Raleigh, N.C. — Advanced Energy, a nonprofit committed to helping communities understand, plan-for and implement electric transportation initiatives, will release Version One of its Charging Station Installation Handbook for Electrical Contractors and Inspectors at the Electric Drive Transportation Association’s 2011 Conference and Annual Meeting, April 19-21, in Washington, D.C.
Developed as a best practices guide intended to ensure uniformity in how charging stations are installed across the United States, this handbook includes overviews, guidelines and checklists to help contractors and inspectors deal with the influx of requests for charging station installations.
“It’s not a question of if plug-in electric vehicles are adopted into mainstream culture – it’s knowing that your local government, public utilities, permitting offices, electricians and code inspectors and other key stakeholders will be ready to support the demand when it occurs,” says Jeff Barghout, director, Electric Transportation Initiatives, Advanced Energy. “With this evolving technology, electrical inspectors will be challenged as requests for approvals increase and the scope of installation varies. In addition to guidelines and checklists, this handbook also provides electrical contractors and inspectors with an overview of charging levels, installation locations and the installation process.”
To download your copy today, visit our website.
This online tool was made possible through the support of Duke Energy, Progress Energy, the North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation and Dominion Virginia Power.
About Advanced Energy
Advanced Energy, a Raleigh, N.C.-based nonprofit serving as a North Carolina and national resource, focuses on industrial process technologies, motors and drives testing, transportation and applied building science, creating economic, environmental and societal benefits through innovative and market-based approaches to energy issues. The organization continues to work collaboratively to demonstrate that industry, government and non-profits can successfully work together to improve the environment and encourage the economy.
Advanced Energy’s Electric Transportation sector is working to assist communities in understanding, planning and implementing electric transportation initiatives. An established figure in the development and deployment of plug-in electric vehicle technologies, Advanced Energy successfully facilitated the creation the world’s first commercially available plug-in hybrid vehicle in 2007. Advanced Energy also works with municipalities, electric utilities and National Laboratories monitoring and evaluating the performance of numerous fleets of plug-in hybrid vehicles across the country, including the Public Hybrid Electric School Bus program. Advanced Energy currently manages the NC Get Ready program to accelerate the adoption of electrified transportation in North Carolina – one of the key initiatives in the nation making a true commitment to the widespread acceptance of electrified transportation. For more information, visit www.AdvancedEnergy.org.
April 18, 2011
Allyson Beback
Communications Specialist
