Below the Vitality Coverage Act of 1992, the Federal Commerce Fee established the Various Fuels Rule, which incorporates uniform labeling necessities for EV charging stations. The labels should present ‘‘acceptable data with respect to prices and advantages, in order to fairly allow the patron to make selections and comparisons.’’ The required labels have to be ‘‘easy.”

Though the identical requirement doesn’t apply to the authorities paperwork that specify the labeling necessities, the labels themselves are certainly fairly easy. The present rule requires a label on every public EV charging station that discloses:

1. the identify of the “gas” being allotted (electrical energy);
2. the system’s capability in kilowatts;
3. voltage;
4. whether or not the voltage is AC or DC;
5. amperage;
6. whether or not the system is conductive (wired) or inductive (wi-fi).

For instance, a typical label may learn: “9.6 kW; 240 vac/40 amps; conductive.” Retailers should place the label conspicuously on the face of every dispenser.

Be aware that this rule has nothing to do with pending laws in California, Germany and elsewhere that require charging stations to show the quantity of power allotted (as fuel pumps do). It solely requires a static label containing the fundamental data listed above, and one may assume that (not like some authorities laws) it’s uncontroversial and simple to adjust to.

Be that as it could, the FTC periodically critiques all its guidelines with a view to “look at their efficacy, prices and advantages” and to “decide whether or not to retain, modify, or rescind them.” The Fee accomplished its most up-to-date Rule overview a decade in the past, so it’s now commencing a brand new overview, and is looking for public touch upon the present Various Fuels Rule.

The Fee particularly seeks touch upon the Rule’s labeling necessities for EV charging stations operated by retailers for shoppers.

The Fee seeks touch upon the next questions, amongst others:

• Does the Rule’s present label for EV charging stations assist shoppers make selections and comparisons when they’re looking for to cost their autos? Can the label be ‘consolidated with different labels offering data to the patron?
• Is there any analysis about how shoppers perceive or interpret data at EV charging stations, together with the FTC label? Is there proof of client confusion associated to the usage of charging stations in the marketplace now?
• Ought to the Fee make any adjustments to the content material of the present EV charging station label?
• Ought to the Rule particularly enable the label to seem on the charging station’s video display screen? In that case, what necessities ought to the Rule embody to make sure the label is seen to shoppers utilizing the station? 

Feedback have to be acquired on or earlier than December 26, 2023, and may be filed on-line or by mail at: Federal Commerce Fee, Workplace of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Cease H–144 (Annex F), Washington, DC 20580.

Supply: Federal Commerce Fee