Optimal Charging: Public Charging

A closed-door delivery forum and procurement framework briefing for senior public charging leaders driving infrastructure at scale. Benchmarking deployment models with the public sector teams commanding over £100mn of the UK’s active LEVI and regional capital infrastructure pipelines.

Last year, over 160 senior decision-makers—from local authorities, energy majors, investors and charge point operators—convened in partnership with Islington Council.

In October 2026, we reconvene at a more critical moment.

Authorities already confirmed their participation in the forum currently account for over £100 million of Local EV Infrastructure (LEVI) funding, representing approximately one-third of England’s LEVI programme. Organisations include county councils, London boroughs, combined authorities and national delivery bodies now moving from procurement into deployment.

This is where public charging delivery teams benchmark, compare and share lessons learned.

Commercial attendance is by invitation or partnership only.

The forum is built around local authority peer exchange and structured public-private problem solving. If you supply technology, infrastructure, consultancy or services into the EV charging market and would like to explore participation, contact us directly: [email protected]

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The UK’s EV transition is accelerating but infrastructure delivery remains uneven and insufficient.

• In June 2026, there were 121,262 electric vehicle public charging points across the UK, across 46,600 charging locations, with growth exceeding 25% year-on-year
• Yet the system remains materially off-track against the 300,000 by 2030 requirement
• Rural and county networks are structurally underbuilt, creating both political and economic risk
• Recent policy shifts are removing planning friction and redirecting capital toward on-street and underserved deployment
• Meanwhile, local authority fleet and capital cycles are misaligned with decarbonisation timelines, putting stated targets at risk

The constraint is no longer policy ambition. It is execution capacity. For operators and investors, the risk has shifted to structural contract viability, grid deadlocks, and procurement delays. October 2026 is the working forum where these bottlenecks are actively resolved.

Optimal Charging: Public Charging 2026 brings together those responsible for delivery—local government leaders, central policymakers, infrastructure investors, and private sector operators.

A working forum for those accountable for outcomes.

• Closed-door strategic sessions on funding, grid access, procurement and delivery models
• Case-led discussion from authorities and operators already deploying at scale
• Direct engagement between public sector decision-makers and capital providers
• High-value, time-efficient networking with peers facing identical delivery constraints

• Four years to 2030: the window for corrective action is narrowing
• Policy tailwinds are in place: execution risk now sits with delivery bodies
• Infrastructure gaps are investable opportunities—particularly beyond major urban centres
• Practical intelligence: leave with deployable strategies, not theoretical frameworks