Bill Text: CA SB1000 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended

California Senate Bill 1000 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Transportation electrification: electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-09-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 368, Statutes of 2018. [SB1000 Detail]

Download: California-2017-SB1000-Amended.html

Amended IN Senate April 05, 2018

Amended IN Senate March 12, 2018

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1000

Introduced by Senator Lara

February 05, 2018

An act to add Section 25231 to the Public Resources Code, and to add Section 740.15 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation electrification.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1000, as amended, Lara. Transportation electrification: electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

(1) Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission), on a biennial basis, to adopt an integrated energy policy report containing an overview of major energy trends and issues facing the state. Existing law requires the Energy Commission, as a part of the report, to conduct transportation forecasting and assessment activities that include, among other things, an assessment of trends in transportation fuels, technologies, and infrastructure supply and demand.

This bill would require the Energy Commission, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board (state board), to develop minimum labeling standards for publicly accessible electric vehicle charging stations, to develop a cost-per-vehicle-mile-driven price metric for charging stations, to be known as the e-gallon rating, to develop, and biennially reassess, minimum charging speed standards for direct current fast charging stations and for electric vehicle batteries, and to assess whether charging station infrastructure is disproportionately deployed, as specified, and, upon finding disproportionate deployment, to use state ~~moneys~~ moneys, as well as other mechanisms, including incentives, to more proportionately deploy new charging station infrastructure.

(2) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations and gas corporations. Existing law requires the PUC, in consultation with the Energy Commission, the state board, electrical corporations, and the motor vehicle industry, to evaluate policies to develop infrastructure sufficient to overcome any barriers to the widespread deployment and use of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles and, by July 1, 2011, to adopt rules that address specified related issues. Existing law requires the PUC, in consultation with the Energy Commission and state board, to direct electrical corporations to file applications for programs and investments to accelerate widespread transportation electrification to reduce dependence on petroleum, meet air quality standards, achieve the goals set forth in the Charge Ahead California Initiative, and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050.

This bill would require the PUC, in consultation with the Energy Commission, to facilitate the development and deployment of certain technologies relating to charging stations, and to develop a timeline to require certain charging stations to include submetering capabilities. The bill would require the PUC to develop strategies to integrate dynamic pricing models into demand charges for publicly accessible charging stations, and to consider adopting a tariff specific to heavy duty electric vehicle fleets or electric trucks and buses that encourages the use of charging stations when there is excess grid capacity.

Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the PUC is a crime.

Because some of the provisions of this bill are within the act and may require action by the PUC to implement their requirements, a violation of which would be a crime, these provisions would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 25231 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:

25231.

The commission, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, shall do all of the following:

(a)Develop minimum labeling standards for publicly accessible charging stations, which may include requiring disclosure of cost per kilowatthour, connection fees, maximum output, e-gallon rating as developed pursuant to subdivision (b), and cost per hour to use the charging station, to provide a potential charging station user with any relevant information before paying for, and using, the charging station.
(b)Develop a cost-per-vehicle-mile-driven price metric for charging stations, which shall be known as the e-gallon rating, to describe how the cost per vehicle mile driven of an electric vehicle compares to that of a similar gasoline vehicle. In developing the e-gallon rating, the commission may use a fleet-weighted average for gasoline vehicle fuel efficiency for comparison to similar types or classes of electric vehicles.
~~(c)~~

(a) Develop minimum charging speed standards for direct current fast charging stations and for electric vehicle batteries, and biennially reassess these standards as part of the integrated energy policy report prepared pursuant to Section 25302.

~~(d)~~

(b) As part of the integrated energy policy report prepared pursuant to Section 25302, assess whether charging station infrastructure is disproportionately deployed by population density, geographical area, affluence, or identifiable subgroups served, including whether higher quality charging stations are disproportionately distributed and whether access to charging stations is disproportionately available. Upon making a finding that charging station infrastructure has been disproportionately deployed, the commission shall use state moneys, to the extent authorized by law, as well as other mechanisms, including incentives, to more proportionately deploy new charging station infrastructure.

~~(e)~~

(c) For purposes of this section, “charging station” means the removable equipment that provides alternating or direct current to the battery electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, but does not include the supporting charging infrastructure, such as wiring, conduit, and electric panels.

SEC. 2.

Section 740.15 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:

740.15.

The commission shall do all of the following:

(a) In consultation with the Energy Commission, facilitate the development of technologies that enable the Independent System Operator, and the electrical corporation or local publicly owned electric utility that serves a charging station, to identify when the charging station is in use, facilitate the deployment of those technologies and other technologies that provide submetering capabilities to residential charging stations, and develop a timeline for requiring all public and ratepayer-funded residential charging stations to include submetering capabilities.

(b) Develop strategies to integrate dynamic pricing models into demand charges, and, to encourage the use of charging stations when and where there is excess grid ~~capacity and to increase demand for fast charging stations,~~ capacity, identify where there is excess grid capacity where demand charges should be waived for the use of publicly accessible charging stations.

(c) Consider adopting a tariff specific to heavy duty electric vehicle fleets or electric trucks and buses that encourages the use of charging stations when there is excess grid capacity.

(d) For purposes of this section, “charging station” means the removable equipment that provides alternating or direct current to the battery electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, but does not include the supporting charging infrastructure, such as wiring, conduit, and electric panels.

SEC. 3.

No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.