Bill Text: NY A08869 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a comprehensive electric vehicle fast charging station implementation plan; requires the New York state energy and research development authority to further establish a "Fast Charge NY working group" to develop such plan; makes related provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-03 - RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY [A08869 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08869-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8869

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 25, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Energy

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
          New York state energy and research development authority to develop  a
          comprehensive  electric  vehicle  fast charging station implementation
          plan

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  public  authorities  law  is amended by adding a new
     2  section 1874 to read as follows:
     3    § 1874. Comprehensive electric vehicle fast charging station implemen-
     4  tation plan. 1. The authority, in consultation with the New  York  power
     5  authority,  the department of transportation, the department of environ-
     6  mental conservation, the department  of  public  service  and  the  Fast
     7  Charge NY working group established pursuant to subdivision five of this
     8  section shall, no later than six months after the effective date of this
     9  section,  develop a comprehensive electric vehicle fast charging station
    10  implementation plan to facilitate the deployment of fast electric  vehi-
    11  cle charging stations statewide.  As used in this section, the term "the
    12  plan"  shall  mean  the  comprehensive  electric  vehicle  fast charging
    13  station implementation plan developed pursuant to this subdivision.
    14    2. Such plan shall at a minimum include:
    15    (a) methods to increase public availability;
    16    (b) geographic information pertaining to current fast charger  deploy-
    17  ment  including specific information relating to the fast chargers being
    18  deployed. Such information shall include, but  not  be  limited  to  the
    19  number of ports and charging capacity;
    20    (c)  the number and location of fast chargers currently in development
    21  and estimated future needs for the next five years;
    22    (d) each state and utility-administered program currently,  or  within
    23  the  prior two years, providing funding or oversight of electrical vehi-
    24  cle charging stations, including but not limited to Charge NY and Charge
    25  Ready NY;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (e) methods to prevent overlap of state  programs  and  maximize  fast
     2  charger coverage;
     3    (f)  guidance  to municipalities for technical and planning assistance
     4  to facilitate the adoption of curbside charging;
     5    (g) support and guidance to  facilitate  the  deployment  of  charging
     6  stations  for existing commercial fleets to help offset air pollution in
     7  disadvantaged communities, as defined in section 75-0101 of the environ-
     8  mental conservation law;
     9    (h) areas currently underserved by fast charger coverage; and
    10    (i) requirements for compliance with labor standards for the  manufac-
    11  ture,  construction,  installation  and  maintenance  of  fast  charging
    12  stations, including but not  limited  to  Buy  American  provisions  for
    13  component  parts and manufacture of infrastructure related to the charg-
    14  ing stations, and prevailing wage pursuant to section two hundred twenty
    15  of the labor law for construction, installation and maintenance of  fast
    16  charging stations.
    17    3. Once completed, the authority shall publish the plan on its website
    18  and  provide for a thirty-day public comment period prior to adoption of
    19  such plan.
    20    4. The authority shall publish a final report  following  adoption  of
    21  the  plan  that  shall  include  guidance for the deployment of electric
    22  vehicle fast charging stations statewide.
    23    5. (a) The authority shall establish a "Fast Charge NY working  group"
    24  consisting  of  thirteen members, including one member representing each
    25  statewide municipal organization; two members representing environmental
    26  justice groups; two members representing statewide environmental groups;
    27  two members representing public utilities; and two members  representing
    28  charging station developers, which shall include a New York based devel-
    29  oper.    Such  working group members shall be appointed as follows: five
    30  members shall be appointed  by  the  governor;  four  members  shall  be
    31  appointed  by  the  temporary  president  of the senate and four members
    32  shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly.
    33    (b) Members of the working group shall be reimbursed for their  neces-
    34  sary  and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as
    35  members of the working group.
    36    6. The authority shall update the plan annually.
    37    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.