Site ID:  95817_5         Thomas Bros. Maps Page and Grid™:   298-A7

Charging facilities at this site:
Inductive:
  5 - Small paddle
Conductive:
  12 - Other
     Other types:  14-50 (4); TT-30 (120V) (4); 5-20 (120V) 4
Nominal supply voltage:  208V

Restricted parking details: Lot is now signed for employee parking only. Use Customer Parking lot across the street if possible.
Gate may be locked 1030pm to 430AM M-F, and all day Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays. Call SMUD security 916-732-5900 to gain access when the gate is locked.
Restricted parking, for SMUD vehicles only, except by prior arrangement or outside normal business hours. To park and charge here during business hours, call Dwight MacCurdy 916-732-5471 by 2 pm on the previous business day, and he will have a spot coned off for you.

Status:
2/6/05: OC units added. These are intended for SMUD plug-in hybrids and NEVs.
1/17/05: Avcon and two SPIs removed. No longer any Avcon here. Lot is now Employee Parking only.
8/20/04: No plans to restore charging stations near the front entrance.
1/7/03: A large truck ran into the stand with two conductive charging stations near the front entrance, shearing off the bolts. Those two charging stations have been removed, but there are three AVC in the rear circle area. SMUD is evaluating whether to repair and reinstall or not.
12/17/03: Problem resolved.
11/15/03: SPI in the front area, visitor spot, will not charge RAV4 EV. Goes to 0.0 then delay, and will not reset.

Driving directions:
Take the 65th St. exit (Exit 8) from US-50.
If you were on 50 West, go straight at the end of the exit to S St.
if you were on 50 East, turn left at the end of the exit and left again on S St.
SMUD Customer service center is on your right. Enter the driveway PAST the main entrance to gain access to the chargers.
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How to find the charging station location once you have found the site:
All of the chargers are around the left end of the building, in the employee/visitor parking area, to your left as you proceed toward the rear of the building.

Nearby charging locations:
SMUD Customer Service Center, Customer Parking

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Things to do:
Not much, except to admire the lobby and grounds of this fairly new SMUD building. There are eateries about two blocks away,, though, near 65th St. & Folsom Blvd. Chevron mini-mart and restrooms 1/2 block away, on the other side of the street.

Rating:
3  Raters:
Makuto Tsuda 12/02

by Bill Korthof, 6/98 Visitor parking area.
As of 1/16/04, there are no chargers in this area. All the chargers are in the rear area now.

by Tom Dowling, 10/03 employee/visitor parking area

by Tom Dowling, 10/03, employee/visitor parking area