Work to start this month
By Don Rush
Area residents with hybrid or electric vehicles (EV) will soon have the ability to charge their batteries while visiting downtown Oxford.
According to Oxford Village Manager Joe Madore, within the next few weeks State Electric Company from Holly will begin installation of two charging stations. Each of the charging stations can charge up to two vehicles at a time.
Madore said one station will be installed behind HomeTown/Patterson Pharmacy in the southwest municipal parking lot, the other will be built behind Creative Embroidery in the southeast quadrant of the downtown business district.
“These will be installed at no cost to the village,” Madore said. “They will make their money when people swipe their credit cards to pay for their charge.”
According to State Electric Company’s website, the company is “a family-owned business employing master electricians for over 30 years,” located at 15045 Dixie Highway.
“. . . We support progressive technology that betters our environment while aiding humankind. Our diverse background as electrical contractors allows us to approach projects in a positive and capable manner. Our in-house staff and supervisors work closely with our field electricians to ensure safe and efficient work is completed per specifications . . . Renewable energy is integral to our growth not only as a company but for all of us worldwide. At State Electric Company, we sell and install chargers for electric vehicles, offer suggestions for battery storage, set up solar panels, connect microgrids, and implement other renewable energy solutions,” their website stated.
They sell and install EV chargers for residential, commercial and municipal projects
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So, do they need to have a license or permit to operate a for profit business on taxpayer funded property? We already have limited parking and we are now allowing a private business to operate in valuable parking spaces.
As a PHEV driver of 10 years, I’ve charged at a lot of public chargers. The location described, if I understand it correctly, is a HORRIBLE place. You want the charger parking spaces to be the worst space available, way in the back, where nobody wants to park. Good example – See where Lake Orion just put theirs in last few months by the Children’s Park. Great job Lake Orion. These spaces will be taken all the time by regular cars just trying to get a good parking spot. Unless Oxford has a law in place to ticket non-charging vehicles to prevent this I don’t see this working. And I want it to work. Please have the sign say “Active EV charging parking only” and not “EV Cars only”. Subtle but important difference.
A successful location would be the lot East of Mill St, south of Burdick. Nobody parks there. Run the cable.