OPSS is an established regulator of products and has a breadth of enforcement experience and technical expertise, including in relation to public charging infrastructure for EVs. Government will legislate for a maximum penalty which will apply to sale of chargepoints only, as “installation” will not be in scope of the legislation.
The maximum penalty will be Ј10,000 per chargepoint for non-compliance, and Ј250,000 for obstruction of officers and false statements. Government deems this an appropriate maximum to deter non-compliance and obstruction, whilst allowing the regulator flexibility to take a proportionate approach when determining and issuing penalties. The Enforcement Authority will be transparent about its approach to enforcement, including its approach to dealing with non-compliance and calculating penalties within the maximum range. 20