Are these nimrods paying for the elecricity in those spots? I caught a jackass in a Nissan Leaf stealing electricity in front of the Fry's store in San Diego. He was essentially marooned by his moronic purchase. Not enough charge to make it home. Instead, he plugged into an outside 110 VAC socket on the front of the building, then sent his wife and kids to mill around inside for hours while the POS charged. Eventually, it was sufficiently charged. He pulled the charging cable, put it away in the trunk and tracked down his family inside.
Businesses with exposed electric sockets need to keep the power switched off unless they want these parasites running up their electric bills.
Are these nimrods paying for the elecricity in those spots? After just now reading the article I posted in the post above yours, it appears that, yes, the person parking in a charging space does have to pay for the service --when it actually works. Appears that despite a $115 million contract from the taxpayers, service is very unreliable.