Bill Text: CA SB454 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: Public resources: electric vehicle charging stations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-09-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 418, Statutes of 2013. [SB454 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB454-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 454	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  418
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 28, 2013
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 28, 2013
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 24, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 7, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 16, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 2, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Corbett

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to add Chapter 8.7 (commencing with Section 44268) to Part
5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to air
resources.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 454, Corbett. Public resources: electric vehicle charging
stations.
   Existing law establishes the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and
Vehicle Technology Program, administered by the State Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission, which authorizes,
among other things, upon appropriation by the Legislature, a grant
program to provide funding for homeowners who purchase a plug-in
electric vehicle to offset costs associated with modifying electrical
sources that include a residential plug-in electric vehicle charging
station.
   Existing law also creates a grant program for the purchase and
lease of zero-emission vehicles, as defined, in the state to be
developed and administered by the State Air Resources Board in
conjunction with the commission. The program provides grants to
specified recipients in an amount equal to 90% of the incremental
cost above $1,000 of an eligible new zero-emission light-duty car or
truck, as defined.
   This bill would create the Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Open
Access Act, which would prohibit the charging of a subscription fee
on persons desiring to use an electric vehicle charging station, as
defined, and would prohibit a requirement for persons to obtain
membership in any club, association, or organization as a condition
of using the station, except as specified. The bill would require the
total actual charges for the use of an electric vehicle charging
station to be disclosed to the public at the point of sale. The bill
would require an electric vehicle charging station to provide to the
general public 2 specified options of payment.
    This bill would require the service provider of electric vehicle
service equipment, as defined, at an electric vehicle charging
station, as defined, to disclose to the National Renewable Energy
Laboratory the charging station's geographic location, a schedule of
fees, accepted methods of payment, and the amount of network roaming
charges for nonmembers, if any.
   This bill, if no interoperability billing standards have been
adopted by a national standards organization by January 1, 2015,
would authorize the state board to adopt interoperability billing
standards, as defined, for network roaming payment methods for
electric vehicle charging stations, and would require, if the state
board adopts standards, all electric vehicle charging stations that
require payment to meet those standards within one year.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) California is the nation's largest market for cars and
light-duty trucks.
   (b) The transportation sector is the biggest contributor to
California's greenhouse gas emissions and accounts for approximately
40 percent of these emissions.
   (c) California should encourage the development and success of
zero-emission vehicles to protect the environment, stimulate economic
growth, and improve the quality of life in the state.
   (d) California should encourage and support the development of
infrastructure for open and accessible public charging stations.
   (e) In order to reach the goal of 1.5 million electric drive
vehicles in California by 2025, electric vehicle (EV) consumers need
confidence that they can access a robust network of publicly
available EV charging stations. Any EV driver should be able to
access any publicly available EV charging station, regardless of the
system provider.
   (f) EV consumers and drivers need to be able to find the stations
and know how much they cost.
   (g) It is the intent of the Legislature to (1) promote a positive
driving experience by assisting in the widespread deployment of
electric vehicles, (2) not limit the ability of a property owner or
lessee of publicly available parking spaces, as defined in Section
44268, to restrict use of or access to those parking spaces to its
customers, and (3) facilitate expanded EV driver access to electric
vehicle charging stations in public places.
  SEC. 2.  Chapter 8.7 (commencing with Section 44268) is added to
Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 8.7.  ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS OPEN ACCESS
ACT


   44268.  As used in this chapter, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (a) "Battery" means an electrochemical energy storage system
powered directly by electrical current.
   (b) "Electric vehicle" means a vehicle that uses a plug-in battery
to provide all or part of the motive power of the vehicle, including
battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, or plug-in fuel cell
vehicle.
   (c) "Electric vehicle charging station" means one or more publicly
available parking spaces served by electric vehicle service
equipment.
   (d) "Electric vehicle service equipment" means an electric
component assembly or cluster of component assemblies designed
specifically to charge batteries within electric vehicles by
permitting the transfer of electric energy to a battery or other
storage device in an electric vehicle.
   (e) "Interoperability billing standards" means the ability for a
member of one electric charging station billing network to use
another billing network.
   (f) "Network roaming" means the act of a member of one electric
vehicle charging station billing network using a charging station
that is outside of the member's billing network with his or her
billing network account information.
   (g) "Publicly available parking space" means a parking space that
has been designated by a property owner or lessee to be available to,
and accessible by, the public and may include on-street parking
spaces and parking spaces in surface lots or parking garages.
"Publicly available parking space" shall not include a parking space
that is part of, or associated with, a private residence, a parking
space that is reserved for the exclusive use of an individual driver
or vehicle or for a group of drivers or vehicles, such as employees,
tenants, visitors, residents of a common interest development, or
residents of an adjacent building, or a parking space provided by a
producer of electric vehicles as a service. Nothing in this article
limits the ability of an owner or lessee of a publicly available
parking space whose primary business is other than electric vehicle
charging from restricting use of the parking space, such as limiting
use to customers and visitors of the business.
   44268.2.  (a) (1) Persons desiring to use an electric vehicle
charging station that requires payment of a fee shall not be required
to pay a subscription fee in order to use the station, and shall not
be required to obtain membership in any club, association, or
organization as a condition of using the station. The total actual
charges for the use of an electric vehicle charging station,
including any additional network roaming charges for nonmembers,
shall be disclosed to the public at the point of sale. An electric
vehicle charging station that requires payment of a fee shall allow a
person desiring to use the station to pay via credit card or mobile
technology, or both.
   (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an electric vehicle charging
station may offer services on a subscription- or membership-only
basis provided those electric vehicle charging stations allow
nonsubscribers or nonmembers the ability to use the electric vehicle
charging station through the payment options detailed in paragraph
(1).
   (b) The service provider of electric vehicle service equipment at
an electric vehicle charging station or its designee shall disclose
to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory the electric vehicle
charging station's geographic location, a schedule of fees , accepted
methods of payment, and the amount of network roaming charges for
nonmembers, if any.
   (c) Electric vehicle charging stations shall be labeled in
accordance with Part 309 of Title 16 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, and, where commercially reasonable and feasible, may be
clearly marked with appropriate directional signage in the parking
area or facility where they are located.
   (d) If no interoperability billing standards have been adopted by
a national standards organization by January 1, 2015, the state board
may adopt interoperability billing standards for network roaming
payment methods for electric vehicle charging stations. If the state
board adopts interoperability billing standards, all electric vehicle
charging stations that require payment shall meet those standards
within one year. Any standards adopted by the state board shall
consider other governmental or industry-developed interoperability
billing standards and may adopt interoperability billing standards
promulgated by an outside authoritative body.

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