On several occasions, the National Automotive Association of Chile (ANAC) has highlighted the progress made in electromobility and, at the same time, pointed out the challenges to be overcome, such as charging infrastructure.
In the midst of this crusade, representatives of the guild, together with the Chilean Chamber of Construction (CCHC), the Chilean Corporation for Electrotechnical Standardization (Cornelec), the Chilean Association of Electric Vehicles (AVEC), as well as companies operating charging points, developers of facilities and other actors make up the Technical Advisory Committee for facilities or charging points for electric vehicles.
The instance promoted by the Ministry of Energy and the Superintendence of Electricity and Fuels (SEC) seeks to promote public-private cooperation to implement plans for electromobility installations.
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Regulations
The Pliego 15 on which the organizations are working establishes the requirements that electromobility installations must comply with in the country, in line with the public policy that seeks to promote the development of this type of mobility, in accordance with the carbon neutrality goals set for 2050.
In this sense, the Minister of Energy, Julio Maturana, highlighted the importance of having increasingly modern regulations that meet the challenges that citizens expect, especially as it is a technology that has a high insertion in the country.
He assured that electromobility is fundamental for the sustainable productive development of the coming years and, in addition, it is one of the areas that will contribute to the reduction of emissions in the future.
“The advance of technology in this area is so fast that it is necessary to update our regulations and we are doing this together with the Ministry of Energy, the SEC and the private sector,” he said.
For his part, the Superintendent of Electricity and Fuels, Mariano Corral, explained that this committee is made up of experts from institutions and organizations that participated in the last open consultation on the diagnosis of the technical specifications of the regulations for consumer installations.
According to the progress of electromobility in the country and the SEC’s continuous improvement guidelines, during 2022 the opportunity was available for all citizens to send comments on aspects to be improved or clarified in any of the regulatory technical specifications involved in the RIC.
Regarding Technical Specification 15, 121 indications were received, which are classified into three aspects related to electromobility: incorporation of new standards and norms, electrical design of facilities (including buildings prepared for it) and, finally, the requirements that will be considered for public use facilities.
Thus, based on this open diagnostic consultation, the consultative committee for Folder 15 was created, an instance that expects to raise the largest number of modification proposals to be analyzed internally in the SEC by the different specialists.
