Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what oversight it provides of EZO’s performance under its 20-year contract to adopt and manage public electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the north of Scotland, including in relation to service reliability, uptimes and response times for maintenance issues.
The regulation of public EV charging is a matter reserved to the UK Government. The Scottish Government is not responsible for performance or contract management of the contract between charge point operator EZO and Highland, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City and Moray Councils. Questions regarding this contract are for the local authorities responsible for awarding this contract.
The award of this contract was enabled by the Scottish Government’s £30 million EV Infrastructure Fund. Grant conditions for this fund require that local authorities ensure contracts for operation of public EV charging infrastructure include Key Performance Indicators related to service quality, reliability and availability. The grant conditions also require compliance with current and future UK Government regulations related to public EV charging, including the Public Charge Point Regulations 2023.