Bill Text: NY A08910 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Establishes a highway and depot charging needs evaluation to assist in achieving targets set forth by the climate leadership and community protection act, zero-emissions vehicle sales target and regulations, including the advanced clean truck, advanced clean cars II rules and the zero-emissions school bus mandate.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-7)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-26 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A08910 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08910-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8910

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 26, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WOERNER,  McDONALD, GUNTHER, STIRPE, HUNTER,
          THIELE,  GLICK,  STERN,  JACOBSON,  MAGNARELLI,   BENDETT,   K. BROWN,
          CUNNINGHAM, FAHY, DURSO, GANDOLFO, OTIS, COLTON, L. ROSENTHAL, SIMONE,
          NOVAKHOV, SIMPSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once
          and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commis-
          sions

        AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to conducting a
          highway and depot charging needs evaluation

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

     1    Section 1. Legislative findings. In order to achieve targets set forth
     2  by  the  climate leadership and community protection act, zero-emissions
     3  vehicle sales target and regulations, including the advanced clean truck
     4  and advanced clean cars II rules, zero-emissions school bus mandate, and
     5  other relevant goals, the interests of the people of the state would  be
     6  served by:
     7    1.  Coordinating  efforts  to  plan for electric vehicle fast-charging
     8  deployment on New York's highways;
     9    2. Identifying priority sites for  the  deployment  of  fast  chargers
    10  along  New  York's  highways, estimating future charging demand at these
    11  sites for all vehicle classes, and identifying necessary  electric  grid
    12  transmission   and   distribution   infrastructure  and  interconnection
    13  upgrades at these sites;
    14    3. Expediting electric grid transmission and distribution  infrastruc-
    15  ture  and  interconnection  upgrades at sites controlled by the New York
    16  state thruway authority, sufficient to future-proof  thruway  sites  for
    17  accelerated fast charger deployment to serve light duty, medium duty and
    18  heavy duty vehicles; and
    19    4.    Identifying additional high priority areas for the deployment of
    20  charging for medium and heavy duty vehicles, such as school buses, tran-
    21  sit buses, and other light,  medium  and  heavy  duty  commercial  fleet
    22  depots,  including  taxi  and  ride-share  vehicle  fleets, and removing
    23  barriers  to  charging  deployment,  including  electric  infrastructure
    24  constraints.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09078-11-4

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     1    5.  Identifying  additional  priority areas for deployment of charging
     2  infrastructure designed to support building of charging in densely popu-
     3  lated urban areas where access to charging is currently or may be limit-
     4  ed.
     5    §  2.  The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new section
     6  1885 to read as follows:
     7    § 1885. Highway and depot charging needs evaluation.  1.  Within  nine
     8  months  of  the  effective  date  of this section, and every three years
     9  thereafter, the authority, in consultation with the department of trans-
    10  portation, the department of motor vehicles, the New York state  thruway
    11  authority,  the New York power authority, the Long Island power authori-
    12  ty, the department of environmental conservation, the electric  distrib-
    13  ution  and  local  transmission  utilities, the New York Association for
    14  Pupil Transportation, and freight  logistics  experts  shall  conduct  a
    15  needs evaluation to:
    16    (a)  consider  planning  by  the department of transportation for fast
    17  charger deployment along alternative fuel corridors  and  major  freight
    18  corridors;
    19    (b)  identify  the number and location of fast chargers along priority
    20  highway corridors and major freight corridors, including  fast  chargers
    21  currently in operation and in development;
    22    (c)  estimate  future  need for fast charger deployment along priority
    23  highway and major freight corridors for the purposes of (i) facilitating
    24  the cost-effective and timely achievement of mandates under (1)  article
    25  seventy-five   of   the  environmental  conservation  law,  (2)  section
    26  19-0306-b of the environmental conservation law regarding zero-emissions
    27  vehicle sales targets, (3)  rules  and  regulations  for  zero-emissions
    28  vehicles  adopted by the commissioner of environmental conservation, and
    29  (4) other relevant and applicable federal and state rules or regulations
    30  or local goals to  reduce  transportation  sector  emissions;  and  (ii)
    31  supporting electric vehicle adoption by consumers and fleet operators;
    32    (d) identify the number and location of highway charging hubs, includ-
    33  ing  but not limited to thruway charging hubs and freight charging hubs,
    34  currently in operation and in development  along  priority  highway  and
    35  major freight corridors;
    36    (e)  estimate  total  charging  capacity required to serve light duty,
    37  medium duty, and heavy  duty  electric  vehicles  at  each  highway  and
    38  freight charging hub through at least the year two thousand fifty;
    39    (f)  identify,  to  the extent practicable, the number and location of
    40  commercial and public fleet vehicles in operation, including their  body
    41  type, fuel type, model year, zip code, and  other  relevant  information
    42  needed  to  forecast the number and location of zero-emissions vehicles,
    43  per state policy;
    44    (g) identify the number and location of fleet charging zones;
    45    (h) estimate future need for charging deployment and charging capacity
    46  in the fleet charging zones, sufficient to satisfy the targets and regu-
    47  lations identified in paragraph (c) of this subdivision;
    48    (i) examine ways to optimize fast charger deployment among the highway
    49  charging hubs, the freight charging hubs, and all  such  charging  hubs,
    50  and  charging  development  among the fleet charging zones to reduce the
    51  cost of interconnection, if deemed necessary, and electric  distribution
    52  and  local transmission upgrades while serving projected vehicle traffic
    53  volumes;
    54    (j) analyze and asses the total potential costs  associated  with  any
    55  identified need;

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     1    (k) analyze and assess federal or state funding opportunities to mini-
     2  mize such costs to rate payers; and
     3    (l) identify the number and location of critical public charging sites
     4  and  estimate  future need for charging deployment and charging capacity
     5  for critical public charging sites.
     6    2. The authority shall develop a  stakeholder  engagement  process  to
     7  raise  consumer  awareness  and  education  across the state and solicit
     8  feedback from the public, local government, representatives or residents
     9  of environmental justice or disadvantaged communities, electric  vehicle
    10  manufacturers,  electric  vehicle  supply equipment manufacturers, fleet
    11  operators, school district transportation directors and  others  on  the
    12  highway  and depot charging needs evaluation.  To the extent practicable
    13  and consistent with applicable timelines, the authority  may  coordinate
    14  the  highway and depot charging needs evaluation stakeholder input proc-
    15  ess with the process set forth in section eighteen  hundred  eighty-four
    16  of this article.
    17    3.  The  needs  evaluation  shall  be  made  publicly available on the
    18  authority's website.
    19    4. When conducting the needs evaluation, the following locations shall
    20  be considered for designation as highway and/or freight charging hubs:
    21    (a) All thruway charging hubs.
    22    (b) Additional sites or geographic areas based on (i) eligibility  for
    23  federal, state, or other funding opportunities, including but not limit-
    24  ed  to  needs identified through the NEVI formula program planning proc-
    25  ess, (ii)  proximity  to  electric  transmission  infrastructure,  (iii)
    26  projected  vehicle  traffic,  (iv) charging network coverage, (v) inter-
    27  state and intrastate commerce, (vi) benefits  to  environmental  justice
    28  and  disadvantaged  communities,  (vii)  benefits  of increased charging
    29  accessibility in host communities, (viii)  real  property  ownership  or
    30  control  of  potential sites, (ix) relevant commitments from site and/or
    31  charging operators, and (x) other factors deemed relevant for the devel-
    32  opment and successful implementation of the highway charging needs eval-
    33  uation.
    34    (c) Locations within one  mile  of  the  priority  highway  corridors,
    35  spaced  no more than fifty miles apart along the priority highway corri-
    36  dors and reasonably accessible regardless of direction of travel.
    37    (d) Privately operated sites which are open to the public or  multiple
    38  commercial  entities  as  eligible for designation as a highway charging
    39  hub or freight charging hub, subject to reasonable restrictions.
    40    (e) A single highway or freight charging  hub  comprised  of  multiple
    41  charging service areas within a reasonable distance from one another.
    42    5. When conducting the needs evaluation, the following geographic area
    43  criteria  shall  be  considered  when  determining designations as fleet
    44  charging zones:
    45    (a) total number of commercial and public fleet vehicles in  operation
    46  and/or total number of fleet operators in the geographic area,
    47    (b) projected vehicle traffic in the geographic area,
    48    (c) benefits to public fleets, such as school bus operators,
    49    (d) benefits to environmental justice and disadvantaged communities,
    50    (e)  relevant  commitments from fleet and/or site operators to install
    51  charging equipment,
    52    (f) available capacity on the electric distribution and  local  trans-
    53  mission network to serve vehicle chargers,
    54    (g)  ensuring equitable coverage and access to fleet charging through-
    55  out the state, and

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     1    (h) sites where private or public fleet vehicles are regularly parked,
     2  maintained, or otherwise dispatched for service,  including  school  bus
     3  garages.
     4    6. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the follow-
     5  ing meanings:
     6    (a) "Alternative fuel corridors" shall mean highways designated within
     7  the  state  pursuant  to  the  national  electric vehicle infrastructure
     8  formula program under 23 U.S.C.  151 and previously designated under the
     9  federal Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act of 2015.
    10    (b) "Charging needs evaluation"  shall  mean  the  highway  and  depot
    11  charging needs evaluation.
    12    (c) "Critical public charging site" shall mean a priority site for the
    13  deployment  of  charging  infrastructure designed to support buildout of
    14  charging in densely populated urban areas where access to  charging  may
    15  be limited.
    16    (d) "Fast charger" shall mean a direct current electric vehicle charg-
    17  ing port which can charge at a level of at least one hundred fifty kilo-
    18  watts.
    19    (e)  "Fleet  charging  zone" shall mean a priority geographic area for
    20  the deployment of charging  infrastructure  for  public  and  commercial
    21  fleet  operators  or owners, including school bus fleets, taxi and ride-
    22  share vehicle fleets.
    23    (f) "Freight charging hub" shall mean a priority site for the  deploy-
    24  ment  of  large  scale,  fast charging infrastructure, which has minimum
    25  station power capability at or above six hundred kilowatts and  supports
    26  at least one hundred fifty kilowatts per port simultaneously across four
    27  ports for charging. These sites may include highway charging hubs.
    28    (g) "Highway and depot charging needs evaluation" shall mean the needs
    29  evaluation developed pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
    30    (h)  "Highway charging hub" shall mean a priority site for the deploy-
    31  ment of large scale, fast charging  infrastructure,  which  has  minimum
    32  station  power capability at or above six hundred kilowatts and supports
    33  at least one hundred fifty kilowatts per port simultaneously across four
    34  ports for charging. These sites shall include but  are  not  limited  to
    35  thruway charging hubs.
    36    (i) "Major freight corridor" shall mean segments of the freight trans-
    37  portation  network identified by the federal highway administration that
    38  carry more than fifty million tons per year, including highway  segments
    39  that  carry  at  least eight thousand five hundred trucks per day, addi-
    40  tional highway segments and parallel rail lines that together  carry  at
    41  least   eight  thousand  five  hundred  truck,  trailer-on-flatcar,  and
    42  container-on-flatcar payloads of typically  high-value,  time  sensitive
    43  cargo,  and  rail  lines  and waterways that carry fifty million tons in
    44  bulk cargo per year.
    45    (j) "NEVI" shall mean the  national  electric  vehicle  infrastructure
    46  program established under the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
    47  Act of 2021.
    48    (k)  "Priority highway corridor" shall mean alternative fuel corridors
    49  and other state and county highways identified  in  the  charging  needs
    50  evaluation  as  appropriate  to ensure sufficient and equitable charging
    51  access throughout the state.
    52    (l) "Thruway charging hubs"  shall  mean  all  highway  service  areas
    53  controlled,  leased,  owned,  or  operated by the New York state thruway
    54  authority.
    55    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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