Senate Bill S5820

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the New York state energy research and development authority to study and make recommendations regarding the state's electric vehicle inventory and vehicle infrastructure

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S5820 (ACTIVE) - Details

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A4937
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2019-S5820 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the New York state energy research and development authority to study and make recommendations regarding the state's electric vehicle inventory and improvements to the state's electric vehicle infrastructure.

2019-S5820 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5820 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5820
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT  to  direct  the  New York state energy research and development
   authority to study and  make  recommendations  regarding  the  state's
   electric  vehicle  inventory  and improvements to the state's electric
   vehicle infrastructure
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  1.  The  New  York  state energy research and development
 authority (NYSERDA) is hereby directed to prepare a report containing an
 inventory of the state's electric vehicles and electric vehicle  infras-
 tructure  for  submission  to  the  governor, temporary president of the
 senate and the speaker of the assembly. Such report shall be related  to
 improvements,  alterations, and upgrades to the state's electric vehicle
 infrastructure to incentivize, accelerate, and encourage the purchasing,
 use, and ownership of electric vehicles to  further  the  state's  clean
 energy goals.
   2. The report shall:
   (a)  analyze  the  potential environmental and policy benefits derived
 from expanding the state's inventory of electric vehicles  and  electric
 vehicle infrastructure;
   (b) identify current electric vehicle infrastructure, including public
 electric vehicle charging stations;
   (c)  evaluate  gaps  in  the  current electric vehicle infrastructure,
 including geographic areas lacking access  to  public  electric  vehicle
 charging stations;
   (d)  evaluate incentives to encourage purchasing, use and ownership of
 electric vehicles in the state;
   (e) evaluate the feasibility of transitioning to a primarily  electric
 state-owned vehicle fleet; and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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