Colorado’s Department of Labor and Employment has announced new Retail Electric Vehicle Charging regulations that will require major retailers including Costco and Walmart to register their public EV charging stations with the state and have them tested by a certified third party.
According to The U.S. Sun, the regulations went into effect on July 2. They require any public EV charging station that charges a fee to be registered with Colorado’s Division of Oil and Public Safety (OPS) and installed, tested, and placed in service by a Registered Service Agent.
Enforcement will not begin until July 1, 2027, giving retailers time to come into compliance.
Costco, which operates public fee-based EV charging at its Colorado locations, must register any stations installed before the effective date with OPS by January 1, 2027. Walmart faces similar requirements, having announced plans to install EV fast chargers at thousands of its locations nationwide by 2030, including existing and future Colorado sites.
Stations installed after the effective date must be registered within 30 days and submit a Placed in Service Form within 90 days. Free public stations and those in private residences are exempt from the new rules.
“As electric vehicle adoption continues to grow across our state, it is vital that drivers have confidence in the accuracy of the charging infrastructure, and that business owners have clear, fair standards to operate by,” OPS director Mahesh Albuquerque said in a statement.
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