Portugal

Electric Mobility on the Rise

Sustainability is changing the way we live

 

The bet on electric vehicles is already a reality in our day-to-day life and happens all over the world, and Portugal is part of this path. 

Electric mobility in Portugal is growing strongly and is expected to increase even more significantly in the next five to 10 years. There are many advantages in the growth of electric mobility, including the decarbonization of the economy, the reduction of energy dependence, the reduction of environmental footprint and noise, and the increase of energy efficiency of transport. 

The regime and powers assigned to each of the electric mobility network agents were established by Decree-Law no. 90/2014, of June 11, whose purpose is to promote competition in the activities of marketing electricity for electric mobility and operating charging stations. 

This regulation also organizes the activities related to the provision, operation and use of public charging stations for electric vehicles and stimulates their integration in private spaces with the electric mobility network. 

Electrical Mobility Ecosystem
  1. Competencies 

    ● Buys wholesale energy from the electric sector supplier (CSE) and sells it at retail to electric vehicle users (UVE) who want to charge their batteries at one of the stations integrated in the electric mobility network. 

    Activities 

    ● They contract with the electric vehicle user the tariff by which the electric energy will be supplied, receiving the amount corresponding to the electricity used in charging and the tariff due to the charging station operator; 

    ● Establishes with charging station operators the relationships necessary to ensure access to charging stations for drivers of these types of vehicles; 

    ● Receives information from the Electric Mobility Network Management Company (Mobi.E) on the volume of energy used in each charge; 

    ● It transfers to the charging station operator the tariff of its competence; 

    ● Transfers to the Electric Mobility Network Management Company (Mobi.E) the tariff of its competence; 

    ● It pays the value corresponding to the energy used in the chargings made by electric vehicle users and the tariffs for access to the distribution and transmission networks to the electric sector supplier. 

  2. Competences

    ● Buys wholesale energy from the electricity sector supplier and selling retail to users of electric vehicles who wish to charge their batteries at one of the points forming part of the electric mobility network.

    Activities

    ● Handles along with the electric vehicle user the rate at which electrical energy will be supplied for, receiving the amount corresponding to the electricity used in the charging and the tariff due to the recharging point operator; 

    ● Establishes the relations necessary with the charging point operators to ensure that drivers of these types of vehicle are able to access the charges;

    ● Receives information on the volume of energy used in a given charging from the Managing Company of the Electric Mobility Network (Mobi.E). 
    ● Transfers the relevant rate to the charging point operator;
    ● Transfers the relevant rate to Mobi.E;
    ● Pays the amount corresponding to the energy used in the charges made by the electric vehicle along with the distribution and transmission network access rates to the electricity sector supplier.

  3. Competences

    ● Manages the operations of the electric mobility network, including both the energy and financial flows associated with the operations of the electric mobility network, and of the respective platform.

    Activities

    ● Informs the supplier of the energy volume made available by an operator in a given charging;

    ● Receives information about the charges made at each of the charging points for electronic vehicles from the charging point operator;

    ● Evaluates network operations and decides on the possible relocation of electric vehicle charging points within the pilot network;

    Please visit the Mobi.E. website for more information