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Industry Finance Intermediate

EV Charging Station Economics: Utilisation, Demand Charges, Pricing & Payback

Measure sessions, kWh and utilisation per charger, estimate charging time by power level, rebuild bills with demand charges, compare per-kWh, per-minute and idle-fee pricing, size a site for its peak hour, budget capex with grants and calculate payback, NPV and break-even utilisation: 8 graded labs for a fictional operator with illustrative tariffs.

8 lessons 8 labs 1.7 h Certificate

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What you will be able to do

Each lab ends with a concrete result that you build yourself and the checker confirms, cell by cell.

  • Turn one month of charger logs from the fictional Larkspur Charge Co. Riverside hub into kWh per session, time-based utilisation and the average power each charger really delivers.
  • Estimate how long six typical vehicles occupy a Larkspur charger: energy needed, the power the car and charger can agree on, a simple DC taper and the plug-in time.
  • Rebuild six monthly electricity bills of the Riverside hub from energy and demand charges, find the true cost per kWh sold and value a site power cap.
  • Price eight fast-charging sessions two ways, per kWh and per minute, add idle fees after a grace period and compare the gross margin of both models.
  • Size the planned Eastgate hub from an hourly arrival forecast: charger-hours per hour, chargers needed with ROUNDUP, the peak-hour requirement and a chart of the demand profile.
  • Build the Eastgate hub budget from line items, add up the grant-eligible part with SUMIFS, apply a capped grant with MIN and get the net capex with a contingency.
  • Build the 10-year cash flow of the Eastgate hub from energy sold and opex, calculate the NPV at 8 %, find the payback year and chart the cumulative cash flow.
  • Calculate the yearly profit of one Larkspur DC charger at 5–30 % utilisation, highlight the loss-making scenarios and solve for the break-even utilisation and hours per day.

About this course

Charging stations live or die by utilisation, and this course shows exactly how. You turn session logs into kWh and hours occupied per charger, estimate charging times by power level with a simplified taper, and cost the electricity including demand charges on the monthly peak. Pricing per kWh, per minute and with idle fees is compared on gross margin. A demand profile tells you how many chargers a site needs at its busiest hour, capital costs are combined with grants that apply only to eligible items and are capped, and a ten-year cash flow gives payback and NPV per site. The last lab finds the break-even utilisation across scenarios. For charge point operators, property owners, fleet managers and energy students.

Curriculum

Course content

8 lessons · 8 labs · 1.7 h · final exam

  1. Sessions, kWh & Utilisation per Charger (Hours Occupied)Lab12 min4 checked tasks
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  2. Charging Time by Power Level & Vehicle (Simplified Taper)Lab13 min4 checked tasks
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  3. Electricity Cost: Energy Charges + Demand Charges on the Peak kWLab13 min4 checked tasks
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  4. Pricing Models: per kWh, per Minute & Idle Fees, and the Gross MarginLab13 min5 checked tasks
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  5. Site Sizing: Chargers Needed for a Demand Profile (Peak Hour, with Chart)Lab13 min4 checked tasks
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  6. Capex, Installation Costs & Grants (Capped, Eligible Items Only)Lab12 min4 checked tasks
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  7. Payback & NPV per Site: 10-Year Cash Flow (with Chart)Lab15 min5 checked tasks
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  8. Utilisation Scenarios & Break-even UtilisationLab13 min5 checked tasks
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  9. Final exam12 questions, 75% to pass, unlimited retries.

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Complete every lesson and pass the final exam to receive a certificate of completion for this course, with a unique credential ID and a public verification page.

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