Assembly Bill A10688

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing electric vehicle charging station reliability reporting and standards

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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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2021-A10688 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9204
Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §66-u, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A1721, S5120

2021-A10688 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing electric vehicle charging station reliability reporting and standards; requires entities to report and the public service commission to assess the reliability of charging stations; requires the commission to develop minimum industry operational standards for the long term maintenance, preservation, reliability, and uptime requirements of publicly funded electric vehicle charging equipment.

2021-A10688 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10688
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 9, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Cunningham)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service  law,  in  relation  to  establishing
   electric vehicle charging station reliability reporting and standards
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a  new  section
 66-u to read as follows:
   §  66-U.  ELECTRIC  VEHICLE CHARGING STATION RELIABILITY REPORTING AND
 MAINTENANCE STANDARDS. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION,  THE  FOLLOWING
 TERMS HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "CHARGING STATION" MEANS AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT ASSEMBLY OR CLUS-
 TER  OF  COMPONENT  ASSEMBLIES DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO CHARGE BATTERIES
 WITHIN ELECTRIC VEHICLES BY PERMITTING THE TRANSFER OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY
 TO A BATTERY OR OTHER STORAGE DEVICE IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE;
   (B) "EXCLUDED TIME" MEANS  THE  TIME  NOT  INCLUDED  WHEN  CALCULATING
 UPTIME,  AS DETERMINED PURSUANT TO THE DETERMINATION MADE BY THE COMMIS-
 SION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION; AND
   (C) "UPTIME" MEANS THE TIME A CHARGING STATION'S HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
 ARE BOTH OPERATIONAL AND THE CHARGING STATION IS  ABLE  TO  SUCCESSFULLY
 DISPENSE ELECTRICITY. "UPTIME" SHALL NOT INCLUDE EXCLUDED TIME.
   2. BEGINNING APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, AN ENTITY THAT IS
 RECEIVING  AN  INCENTIVE FUNDED BY A STATE AGENCY OR THROUGH A CHARGE ON
 RATEPAYERS TO INSTALL, OWN, OR OPERATE A CHARGING STATION, IN  WHOLE  OR
 IN  PART,  SHALL  REPORT  CHARGING STATION UPTIME TO THE COMMISSION. THE
 SERVICE PROVIDER SELECTED BY SUCH ENTITY TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY FOR SUCH
 CHARGING STATIONS SHALL PROVIDE THIS DATA ON BEHALF OF  THE  ENTITY  AND
 WORK  WITH  THE STATION MANUFACTURER AND THE SITE HOST THROUGH A SERVICE
 LEVEL AGREEMENT TO  ENSURE  BOTH  SOFTWARE  AND  HARDWARE  FAILURES  ARE
 CAPTURED  AND RESOLVED DURING THE REQUIRED REPORTING PERIOD. THE SERVICE
 PROVIDER MAY ALSO SELECT A DESIGNEE QUALIFIED IN THE ELECTRONICS  OPERA-
 TION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR OF CHARGING STATIONS TO PROVIDE THIS DATA.
 ENTITIES THAT RECEIVE FUNDING SHALL PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION FOR A MINI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15829-03-2
              

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