Drafter
Clerk 09/28/2026
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to electric vehicle recharging station fees, amending Ordinance 17096, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.700.700 and establishing an effective date.
Body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. K.C.C. 2.99.030 specifies that the executive may establish changes in the existing amounts or rates of fees for service and may establish new fees for service by submitting the proposed schedule of changes to the county council at the time the executive proposed budget is submitted.
2. K.C.C. 4A.700.700 currently specifies that user fees are established for public use of electric vehicle charging stations located on property owned or leased by King County. Each custodial agency shall recommend the user fees for electric vehicle charging stations under their control and authority.
3. Ordinance 19986, related to implementation of the 2025 Strategic Climate Action Plan, modified county code to allow the county to choose, under written agreement, to allow third parties to operate and maintain electric vehicle chargers at county properties.
4. K.C.C. 2.99.030 exempts fees for use of electric vehicle charging stations from the requirement that fee for service amounts shall reflect all reasonable costs of providing the service. As such, it is appropriate that codified fees reflect the cost paid to electric utilities.
5. Third parties operating electric vehicle chargers at county properties are expected to pay the utility cost to custodial agencies, and any other costs established per written agreement, while establishing commercially reasonable public rates.
6. Washington Administrative Code 16-662-210 establishes rules for publicly available electric vehicle supply equipment, including that refueling prices are expressed per kilowatt-hour (kWh) or mega-joule.
7. Electric vehicle charger fees are hereby established to reimburse the county for per kWh rates charged by electric utilities, acknowledging that public rates may be esta...
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