Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE)

Purpose:

This document provides guidance on the implementation, utilization and financial accountability for Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) infrastructure at federally-owned facilities under the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) jurisdiction, custody, and control, including facilities for which management and operation has been delegated to other Federal agencies by the Administrator of General Services (Administrator), and facilities leased by GSA.

Background: 

1. Executive Order 14057 Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability requires 100 percent zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) acquisitions by 2035, including 100 percent zero-emission light-duty vehicle acquisitions by 2027.  Annually agencies must submit a strategic plan for transformation of its fleet to zero-emission vehicles, including annual targets. Plans must include an assessment of agency site and fleet locations; a plan for installation of necessary charging or refueling infrastructure; an assessment of fleet size and composition to determine an optimum fleet inventory; elimination of unnecessary or non-essential vehicles from the agency’s fleet; increasing the proportion of the fleet composed of zero-emission vehicles; and consideration of energy storage technologies and ancillary services to support vehicle-to-grid technology.  Agencies are required to develop and annually update a zero-emission fleet strategy that shall include optimizing fleet size and composition; deploying zero-emission vehicle refueling infrastructure; and maximizing acquisition and deployment of zero emission light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles where GSA offers one or more zero-emission vehicle options.
2. The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) authorizes GSA and other Federal agencies to install, construct, operate, and maintain on a reimbursable basis a battery recharging station in a parking area that is in the custody, control, or administrative jurisdiction of GSA or the requesting agency for the use of privately-owned vehicles (POVs) to the extent such use by only POVs does not interfere with or impede access to the equipment by Federal fleet vehicles.  See 42 U.S.C. 6364(1)(A),(B).  GSA and other Federal agencies shall charge fees to the individuals who use the battery recharging station for their POV in such amount as is necessary to ensure that the respective agency recovers all of the costs such agency incurs in installing, constructing, operating, and maintaining the station.  42 U.S.C. 6364(2)(A).  The provision of POV charging stations at the workplace can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by encouraging the displacement of commuters’ petroleum fuel with lower emission electricity. E.O. 14057 Implementing Instructions states that planning for charging infrastructure for use by visitors, employees, and other authorized users, as appropriate, in conjunction with planning for agency fleet vehicles, should be part of a comprehensive and efficient EVSE deployment strategy. Agencies may allow government-owned vehicles (GOVs) and POVs to share EVSE, and may install dedicated EVSE for employees or visitors, including from other agencies. Agencies must ensure that such shared charging systems can separately track GOV and POV charging and energy consumption ensuring the parking area has accurate transparency and accountability of its charging systems.

Applicability:

This Order applies to all EVSE installations that support GOVs and POVs in federally-owned facilities under GSA’s jurisdiction, custody, and control, including facilities for which management and operation has been delegated to other Federal agencies by the Administrator of General Services, and facilities leased by GSA.

Cancellation:

This Order supersedes GSA Order PBS 5605.1, Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Infrastructure Management.

Summary of Changes:

This Order is rewritten and expanded to include information on the charging of both GOVs and POVs, to include project planning, compliance with relevant codes, guidance documents and policies and the collection of funding and data in order to comply with Executive Order 14057.