Bill Text: CA SB507 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 507

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Bill Title: Electric vehicle charging station infrastructure: assessments.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Failed) 2024-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB507 Detail]

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 507

Introduced by Senator Gonzalez
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Ting)

February 14, 2023

An act to amend Sections 25229 and 25231 of the Public Resources Code, relating to transportation electrification.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 507, as introduced, Gonzalez. Electric vehicle charging station infrastructure: assessments.

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission), working with the State Air Resources Board and the Public Utilities Commission, to prepare, and update biennially, a statewide assessment of the electric vehicle charging infrastructure needed to support the levels of electric vehicle adoption required for the state to meet its goals of putting at least 5,000,000 zero-emission vehicles on California roads by 2030, and of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030, as specified.

This bill would require the Energy Commission to also assess the electric vehicle charging infrastructure needed to support the levels of electric vehicle adoption required for the state to meet the goal of ensuring 100% of new cars and light trucks sold in California are zero-emission vehicles by 2035, and evaluate the electric vehicle charging infrastructure needs of specified use cases to ensure an equitable deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure by 2035.

Existing law requires the Energy Commission to develop and adopt an investment plan to determine priorities and opportunities for the Clean Transportation Program. As part of the development of the investment plan, existing law requires the Energy Commission, in consultation with the state board, to assess whether electric vehicle charging station infrastructure is disproportionately deployed by population density, geographical area, or population income level, including whether direct current fast charging stations are disproportionately distributed and whether access to these charging stations is disproportionately available, as specified.

This bill would require the Energy Commission to also assess whether Level 2 electric vehicle charging stations are disproportionately distributed, whether drivers whose homes are located in rural or urban communities have disproportionate access to charging station infrastructure, whether homes have equal access to electrical panel capacity sufficient to support at-home charging, and whether charging station infrastructure necessary to fulfill the requirements of the California Clean Miles Standard and Incentive Program has been disproportionately distributed.

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

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

SECTION 1.

It is the intent of the Legislature that the statutory changes made by this bill only apply prospectively to assessments, and updates to assessments, prepared on or after January 1, 2024.

SEC. 2.

Section 25229 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

25229.

(a) The commission, working with the State Air Resources Board and the Public Utilities Commission, shall prepare a statewide assessment of the electric vehicle charging infrastructure needed to support the levels of electric vehicle adoption required for the state to meet its goals of putting at least ~~five million~~ 5,000,000 zero-emission vehicles on California roads by 2030, ~~and~~ of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases to 40 percent below 1990 levels by ~~2030.~~ 2030, and of ensuring 100 percent of new cars and light trucks sold in California are zero-emission vehicles by 2035.

(b) The assessment shall expand on the commission’s electric vehicle infrastructure projections to consider all necessary charging infrastructure, including, but not limited to, the chargers, make-ready electrical equipment, and supporting hardware and software, all vehicle categories, road, highway, and offroad electrification, port and airport electrification, and other programs to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles to meet the goals described in subdivision (a). The assessment shall examine existing and future infrastructure needs throughout California, including in low-income communities.

(c) (1) The assessment shall evaluate the electric vehicle charging infrastructure needs of each of the following use cases to ensure an equitable deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure by 2035:
(A) Single-family homes, including electrical panel upgrades needed to support charging in low-income households as defined in Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code.
(B) Multifamily housing, including the potential of publicly accessible curbside electric vehicle charging infrastructure to fulfill the needs of residents living in multifamily housing.
(C) Carshare, rideshare, and vanpool drivers.
(D) Rural communities.
(E) State and national parks and other recreational areas.
(F) Any other use cases deemed appropriate by the commission.
(2) The assessment shall include numerical estimates of need for low-income communities as defined in Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code, disadvantaged communities identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code, and low-income households as defined in Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code for purposes of the use cases described in paragraph (1).
(3) If the commission determines that the state is not on track to meet its electric vehicle charging infrastructure needs, the assessment shall provide recommendations to remove barriers to deploying electric vehicle charging infrastructure for each of the use cases described in paragraph (1).
~~(c)~~

(d) As a part of the assessment, the commission, in consultation with stakeholders, shall identify workforce development and training resources needed to meet the goals described in subdivision (a). These resources shall include, but are not limited to, qualified apprenticeships, on-the-job training programs, and other training opportunities that build career pipelines in the zero-emission transportation sector and provide long-term employment in disadvantaged communities.

~~(d)~~

(e) The commission shall regularly seek data and input relating to electric vehicle charging infrastructure from stakeholders, including, but not limited to, the Public Utilities Commission, the State Air Resources Board, electrical corporations, local publicly owned electric utilities, state and local transportation and transit agencies, charging infrastructure companies, environmental groups, and automobile manufacturers.

~~(e)~~

(f) The commission shall update the assessment at least once every two years.

SEC. 3.

Section 25231 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:

25231.

(a) (1) The commission, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, shall, as part of the development of the plan prepared pursuant to Section 44272.5 of the Health and Safety Code, assess whether charging station infrastructure is disproportionately deployed by population density, geographical area, or population income level, including low-, middle-, and high-income levels. This includes ~~whether~~ all of the following:

(A) Whether Level 2 charging stations and direct current fast charging stations are disproportionately ~~distributed and whether~~ distributed.

(B) Whether access to ~~these~~ the charging stations described in subparagraph (A) is disproportionately available. ~~Upon~~

(C) Whether drivers whose homes are located in rural or urban communities, including single-family homes and multifamily housing, have disproportionate access to charging station infrastructure.
(D) Whether homes have equal access to electrical panel capacity sufficient to support at-home charging.
(E) Whether charging station infrastructure necessary to fulfill the requirements of the California Clean Miles Standard and Incentive Program established pursuant to Section 5450 of the Public Utilities Code has been disproportionately distributed.

(2) Upon making a finding that charging station infrastructure has been disproportionately deployed, the commission shall use moneys from the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund, to the extent authorized by law, as well as other mechanisms, including incentives, to more proportionately deploy new charging station infrastructure, unless the commission makes a finding that the disproportionate deployment is reasonable and furthers state energy or environmental policy as articulated by the commission.

(b) 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.