Electric Transport

Climate: Electric Transport

Decarbonising transport, particularly road transport as an emitter of 44% of Jersey’s emissions, is critical to the Island’s net-zero ambitions. The Carbon Neutral Roadmap recognises this as a ‘priority area for action’ and proposes several measures to increase low-carbon transport, including a ban on the importation and registration of petrol and diesel vehicles new to the Island from 2030.

Public charging

As uptake in electric transport grows, our strategy is to ensure the Island and our network are ready to meet the increase in electricity demand and that we have a wide range of infrastructure in place. At year end we had expanded the public charging network to 109 charging points in service – twice the UK average per capita – catering for all EVs. This now includes the Channel Islandsfirstultra-rapidchargeratour Powerhouse headquarters to provide fasterchargingspecificallyfornew vehicles with larger batteries. The 150kW dual unit, which is three times more powerful than our existing three 50kW rapid chargers, can provide a single EV with 100 miles range in just nine minutes, the equivalent of 11 days’ driving based on the Jersey average of 4,000 miles a year.

Home charging solution

In May we launched our innovative, all-inclusive home EV charging subscription service Easycharge. The project, involving collaboration between our Energy Solutions New Propositions team, Distribution, Metering, JEBS and Finance, provides customers with the charger, installation, maintenance and overnightoff-peakelectricityfora fixedmonthlysubscription. The service not only supports customers in accessing safer, affordableandconvenientcharging,it enables us to better manage load and avoid higher network costs by moving load from peak times to overnight off-peakperiodswhenwehavespare capacity and energy costs are lower.

The service provides drivers with three options: £30 a month for single EV households, £45 a month for multi-EV homes and £85 for commercial or high mileage users. Response to the service has been very positive.

The future

Looking forward, we intend to expand our EV charging subscription services to serve multi-unit residential properties. Building on the Easycharge features and leveraging the latest platform technology to provide load balancing and virtual billing, we will connect residents with their dedicated parking space within a communal parking area. We are also developing propositions to support workplace, destination, on-street, and en-route charging.

‘It is exceptionally encouraging that JE are starting to introduce the next generation of fast charging facilities. JE are a vital partner in the Island’s push to reduce carbon emissions and I look forward to working with the company to help us achieve our carbon reduction targets.’ Environment Minister Jonathan Renouf