The Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) has published draft guidelines for setting up electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure under the Prime Minister’s Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement (PM E-DRIVE) scheme.
This was announced by a ministry official. business line The draft guidelines have been shared with stakeholders and their views and comments have been obtained.
The plan calls for the installation of sufficient public charging infrastructure for various vehicle categories, including over 22,000 EV chargers for electric four-wheelers (e-4W) and over 1,800 chargers for electric buses. It is assumed. In addition to this, the plan also provides for the provision of charging infrastructure for small EVs, including electric two-wheelers (e-2W) and electric three-wheelers (e-3W).
The government has engaged various stakeholders including charging point operators, EV charger OEMs, state governments, urban local bodies (ULBs), government agencies, central level ministries, discoms, highway authorities and various central public sector companies. We aim to gain the active participation and involvement of (CPSE).
Subsidies for upstream infrastructure
The PM E-DRIVE scheme will spend Rs 2,000 crore for setting up public fast charging stations and will extend subsidy of up to 80 per cent for upstream infrastructure (behind metering infrastructure).
However, in exceptional cases, the ministry may consider higher funding in the range of 100% of the project cost (including upstream power infrastructure), the ministry said.
According to the draft guidelines, central-level ministries including MoPNG, MoRTH, Ministry of Telecommunications, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ports and Maritime Waterways will also be submitted for submission of proposals.
“State governments and central ministries are also encouraged to conduct feasibility studies to identify suitable locations for EV PCS. , to help identify potential locations based on ease of land access, adequate power supply, and potential for grid upgrades to support additional loads,” MHI said in the draft guidelines. states.
A technical committee chaired by Additional/Joint Secretary, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, comprising members of Niti Aayog, Ministry of Power, Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), shortlisted the proposals based on the information sought in Section 10.3. Create a list of participants. Additionally, the recommendations of the technical committee will be submitted to the Project Implementation and Sanctions Committee (PISC), and upon PISC approval, the proposal will be submitted within MHI in consultation with the internal finance department for approval by the competent authorities. Processed.
“After approval from the competent authority, participating state governments/Central ministries will be informed of the total number of authorized charging stations and invited to initiate the bidding process,” the ministry said.
Incentive calculation
MHI further stated that the applicable incentives payable to state governments and central ministries will be calculated based on the benchmark upstream cost per kW price established by BEE and revised from time to time.
Once the incentives are finalized and notified, MHI will release them in three installments. 30 per cent of the total amount after tender issuance as mobilization advance, 40 per cent after deployment of EVSE as per tender documents and remaining 30 per cent. After successful commercial operation of charging station.
“This amount will only be used to reimburse upstream infrastructure costs depending on the type of charging station. The applicable incentive amount will be announced to the “Tender Attraction Authority”. However, the upstream infrastructure (assets up to the meter) will belong to the relevant discom in all circumstances,” MHI added.
