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ConnectDER and Siemens Partner to offer a simple and clever solution for Level 2 charging installations  

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ConnectDER’s meter collar working together with Siemens’s charging station could save up to 80 percent of installation costs. For many, especially those who live in older homes, installing a home Level 2 charging station may require an upgrade to the home’s electrical service, and/or a new panel (breaker box). And then that was it.

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What is Demand Response?

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The goal is to reduce demand for electricity in order to prevent outages and damage to the grid infrastructure or to avoid having to bring idle generation resources online, particularly if those resources are coal-burning generators. ADR programs can include incentives and rebates for equipment and installation costs.

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Vacation Rental EV Charging: EVmatch Is Here to Help!

EV Match

With more and more EVs on the road every day, and no doubt many planning to travel with their EVs this summer, we’ve received a lot of requests from our EVmatch community to make vacation rental EV charging more accessible and available—we are in the business of increasing accessibility to this resource, after all! Ready to get started?

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How to Have a Greener Christmas?

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Sustainability, or “going green,” is the responsible use of environmental resources so that future generations will have enough to meet their needs. While it can be as simple as plugging the car into the outlet, you can do much more with a smart charger. Smart electricity meters work in a similar way.

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EnviroSpark has installed over 7,800 charging plugs. Here’s what the company has learned.

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EnviroSpark runs its own EV charging network and helps others with installations, including Tesla, Volkswagen and Ford. Numerous charging industry experts have told Charged that the seeds of reliability problems are often sown during the planning and installation process, before the first EV plugs in. Aaron Luque: That’s a great point.

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How to Navigate EV Charging Rebates and Successfully Fund Your Home Charging Station

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If you’re ready to install an EV charging station in your home, consider exploring the numerous EV charging rebates and incentives that both the government and electric utility companies offer before you hire a contractor. Explore This List of Helpful Resources for EV Charging Rebates and Incentives. Hawaii Power.

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RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION: Drive Electric’s advice on the second draft of the Emissions Reduction Plan (2026-2030)

Drive Electric

2 Smart charging will help make the most of New Zealand’s existing electricity infrastructure and avoid unnecessary capital investment, by helping manage peak demand. It is critical that measures are taken to support widespread adoption of ‘smart chargers’ in parallel with the adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs).