Robert,
We've worked with the Park for about 2 decades. Looked at and worked on and
installed a number of alt-fuel projects, including the one DCFC and one L2 at
both Cherokee and Sugarlands that (as far as I know right now) are still all
installed (even though the Park has had issues with several of the units).
I would suggest - as we've done for years - finding a lead contact that will
handle organizing the discussion with the right Park staff. Teresa Cantrell is
who I would suggest using (she's our lead) and we could carry a request for a
zoom meeting to talk about a) simply discussing installing a few level 2 at
Elkmont, or b) looking more broadly at L2s at certain locations in more places.
It would seem to help to go ahead and think about this from a multi-site
perspective. Additionally, it would be nice to know if the Tesla Destination
charges program that includes 2 TL2s and one J1772 is still ongoing and free?
And I believe Robert Lipe or Bob Harris could be helpful obtaining this
information.
Peace
Jonathan
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I noticed while I was at Elkmont that they have a stretch of “walk to”
campsites where the power lines for the store/ranger station/etc run along the
road and there’s even two sets of parking with transformers immediately
adjacent. Note that most of the NPS campgrounds in the area do not have any
electric sites. These would be the perfect spots to put some EVSE’s (would
need a meter/breaker panel and a short run of direct bury to each one).
I had a short conversation with a ranger and got a contact number for the park
liaison, and wanted to see if there was any interest in trying to coordinate
installing some EVSE’s. I don’t know if it’d be something a sponsor (TVA,
other organizations) would be interested in or not, but I’d be happy to
coordinate some sort of a fundraiser if there is any interest from the KEVA
side. My thought for keeping it cheap would be, if the NPS would be
interested, there could be an add-on fee to access the charging station (combo
lock) and the sites could be annotated similar to the accessible sites (don’t
book unless you have an EV or it’s the last site available).
Also related: one of the other rangers commented that there were some
commercial chargers at a visitor center that were removed by the vendor due to
lack of use. My immediate thought was - of course, as interesting as the
visitor centers are, a Level 2 EVSE isn’t going to supply a useful charge in
the time you’d (want to) be at one.
Any thoughts? Has anyone tried to work with the NPS before? I’m sure that
there my be other sites in GSMP that would have similar ease of installation,
but this looked too ideal to pass along with out asking the question.
