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Sept. 13, 2018 by Catherine Pope

In other words, there's no requirement for both plug and charging stations to have either a CCS or a CHAdeMo plug in order for the utility to receive preferential rates from each.

Tesla will offer its EVs to customers who pay $60 or less per kWh for a single public electric vehicle.

"The new order provides a mechanism for the NYPSC to be more transparent with the public and the DOE for these chargers," Tesla said. "Under this new policy, NYPSC can better protect the electric vehicle charging market from the whims of the electric car industry."

Tesla's plan appears to be working. In January, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt signed a letter that ordered the NYPSC to review the order. It is not clear whether the EPA has even taken up the matter yet.

While the new order may have a positive impact on automakers, I'm skeptical about the utility's claim that it has been able to avoid some of the regulatory red tape that has often kept automakers from getting to the point where they can get out of charging their EVs. That's because the utility has not implemented or provided incentives to any of its EV or EV charging stations. If it had, it would likely have found a way to sell its EV to the public without having to pay any incentives and thus be free to do so.

There are also two other problems with the EV-charged system.