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Billing & Metering Systems For Private Charging

Private Charging Stations

Private charging stations are generally provided for use by office tenants and apartment occupants who are known to the charging station provider. These drivers can be billed in arrears as the charging stations are located in designated private parking bays and there is an existing contract in place between the changing station provider such as the strata management company.

COSMOS – Invoice Generation.

The COSMOS OCPP management system provides a billing solution for private car parks where charging stations are assigned to occupants or tenants of the  building. Access to the charging stations is controlled by RFID cards assigned to the drivers. Invoices are generated and emailed to the occupants on a periodic basis. The invoices can be branded with the livery of the strata manager or body corporate. The strata manager or body corporate can access a portal and download a CSV file which can be uploaded to software packages such as StrataMax, StrataMaster or PropertyIQ for invoice reconciliation.

Embedded Metering Systems.

An existing embedded metering system is used to meter and bill occupants for power used by the apartments or offices. A meter is added to the charging station circuit and assigned to the occupant who owns the electric car. The occupant receives a single bill for the power used by the office or apartment and the charging station.

Other Payment Systems.

EFTPOS/OPTs, Smart phone apps and QR codes may be used if the charging stations are located in the visitor car parking bays which are not assigned to an occupant of the building.

 
 
 
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