Bill Text: NY S07340 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the New York State Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the New York Power Authority, to promulgate rules and regulations for the standardization of public charging stations for electric vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S07340 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S07340-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7340 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE August 23, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT directing the New York State Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the New York Power Authority, to promulgate rules and regulations for the standardization of public charging stations for electric vehicles The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Purpose. The New York State Department of Transportation, 2 in conjunction with the New York State Energy Research and Development 3 Authority and the New York Power Authority, shall promulgate rules and 4 regulations for the standardization of public charging stations for 5 electric vehicles in accordance with the provisions of this act. 6 § 2. Definitions. As used in this act, the following terms shall have 7 the following meanings: 8 (a) "Electric vehicle" means a motor vehicle subject to registration 9 pursuant to subdivision six of section four hundred one of the vehicle 10 and traffic law which is: (i) powered by an electric motor drawing 11 current from rechargeable storage batteries or other portable electrical 12 energy storage devices; and (ii) capable of being recharged from an 13 external source of electricity. 14 (b) "Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle" means an electric vehicle that 15 has an internal combustion engine or other propulsion system. 16 (c) "Public electric vehicle charging station complex" means an area 17 which contains electric vehicle chargers to supply electricity to elec- 18 tric vehicles and is open to the general public. 19 (d) "Non-public vehicle charging station complex" means an area which 20 contains electric vehicle chargers to supply electricity to electric 21 vehicles and which is not open to the general public, including but not 22 limited to, dealerships, sales offices and service departments or auto- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11475-02-1S. 7340 2 1 mobile repair shops, automobile rental agencies and trucking or delivery 2 businesses. 3 (e) "Electric vehicle charger" means a device containing electric 4 vehicle service equipment and software, which, when connected to an 5 electric vehicle, delivers electricity to the electric vehicle. 6 (f) "Level 2 electric vehicle charger" or "slow charger" means an 7 electric vehicle charger that when connected to an electric vehicle 8 delivers electricity through an AC current. Level 2 chargers are common- 9 ly known as the slow chargers. 10 (g) "Level 3 electric vehicle charger" means an electric vehicle char- 11 ger that when connected to an electric vehicle delivers electricity 12 through a DC current. Level 3 Chargers are commonly known as the fast 13 chargers. 14 (h) "Electric vehicle service equipment" means equipment, both above 15 and below ground, installed for the purpose of transmitting electricity 16 between the electric vehicle charging station's charging coupler and the 17 electric vehicle's connector. 18 (i) "Electric vehicle service equipment software" means the software 19 programs and other information technologies used to operate the electric 20 vehicle charging equipment. 21 § 3. Charging spaces. (a) Each public charging station complex shall 22 provide space for no less than eight vehicles to be charged. All public 23 charging station complexes shall offer the two most used level 2 slow 24 charger and level 3 fast charger technologies on four of the electric 25 vehicle chargers for four of the spaces. The four remaining spaces shall 26 be serviced by chargers containing only level 3 technologies. 27 (b) No person shall park in a space equipped with a charger at a 28 public electric vehicle charging station, unless such person is charging 29 a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle. 30 § 4. Owners or operators of public electric vehicle charging stations 31 shall be prohibited from requiring a subscription, application, a 32 membership in any club, association, or organization as a condition of 33 using the chargers at the public electric vehicle charging complex. Each 34 electric vehicle charger shall accept all major credit cards as defined 35 in section 521 of the general business law and not require any special 36 credit card solely distributed by the public charging station. Other 37 options to pay for charging services may be available as well. 38 § 5. (a) Owners and operators of public electric vehicle charging 39 station complexes are prohibited from charging customers by-the-minute 40 and must charge per kilowatt hours for the purpose of charging an elec- 41 tric vehicle. The unit price of the kilowatt hours shall be displayed on 42 the face of each charging station prior to and at any point during a 43 customer's transaction. 44 (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of this section, the owners and 45 operators of public electric vehicle charging complexes may impose 46 restrictions on the amount of time that an electric vehicle may be 47 charged at the charging station. Upon the vehicle becoming fully- 48 charged, the owner/operator may charge an additional fee of $10.00 for 49 each half hour or part thereof that the vehicle is parked beyond the 50 time necessary to charge the vehicle in addition to the cost of elec- 51 tricity. 52 § 6. Electric vehicle charging stations as described in this act are 53 exempt from being defined as an electricity corporation as defined in 54 section 2 of the public service law. 55 § 7. (a) Owners and operators of public electric vehicle charging 56 stations must maintain signage at the electric vehicle charging stationS. 7340 3 1 that displays the status of each electric vehicle charger, the total 2 number of chargers and the number of available chargers (total number 3 less those being used), and how long a wait for the next charger to be 4 available, the name and address and phone number of the operator and 5 owner, the cost of charging including any additional fees that may be 6 charged beyond the cost of electricity for non-charging vehicles, and 7 any rules or regulations customers must follow at the charging station 8 complex when using the chargers. 9 (b) All publicly-owned highway signs or signs at exits of highways in 10 the state that display information about the availability and location 11 of gas stations shall also provide information regarding the availabili- 12 ty and location of public electric vehicle charging stations, including 13 the number of available chargers available and the distance to the 14 charging station complex. 15 § 8. The provisions of this act shall not apply to non-public charging 16 complexes which are not for use by the general public are not subject to 17 the requirements of this law provided signage is clearly displayed that 18 no electric vehicle chargers are available to the general public except 19 for customers of the business or those vehicles owned by the business. 20 § 9. This act shall take effect immediately.
