"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Theo wrote:
At one time, there were parking meters at every bay where anyone could
park. Not going to cost that much more to do the same with charging
points?

The issue is there isn't sufficient wiring in the street (lampposts etc)
to power many charging points. My suggestion is to use the nice 100A
feed that's only a few metres away in the house.

Does the housing feed not also come down the street? And go under the
pavement into each house? So just as accessible as a street light one?

Yes but if you tap into the feed upstream of the house and meter, there is
no way to include the electricity usage in the house electricity bill. You'd
need to run a third wire from the downstream side of the meter to the
roadside charging point.

I presume street lights are billed to the local council according to number
of hours that the timer turns them on and the rated power of each light
(which varies with technology eg sodium versus LED) - unless each lamp-post
has its own meter.