This is great news to anyone confounded by cost-per-minute electricity at public charging stations.
I saw the article on https://electrek.co/2019/12/24/california-bans-per-minute-billing-tesla-superchargers-will-need-displays/
My recollection is Electrify America changed away from per-minute billing just recently, like September, after consumer complaints. It was big news on the Kia Niro forum because their cars would indicate to the EVSE that they would take a high rate of charge, so get billed at the higher per-minute tier, but then the car would only accept a lower rate of charge.
The article says we can still be assessed ancillary service fees, as long as they are disclosed. It appears this change is effective January 1, with dates in the future when EVSEs must display pricing data to the user.
I saw the article on https://electrek.co/2019/12/24/california-bans-per-minute-billing-tesla-superchargers-will-need-displays/
...electricity is considered a type of motor vehicle fuel. ... fuel dispensed from EVSE shall be measured by — either the kWh or the megajoule (MJ). ...the primary commodity delivered by EVSE is electricity, not (the) parking space ...time is not an acceptable unit of measure for dispensing and billing electricity as motor vehicle fuel
My recollection is Electrify America changed away from per-minute billing just recently, like September, after consumer complaints. It was big news on the Kia Niro forum because their cars would indicate to the EVSE that they would take a high rate of charge, so get billed at the higher per-minute tier, but then the car would only accept a lower rate of charge.
The article says we can still be assessed ancillary service fees, as long as they are disclosed. It appears this change is effective January 1, with dates in the future when EVSEs must display pricing data to the user.