The network of PPC blue electric car charging points has exceeded 600 points in Romania. Bureaucracy slows down the expansion

PPC’s electric car charging network, developed under the PPC blue brand, has surpassed 600 points in Romania, but growth is being held back by bureaucracy.

“Romania already has 54,000 electric cars, 28% more than last year. And our charging network exceeds 600 active points, in all counties. We are constantly investing to make charging as easy and natural as classic charging,” said Alexandra Bogdan, Business Intelligence Manager at PPC blue, at the Congress of Mayors and Local Administration, according to a post on PPC’s LinkedIn page.

“We have over 22,000 active users on the PPC blue app, and each new station becomes a connecting point between communities, people and good ideas,” she added.

However, expanding the network is not an easy process.

“The reality on the ground shows us, however, that we often get stuck in bureaucracy. Sometimes it takes over a year to obtain all the approvals for a station that only occupies one square meter. That is precisely why it is clear that we need more openness, simpler rules and real collaboration between administrations and the private sector,” the post also states.

“Installing the stations is not the end. This is where the work begins: maintenance, the relationship with users, everything related to operation – and this is where we intervene,” Alexandra Bogdan added.

The electric mobility company within the PPC group of companies in Romania (formerly Enel) adopted a new brand identity a year ago – PPC blue, which replaced EnelX, after PPC’s acquisition of Enel’s businesses in Romania.

PPC Blue’s objective is to become the most important player in the new electric mobility market in the region, by making significant investments in the development, management and operation of the most extensive electric car charging network and by providing innovative services, PPC said a year ago. At that time, the network had 500 charging points, with a total installed power of over 10,000 kW, in 63 localities.