Comments on: Mitsubishi Launches Smart Chargers for Apartments http://gigaom.com/cleantech/mitsubishi-launches-smart-chargers-for-apartments/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:42:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jen http://gigaom.com/cleantech/mitsubishi-launches-smart-chargers-for-apartments/#comment-28676 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:37:33 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=46458#comment-28676 Thanks Mark. Ok, I see now. My only gripe is that home owners seem to not have to pay a surcharge for electricity, while apartment dwellers do. Given that home owners are already subsidized by the government via mortgage interest deductions and are generally in a better position to pay surcharges (they are richer), it seems only fair to give the little guy (apartment dwellers) a break and charge them only the actual cost of electricity, which is what homeowners are charged.

]]> By: Mark Thomason http://gigaom.com/cleantech/mitsubishi-launches-smart-chargers-for-apartments/#comment-28675 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:26:48 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=46458#comment-28675 Hi Jen,
I was referring to the equipment cost for each station. The price to get power to them is highly variable since each property is unique. Some estimates have been very cheap for the wiring part of the installation…like $1000…and some have been well over $10K.

On your other comment, it’s true that most PSCs restrict non-utilities from selling power…that’s why the commercial payment enabled charging stations charge for time…$X.XX for YY minutes of charge.

]]> By: Jen http://gigaom.com/cleantech/mitsubishi-launches-smart-chargers-for-apartments/#comment-28674 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:22:31 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=46458#comment-28674 “For Apartments, the cheap interim choice could be to install weatherized 120/220 outlets with simple lock boxes around them…then you give out keys to those that pay you a flat monthly fee. They can park at any of them and use. Since the equip is “cheaper” and “easier” to put in (depends on avail electrical service and distance to it), you can expand when you need. $500?”

Surely you jest? Many apartment complexes have large and scattered parking lots, with rows of parking. They would have to dig up all the concrete to install underground power lines and outlets at parking spaces…and that costs way more than $500.

]]> By: Jen http://gigaom.com/cleantech/mitsubishi-launches-smart-chargers-for-apartments/#comment-28673 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:20:24 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=46458#comment-28673 “Probably best not to assume that what is today is what will be tomorrow. If utility companies have regulations against reselling their electricity I’d look for those regulations to go away.”

This will happen over my dead body. Why should I, as a tenant, pay a surcharge for electricity, that homeowners do not have to pay??

]]> By: Jen http://gigaom.com/cleantech/mitsubishi-launches-smart-chargers-for-apartments/#comment-28672 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:18:15 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=46458#comment-28672 “. How does a plug-in station at a building with solar panels get billed? I can’t bill a user because then I would be in the utility business. . .”

It doesn’t. Why should I, as a tenant, pay you a cent for something you get for free (electrical power)?

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