Decision details

On 25 March 2022 a report to the GMCA Greater Manchester Electric Vehicle Charging Tariff (greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk) set out the impact of electricity costs on the EV tariff in GM.

The Combined Authority agreed to delegate authority to the Chief Executive Officer, GMCA & TfGM, in consultation with the GM Deputy Mayor to determine an appropriate electric vehicle charging tariff and publish a decision notice, to will allow TfGM to be able to quickly respond to wholesale energy prices.

The EVCI tariffs introduced on 20th May 2022 (noted in table below) were set on the basis of electricity costs of 34 p/kWh.

Tariff from 20th May 2022

Pay-as-you-charge tariff
Fast Charger £0.49 per kWh
Rapid Charger £0.59 per kWh

Be.EV membership tariff
Fast Charger £0.46 per kWh
Rapid Charger £0.56 per kWh

Be.EV GM taxi membership tariff
Fast Charger n/a
Rapid Charger £0.49 per kWh

The electricity costs for Be.EV have now been fixed for 12 months at 54pkWh, and there is a need to review and revise the EV tariff to reflect the current energy costs. This will bring TfGM’s financial position on the operation of publicly owned EV chargers to a place where the revenue is meeting the operating costs.

The tariff is changing in response to the energy price rise, a passthrough of 25p/kWh (21p/kWh plus 20% VAT). Public charging attracts a 20% rate of VAT.

The Chief Executive Officer, GMCA & TfGM, in consultation with the Deputy Mayor has agreed to revise the electric vehicle charging tariffs, as set out below, from Tuesday 4th October 2022.

Pay-as-you-charge tariff
Fast Charger - £0.74 per kWh
Rapid Charger - £0.84 per kWh

Be.EV membership tariff
Fast Charger - £0.71 per kWh
Rapid Charger - £0.81 per kWh

Be.EV GM taxi membership tariff
Fast Charger - n/a
Rapid Charger - £0.74 per kWh

Tariffs are pence per kilowatt hour (kWh), inclusive of VAT and taxi membership tariff only applies to taxi dedicated charging points.