California's charger reliability rules are now in force: 97% uptime and a common protocol
California's Energy Commission now requires publicly funded fast chargers installed since 2024 to report reliability and meet a 97 percent uptime standard, and networked fast chargers installed from 28 September 2026 to use the OCPP 2.0.1 protocol. Canary Media reports that some in the industry call it a data-reporting burden, while others say it protects drivers when a network shuts down.