San Marcos Civic Center

Of its 20 ports, 12 are DC fast and 8 are Level 2. DC fast ports deliver direct current straight to the battery and are the ones used for quick stops on longer trips. Level 2 ports are 240-volt AC chargers, typically used where a car is parked for an hour or more. That is about 5.3 times the California average of 3.7 ports per station. The registry lists 2 connector types: J1772, the standard Level 1/2 AC connector; CCS, Combined Charging System — the J1772-based DC fast connector. Pricing as reported to the registry: “$0.65 per kWh for DC charging, $0.45 per kWh for L2 charging”. The site is listed as a municipal government location.

San Marcos has 38 charging stations in the DOE registry with 196 ports. San Marcos Civic Center accounts for 10% of the charging ports in San Marcos. Evolv Charging runs 2 stations in San Marcos. 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.

Evolv Charging operates 95 stations in the registry across 1 states, with 746 DC fast and 632 Level 2 ports in total. 95 of those stations are in California, under 1% of the state's 21,814.

“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 Oct 14, 2024, one of 2,233 stations in California with a 2024 open date. The station's record was last updated at the source on Sep 23, 2026.