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Posted by dand124 on Thu Mar 22 20:36:35 2012, in response to The New Brentwood Thread, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Aug 21 16:33:18 2011. http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120322/WILLIAMSON/303220081/Brentwood-shopping-center-part-electric-vehicle-charging-demand-testThere are now more places to get a charge in Brentwood. Recently, the Harris-Teeter-anchored Peartree Village shopping center in Brentwood has been equipped with install Blink® Level 2 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. The stations join chargers at the Brentwood Library and the city’s Municipal Center, as well as Cracker Barrel restaurants. Regency Center, the owner of Peartree Village, is rolling out the stations as part of The EV Project, a national deployment of commercial and residential charging stations in major U.S. cities and metropolitan areas. The goal of The EV Project is to collect data on electric vehicle use, evaluate the effectiveness of EV charging infrastructure and evaluate revenue systems for commercial and public charging stations. San Francisco-based ECOtality is the project manager of The EV Project and will oversee the installation of commercial and residential charging stations. The project will provide an EV infrastructure to support the deployment of EVs in these key markets. The project is a public-private partnership, funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy through a federal stimulus grant. To Scott Prigge, senior vice president of national property operations for Regency Centers, the charging stations will “provide an added shopper convenience, demonstrate and encourage a commitment to the environment, and generate a potential future revenue stream.” The company is installing the stations at 19 grocery-anchored and community shopping centers in Arizona, California, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas and the District of Columbia. The company will make decisions on future installations based on the demand at these charging stations. “Going forward, Regency will install additional chargers in its portfolio based upon consumer demand, if the pilot program results demonstrate that it makes sound financial sense,” said Mark Peternell, Regency’s vice president of sustainability. Since February, EV drivers have been able to power up at the Cracker Barrel on Mallory Lane, which has two stations. Last year, Brentwood entered into an agreement with ECOtality to install electric vehicle charging stations at the Brentwood Municipal Center on Maryland Way and at the Brentwood Library on Concord Road. With a federal Electric Vehicle Project grant funding up to $4,500 per site, the city’s cost was $2,583 to install the charging stations, which are now in operation. Right now, electric car drivers can plug in for free, but ECOtality will start collecting a usage fee from the sites in the future and split the revenue with the city. This pay model will happen soon but an exact implementation date and fee plan have not been established yet, City Engineer Mike Harris said. |
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