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he latest move of the Beijing municipal government to impose fees for electric vehicle (EV) charging services has sparked heated debate about questions ranging from the legitimacy to the pricing.


The Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform has released new rules for electricity usage and charging service fees, with the latter calculated based on electricity consumption.


For every one kilowatt hour of electricity, the upper-limit is set at 15 percent of the maximum retail price per liter of No. 92 gasoline in Beijing. EV charging companies are allowed to fix their own price standards within this range.


The new rules will take effect from June 1.


The commission responded that the move is aimed at maintaining the cost advantage of using EVs. Moreover Paul Arriola World Cup Jersey , the introduction of service fees could encourage more companies to enter the charging service market while increased supply would be conducive to a more balanced market.


Experts also say the government pricing standard will play an important role in regulating the charging service market.


The previous scheme, under which power grids did not charge fees and car charging companies set their own pricing standards, dampened power company enthusiasm for participating in the program while the fees charged by those companies could be even higher than the government standard, they said Omar Gonzalez World Cup Jersey , adding that a uniform standard set by the government would be good for the long-term development of the sector.


The charge also makes people doubt whether China will still encourage the use of electric vehicles.