Local EV Infrastructure (LEVI)

The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and the London Borough of Sutton have been collectively awarded Local EV Infrastructure (LEVI) capital funding of £886,000 to fund on-street charge point delivery across both boroughs. The objectives of LEVI capital funding are to: Deliver a step-change in the deployment of local, primarily low power, on-street charging infrastructure across England Accelerate the commercialisation of, and investment in, the local charging infrastructure sector LEVI capital funding is provided by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) and is administered through a staged approval process managed by the Energy Savings Trust (EST) and further supported through the “LEVI Support Body” - EST, PA Consulting and Cenex. Upon approval of the project, the authorities will be looking to procure charge point operator(s) to install, maintain, operate and supply on-street charge point infrastructure under Concession contract(s) for a period of 15 years in line with the objectives of the LEVI funding. It is expected that charge point operators will be able to provide investment in addition to the LEVI capital funding amount. Lots provided will consist of: Lot 1 - lamp column charging points Lot 2 - fast and rapid charge points (combined) The service will be provided through a concession contract with a term of 15 years.