2025 Delaware Code
Title 29 - State Government
Chapter 80. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter II. The Delaware Energy Act
§ 8062. State electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Agency” means as defined in § 6301 of Title 29.
(2) “All-electric vehicle” means an electric vehicle that operates solely from an internal electric battery.
(3) “Costs” means the costs associated with electricity used by the agency's EVSEs, installation of the agency's EVSEs, and maintenance of the infrastructure and equipment of the agency's EVSEs.
(4) “Electric vehicle supply equipment” or “EVSE” means equipment that connects an electric vehicle to an external source of electricity to recharge the electric vehicle's internal battery.
(5) “Electric Vehicle” or “EV” includes plug-in hybrid vehicles and all-electric vehicles, and means a motor vehicle, as defined in § 101 of Title 21, that satisfies both of the following:
a. Uses 1 or more electric motors for propulsion.
b. Is powered through an internal battery that is charged using an external electricity source.
(6) “Plug-in hybrid vehicle” means an electric vehicle that operates with an internal combustion engine and an electric motor that can be plugged into an external electric power source to charge the internal battery.
(b) An agency that has installed EVSE may make the EVSE available for use, at the agency's discretion, by the public or employees, or both.
(c) If an agency provides access to its EVSE for charging to an electric vehicle not owned by the State, it may charge a fee for the use of its EVSE that does not exceed the agency's costs. The agency shall use the fees collected for the payment of the electricity used by the EVSE and for the maintenance of the EVSE infrastructure and equipment.
(d) Agency EVSE must be located on state-owned or state-leased real property used for state offices, service centers, maintenance facilities, correctional facilities, visitor centers, research centers, health-care facilities, recreational facilities, or other state-owned or state-leased real property where state employees work or receive visitors conducting business with state agencies.
83 Del. Laws, c. 179, § 1;
