QUESTION
What is the status of charging infrastructure for electric aircraft at EDC heliports?
0:50:15
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The EDC has made a policy decision to require heliport operators to install charging infrastructure for electric aircraft within 12 months of FAA certification, but no later than 5 years into their contract term.
- Operators must make the necessary upgrades to support electric aircraft charging.
- Even if FAA certification is delayed beyond 5 years, operators will have already invested in the infrastructure.
- The EDC is mandating this infrastructure be in place to support electric aircraft operations at their heliports.
Erik D. Bottcher
0:50:15
And the charging infrastructure, do we have currently in place at the EDC heliports?
0:50:21
Do you have the the charging infrastructure in place that these companies would require.
Anton Fredriksson
0:50:26
Thank you for the question.
0:50:27
We recognize it's a bit of a chicken and egg problem, and that's why we've made a policy decision to put the infrastructure in right away.
0:50:33
So what we've done through our procurement is we've made it not a nice to but a requirement for that operator to make the necessary infrastructure upgrades to support electric aircraft within 12 months of FAA certification and definitely within that 5 year term.
0:50:50
So let's play it out, you know, in the very unfortunate event that the FAA doesn't certify within 5 years, that operator will have already invested that money in that infrastructure that may not even be used.
0:51:03
And that's something that we are requiring of our operator.
