EV Charging Terminology

A CE Declaration is a declaration that a product meets the applicable EU requirements for placing that product on the EU market. In many cases, this declaration can be issued by the manufacturer themselves, depending on the applicable legislation and conformity assessment route.

A Charge Point Operator (CPO) is the organisation responsible for operating one or more EV charge points. Under UK public charging regulation, the CPO is the charge point owner or the person operating it on the owner's behalf. Depending on the commercial arrangement, the CPO may manage availability, maintenance, pricing, payments, roaming, data, customer support and backend operation directly or through contracted service providers.

A Co-Funded Model is a CPO commercial arrangement in which the capital cost of EV charging infrastructure is shared between the Charge Point Operator and another party, such as a site host, local authority, grant scheme or other funding body. A prominent UK example is LEVI, where public LEVI capital is typically combined with private CPO investment and delivered through a concession contract.