The National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) has opened a public consultation on Monday to analyze the obstacles that prevent the rapid deployment of a network of charging points for electric vehicles in Spain.
The body chaired by Cani Fernández gives until September 29 for companies, associations, public administrations and vehicle users to send their comments and contributions.
The query asks about private access charging points -located in places with restricted access to a group of people (private homes, workplaces, etc.)- and also about public access charging points, which are all those accessible to the general public and that can be located in public places such as streets or public roads, or also in private spaces such as shopping centers or parking lots.
"The analysis of the responses provided will serve to identify which elements are susceptible to improvement, which will be reflected in a set of proposals to reform the current regulations for the installation and start-up of electric vehicle charging infrastructures," he points out. the organism.
The lack of electric charging points is the second point, after the price of the vehicles, that most retracts the purchase of an electric vehicle, according to studies published by the employers' association of car manufacturers, Anfac. The sector has pointed out bureaucratic problems as one of the main problems they face when expanding this network, to such an extent that currently 25% of the installed points are unused for this reason.
The competition regulator acknowledges that there are obstacles and requests the collaboration of all stakeholders to identify them more precisely.
Sales of 100% electric cars barely reach 4.7%, which places Spain among the bottom positions in the European Union in the development of electric vehicles.
The National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan 2021-2030 (Pniec) plans to reach a 28% contribution of renewable energy in transport in 2030, and aims to reach 540,000 plug-in electric vehicles in 2025 and five million in 2030.
The network of charging points in Spain has some 20,000 public access points, far from those expected to meet the objectives of the Pniec for 2030.
Two weeks ago the Government published a royal aid decree to promote the purchase of electric vehicles that also included a 15% aid item for those who install a specific charger in their homes.
