The fees for charging e-cars in public carparks or at street parking spaces equipped with charging piles will be reduced by 10 percent from next month, the government has announced.
The reduced fees for charging e-cars, which will take effect on February 1, were announced by a chief executive order published in the Official Gazette (BO) on Monday, when the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) also issued a statement on the matter.
E-car charging piles in public carparks and street parking spaces are run by the city’s power utility CEM. Three types of charging are provided, namely slow, medium, and quick.
Effective from February 1, according to Monday’s announcements, drivers choosing slow charging will only have to pay 1.28 patacas per kilowatt-hour (kWh) during non-peak hours, a 9.9 percent decrease from the current 1.42 patacas, while they will have to pay 1.94 patacas per kWh during peak hours, a 9.8 percent decrease from the current 2.15 patacas.
Peak hours for slow charging run between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m., while its non-peak hours run between 8 p.m. and 9 a.m. the next day.
Unlike slow charging with different fees between peak and non-peak hours, drivers choosing medium charging pay the same fees per kWh throughout the day, while drivers choosing quick charging also pay the same fees throughout the day as well.
Effective from February 1, according to the announcements, drivers choosing medium charging will only have to pay 2.68 patacas per kWh, a 10.1 percent decrease from the current 2.98 patacas, while drivers choosing quick charging will only have to pay 3.10 patacas per kWh, a 9.9 percent decrease from the current 3.44 patacas.
The current charging fees have been in force since May 2024, after the fees were then reduced by different rates ranging between 10.2 percent and 24.4 percent depending upon which types of charging drivers choose.
Currently, in Macau, e-car slow charging refers to a rated output power of up to 7.4 kilowatt (kW), while medium charging refers to a rated output power of over 7.4 kW and up to 25 kW. Quick charging refers to a rated output power of over 25 kW.
According to Monday’s announcements, the e-car charging piles in public carparks and street parking spaces for slow charging and quick charging will be adjusted from next month. Medium charging’s rated output will remain unchanged.
Effective from February 1, slow charging will have a rated output power of over 3.4 kW and up to 7.4 kilowatt, while medium charging will, as currently, have a rated output power of over 7.4 kW and up to 25 kW. Quick charging will have a rated output power of over 25 kW and up to 120 kW from February 1.
This photo taken yesterday shows street parking spaces equipped with e-car charging piles near the waterfront outside the Ocean Gardens residential neighbourhood in Taipa. – Photo: Tony Wong
