California regulators on Wednesday approved the nation’s first statewide reliability and data-sharing requirements for electric vehicle chargers.
What happened: The California Energy Commission voted unanimously to set standards that require publicly funded fast chargers built in 2024 or later to be functional 97 percent of the time.
The rules also require providers to make data on publicly funded charger location, availability and pricing available to third parties free of charge — an effort to improve charger access for EV drivers.
Why it matters: The new regulations come as California attempts to increase electric vehicle adoption, which has plateaued in recent years, even before the Trump administration revoked the state’s authority to enforce its EV sales mandate.
