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charging can be done at home. You essentially, when you come home, you plug in your car;
<br /> when you are ready to go, you unplug and, you know, it's topped off. And that's how generally
<br /> people with EVs who have home charging are able to deal with EV ownership. However, not
<br /> everyone is able to enjoy this, right? We have a lot of people that live in condos and apartments,
<br /> they rent homes, and they don't, they just don't have the access to home charging, and as a
<br /> result, the prospect of getting into an electric car and relying on public charging, especially at
<br /> this point in time, makes it daunting and also a deterrent to adoption.
<br /> We have chargers across our island. This, you know, this shows here the various chargers; we
<br /> have Level 2s and DC fast chargers that you can find across office building, shopping centers,
<br /> etcetera. However, there are gaps. There are some chargers that haven't worked for years and,
<br /> you know, despite our efforts to encourage repair, you know, those things have not happened.
<br /> This map here shows the situation currently around the island. The one on the right are the Level
<br /> 2 chargers, and you can see, you know, where they are approximately located. On the left you
<br /> have the DC fast chargers. And so we have about eight DC fast chargers and around 33 or so of
<br /> the Level 2s. What's important, and you can see here, is that there are these deserts, you know,
<br /> these areas where there just aren't any charging stations. And if you reflect on where those
<br /> places are, you can also appreciate, you know, the populations, right, the people who live there.
<br /> So it's going to be important for us to address this to enable adoption.
<br /> So what does this mean for local business, right? This is a big question. There is obviously a
<br /> cost to implementation and maintenance of these. I would like to offer that this can be a win-
<br /> win. In fact, it is a win-win for local businesses. There is a service that's needed, a service that
<br /> they can monetize, meaning they can charge a fee for use. It can also provide or be a
<br /> competitive advantage for business, right? There is a lot of focus on sustainability these days,
<br /> and being able to have a charging station at your, you know, your site, can be an advantage,
<br /> right, they can be a draw for customers. There are costs associated with the installation of the
<br /> stations; Level 2 equipment and an installation can be anywhere from 10,000 to 30[,000], and the
<br /> DC fast chargers are much more expensive, especially with infrastructure that might be required.
<br /> There are offsets available. So there is an EV charger rebate program. This has been, this is
<br /> managed by the Hawaii Energy Office. There is a—and I think I have another slide here that
<br /> shows the details—and then, as mentioned earlier, there is a commercial EV Make-Ready project
<br /> that is before the PUC that, once approved, will allow for a number, a lot of those installation
<br /> costs to be supported by HECO.
<br /> So let's talk about the rebate. So this is a rebate program that a couple of sessions ago got
<br /> sustained funding, so three cents of the barrel tax goes to funding this rebate program. And it
<br /> allows local businesses, owners of multi-unit dwellings, condos, etcetera, to actually apply for
<br /> and obtain financial support for the installation of charging stations. You see here, Level 2,
<br /> you've got 3,000 to 4,500 per station, and then for the DC fast chargers, up to 35,000 per station.
<br /> There is also a lot—I'm sure you've seen this there is a lot of support for the buildout of EV
<br /> charging infrastructure at the federal level. It remains to be seen, you know, what will land here,
<br /> but my understanding is that the Department of, the State Department of Transportation is
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