Montana Code 15-70-803. Installation of electric meters
15-70-803. Installation of electric meters. (1) Effective July 1, 2023, all new public charging stations must have an electric meter installed or approved by the public utility exclusively dedicated to the public charging station that measures all of the electricity delivered to the public charging station. The charging station owner shall pay the cost of meter installation.
Terms Used In Montana Code 15-70-803
- Charging station: means equipment with a rated capacity greater than 25 kilowatts that is not installed at a residence or owned by an association of real property owners including a homeowners' association as defined in 70-17-901 that transfers electric current to the power system of an electric vehicle and the real property in which the equipment is affixed, and includes public charging stations and public legacy charging stations. See Montana Code 15-70-801
- Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
- Public charging station: means a charging station that is a business using a metered system to deliver electric current to an electric vehicle and charges the customer either for the electricity transferred or for the duration of time during which the transfer of electricity takes place. See Montana Code 15-70-801
- Public legacy charging station: means a public charging station operating before July 1, 2023, that has never had a metering system in place capable of measuring electricity transferred from the charging station to the vehicle or is incapable of measuring the time elapsed while actively charging a vehicle and placing a fee on the charging session. See Montana Code 15-70-801
- Public utility: has the meaning as defined in 69-3-101. See Montana Code 15-70-801
(2)Effective July 1, 2025, all public charging stations and public legacy charging stations installed prior to July 1, 2023, must have an electric meter installed or approved by the public utility exclusively dedicated to the public charging station or public legacy charging station that measures all of the electricity delivered to the public charging station or public legacy charging station. The charging station owner shall pay the cost of meter installation.
(3)Effective July 1, 2028, all public legacy charging stations must be equipped with metering devices capable of accurately measuring the amount of electricity being delivered to the motor vehicle.
(4)It is the public charging station owner’s responsibility to comply with the provisions of this section and not the duty of the public utility to enforce compliance.