Lake Merritt Tower

Of its 6 ports, 2 are Level 2 and 4 are Level 1. Level 2 ports are 240-volt AC chargers, typically used where a car is parked for an hour or more. Level 1 ports are standard 120-volt outlets, the slowest way to charge. That is about 60% above the California average of 3.7 ports per station. The registry lists 2 connector types: J1772, the standard Level 1/2 AC connector; NEMA 5-15, Standard 120V wall outlet. Pricing as reported to the registry: “Free”. The site is listed as a pay parking garage location.

Oakland has 276 charging stations in the DOE registry with 933 ports, the 10th-most of 812 cities and towns in California. Lake Merritt Tower accounts for under 1% of the charging ports in Oakland. Statewide, California has 21,814 stations and 81,788 ports, the largest station count of the 51 states and DC. The biggest station in California, Viejas Casino and Resort in Alpine, has 432 ports.

Lake Merritt Tower is listed as non-networked: its chargers are not run through a charging-network account. California has 1,389 non-networked stations, 6% of its total.

“Available” means the station is open and in service according to the DOE registry. Its access code is public, meaning it is listed as open to any driver. It opened on Feb 1, 2011, one of 84 stations in California with a 2011 open date. The station's record was last updated at the source on Feb 2, 2026.