Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 14651

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

Tabled: 30 June 2026

Answered: 6 July 2026

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Question

Perran Moon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Department has made of the level of accuracy of in-service public electric vehicle charge points in billing consumers for the energy delivered; and whether her Department plans to use the po

Answer

Keir Mather

Public electric vehicle charge points are expected to accurately measure and provide the electricity they state they deliver. The majority use AC meters and are covered by the Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016, which require accuracy to within plus o...

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