Power utilities play a key role in electric vehicle (EV) market development, since access to charging is a necessity for EV adoption and utilities supply power to most EV chargers. Globally, utilities have had different levels of involvement in EV charging infrastructure expansion as illustrated in the figure below, which shows common utility EV charging business models.

Both state-owned and private utilities face challenges with EV charging expansion based upon the business model (or lack thereof) any given utility is pursuing. This Issue Brief provides a brief description of these challenges, as well as leading practice solutions that the USAID Strengthening Utilities and Promoting Energy Reform (SUPER) Task Order can provide to support EV expansion.