Placement Policy for Public Charging Stations West Maas en Waal
Introduction
Reason
To achieve our climate goals, it is necessary for our transport to become more sustainable. Electric vehicles (EVs) contribute to this. The coalition agreement and the Climate Agreement state that by 2030 at the latest, all newly sold cars must be emission-free. A significant portion of these will be battery-electric cars. According to prognoses from the Climate Agreement and the National Charging Infrastructure Agenda (NAL), an estimated 1.7 million charging points will be needed nationwide for passenger transport by 2030. For West Maas en Waal, the prognosis is 150 charging points in 2025, 300 in 2030, and 600 in 2035, compared to 10 charging points currently. However, the task is broader than just passenger transport. We also expect an increase in the number of electric buses, target group transport, vans, trucks, and mobile machinery. This requires a substantial expansion of the number of charging points and a smart, comprehensive, and accessible charging network. This is a major task that impacts public space and the electricity grid. Our strategy for charging infrastructure has been laid down in our Charging Vision.
Purpose and Scope of This Document
The placement policy elaborates on the choices made in the Charging Vision of the municipality of West Maas en Waal. The placement policy focuses on the rollout of charging infrastructure for the user groups of passenger transport (residents and visitors) and light logistic vehicles.
There is already a significant need for charging stations for passenger vehicles in many areas, and we expect this demand to grow substantially. For other user groups, we are monitoring developments and will adjust our vision and deployment policy accordingly as needed. Because developments in the field of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure are moving quickly, we will update our vision and deployment policy as necessary.
Implementation of policy decisions
Private, semi-public, and public charging stations
Our basic principle is that EV drivers should charge their vehicles on private property whenever possible. The municipality provides charging stations in public spaces only for EV drivers who do not have that option.
Locations
The municipality designates the locations where public charging infrastructure will be installed. We draw up a map showing the locations for the new charging infrastructure. Once a request has been approved, we use this map to determine where the charging station will be installed.
Types of charging infrastructure
We distinguish between standard charging stations and fast-charging stations.
- Standard charging stations
The municipality is responsible for the rollout of standard public charging stations. We install these charging stations, which have a capacity of up to 22 kW, as freestanding poles.
Fast-Charging Stations The municipality is not currently playing an active role in fast charging.
Deployment Strategy
To install additional public charging infrastructure, we are following this procedure:
We are adopting a demand-driven approach, whereby residents and commuters can submit a request for a public charging station. We expect that in some parts of the municipality, no requests for charging points have been received yet, and we are monitoring whether this causes problems for visitors. With the growth in the number of electric vehicles and the emergence of the second-hand market, it is expected that demand-driven installation alone will no longer suffice due to the long lead times. The need to also roll out proactively—and thus install ahead of demand—is growing.
We identify suitable locations for charging stations on a zoning map. This provides guidance for both our organization and the grid operator and speeds up the installation process. We use ElaadNL’s forecasts as a starting point. We prefer to use the services offered by the NAL Gelderland-Overijssel region to create a planning map. We share the planning map with the grid operator.
Implementation criteria
The following criteria apply to the implementation of charging infrastructure:
- Safety: The charging cable must not be left lying on the sidewalk;
- power grid: Where possible, charging stations will be installed within 25 meters of the power grid (low-voltage grid). This is due to the additional costs associated with cables longer than 25 meters. In addition, sufficient space will be provided for the installation of supporting hardware for larger connections, such as transformers and inverters;
- existing parking space: charging stations will be installed at existing parking spaces wherever possible;
Participation
The municipality of West Maas en Waal considers it important that residents are well-informed about developments in their area. We inform residents about the realization of public charging points in and near residential areas. This means we keep residents informed of published traffic decisions.
Once we have determined the location for the charging station, we will issue a traffic order that will be published in the Government Gazette. Residents may object to the traffic decision, after which we will reconsider the location. To keep residents well-informed about the planned installation of the charging station, we will also announce the traffic decision on the municipal website and/or on the municipality’s page in the Maas&Waler.
Traffic Regulation
The traffic regulation designates the parking space as intended for “charging electric vehicles.” Only electric cars that are charging may park in this space. This means that the plug must be connected to the charging station.
Traffic Regulation
- We will issue a traffic order for each location and designate the parking space as intended for charging electric vehicles or
- We are adopting a blanket decision covering multiple locations and designating the parking spaces for the charging of electric vehicles.