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2.4 Pricing models

Tasmin Rüffert
Updated

CPOs can offer four different pricing models to EMPs on the HBS. Please think about which pricing model you would like to offer and familiarize yourself with the documentation on Github for Flexible/Dynamic pricing.

 

Standard pricing

Standard pricing is the simplest pricing model. It includes one price for all stations per hour, per minute or per kWh.

 

Product pricing

Product pricing is a pricing model that gives CPOs the option to create multiple different pricing products for their stations, e.g. different prices per sub-CPO or different prices per charging speed. See more use cases here.

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  • Use the field PartnerProductID in the eRoamingAuthorize messages so EMPs can uniquey attribute EVSE data with this pricing model with the correct product
    • ! The same ProductID can only be used once across all offers
    • Mandatory in Product Pricing
  • Use the Comment to give more information on your Product, e.g. "price for all DC chargers"
  • Compatible with intercharge SETTLEMENT
  • User-interface (UI) based price model
  • Charging session validity: minimum viable time or kWh from which on a CPO will invoice a charging session

 

Flexible pricing

Flexible pricing gives CPOs the possibility to set up different price models via API or UI, e.g.:

  • Time-based pricing, e.g. day prices, night prices
  • Charging facility-based pricing, e.g. AC or DC prices
  • EVSE-based pricing - different prices per EVSE ID, e.g. for different locations at a supermarket, at a busy street, in different countries
  • or a combination of the above
  • The same price is valid for the entire duration of the offer
  • Pricing can be pulled via the PullPricingProductData and PullEVSEPricing operations from the Webservice or downloaded from the Portal

 

Dynamic pricing

Dynamic pricing has all the features of flexible pricing with the change that daily price changes via API are possible.

  • Only allowed for bilateral offers as the price change feature has to be agreed bilaterally between you and the EMP

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