EIR Request - Electric Car Charging Points
Request 101002789337
1. Broken down by calendar year, between and including the years of 2010 and 2020, how many publicly available electric vehicle charging points have there been in your council area?
2. Broken down by calendar year, between and including the years of 2010 and 2020, how many publicly available electric vehicle charging points owned by the council have there been in your council area?
3. Broken down by calendar year, between and including the years of 2010 and 2020, how much energy has been dispensed to electric vehicles charging from publicly available electric vehicle charging points in your council area?
4. Broken down by each of the publicly available electric car charging points in your council area, how much energy has been dispensed in total since 2010? Please provide a grand total for every charging point combined too.
5. Does your council charge users of council-owned electric vehicle charging points money to use them, and if so, what are the costs?
6. What is the latest estimate of electric cars in use in your council area?
7. What plans does your council have for the change from 2030, when cars and vans wholly powered by petrol and diesel will no longer be sold in the UK? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54981425
8. Does your council have any targets for the number of publicly available electric vehicle chargers by 2030 and if so can you please tell me what it is?
Response 26-05-2021
1. In accordance with section 10(4)(a) of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Act 2002 please be advised that Moray Council does not hold data related to 3rd Party Chargers.
2. First publically accessible EV Charger installed in 2014:
2014
Northfield Terrrace, Elgin
Reidhaven Square, Keith
Cluny Place, Buckie
Station House, Aberlour
2015
Tomintoul Main Car Park, Tomintoul
Station Park, Lossiemouth
Horizon Scotland, Forres
2016-Nil.
2017-Nil.
2018
Northport, Elgin
Ladyhill, Elgin
2019
Linn Brae, Aberlour
2020-Nil.
Please note that the following sites have been installed in 2021, but are not yet operational
Orchard Road, Forres
Leys Road, Forres
Albert Place, Dufftown
Cluny Place, Buckie
Cullen Square, Cullen
Station Street, Rothes
Moray Council HQ Annexe, Elgin ( x 6) (Share with Pool Cars)
Moray Street, Elgin
Lossie Green Car Park, Elgin ( x 2)
3 and 4. Data related to Chargers owned/managed by Moray Council are attached here.
5. A flat fee of £3.80 is charged per visit.
6. In accordance with section 10(4)(a) of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Act 2002 please be advised that Moray Council does not hold this information.
7. Our Local Development Plan has a policy which seeks provision of EV charging facilities as part of new development to support the transition to electric powered vehicles. From a Council fleet perspective we operate a 10 year vehicle and plant replacement programme which takes national legislation into account. The council already operates 26 electric vehicles and will continue to increase the numbers to meet the target and implement appropriate council infrastructure to keep abreast of new vehicles and technologies as they become available.
8. Moray Council has a Service Plan commitment to increase numbers of chargers by 3% per year but this is dependent on Grant Funding being available.