Delhi govt, CESL sign pact for installation of EV charging stations

The Delhi government signed an agreement with the CESL on Wednesday for installation of charging and battery swapping stations for electric two, three and four wheelers at cluster bus depots of its Transport Department. Each charging and batter swapping facilities ill be installed at 14 locations. Each will include six charging points, three of which will be for two and three wheelers while three points will be meant for four-wheelers, he said.

Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the Transport department, the Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) has agreed to procure, install, operate and maintain charging units and related infrastructure at its cost and expense, said a Transport department statement. The charges for usage of location will be paid by CESL to Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) every month at the rate of one rupee per kWh of energy dispensed, it said.

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If the space required by the concessionaire is more than 3 ECS (Equivalent Car Space) then Rs 2,000 extra would be levied per ECS per month. Initially, the contract period is of 10 years, it said. According to the MoU, the CESL will start the work immediately and will finish the installation of all stations in the next four months.