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                                   5189
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 19, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  COMRIE,  COONEY,  KAVANAGH, MAY -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Energy and Telecommunications
 
 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:
 
   Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 1874 to read as follows:
   § 1874. COMPREHENSIVE ELECTRIC VEHICLE FAST CHARGING STATION IMPLEMEN-
 TATION  PLAN.  1. THE AUTHORITY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE NEW YORK POWER
 AUTHORITY, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF  ENVIRON-
 MENTAL  CONSERVATION,  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  SERVICE AND THE FAST
 CHARGE NY WORKING GROUP ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL, NO LATER THAN TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE
 OF THIS SECTION, DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE ELECTRIC VEHICLE FAST  CHARGING
 STATION  IMPLEMENTATION  PLAN TO FACILITATE THE DEPLOYMENT OF FAST ELEC-
 TRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS STATEWIDE.   SUCH COMPREHENSIVE  ELECTRIC
 VEHICLE  FAST  CHARGING PLAN SHALL INCORPORATE THE FINDINGS OF THE NEEDS
 EVALUATION SET FORTH IN PART QQ OF CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT OF  THE  LAWS  OF
 TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR.  AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "THE PLAN"
 SHALL MEAN THE COMPREHENSIVE  ELECTRIC  VEHICLE  FAST  CHARGING  STATION
 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
   2. SUCH PLAN SHALL AT A MINIMUM INCLUDE:
   (A) METHODS TO INCREASE PUBLIC AVAILABILITY;
   (B)  GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO CURRENT FAST CHARGER DEPLOY-
 MENT INCLUDING SPECIFIC INFORMATION RELATING TO THE FAST CHARGERS  BEING
 DEPLOYED.  SUCH  INFORMATION  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE
 NUMBER OF PORTS AND CHARGING CAPACITY;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (C) THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF FAST CHARGERS CURRENTLY IN  DEVELOPMENT
 AND ESTIMATED FUTURE NEEDS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS;
   (D)  EACH  STATE AND UTILITY-ADMINISTERED PROGRAM CURRENTLY, OR WITHIN
 THE PRIOR TWO YEARS, PROVIDING FUNDING OR OVERSIGHT OF ELECTRICAL  VEHI-
 CLE CHARGING STATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CHARGE NY AND CHARGE
 READY NY;
   (E)  METHODS  TO  PREVENT  OVERLAP OF STATE PROGRAMS AND MAXIMIZE FAST
 CHARGER COVERAGE;
   (F) GUIDANCE TO MUNICIPALITIES FOR TECHNICAL AND  PLANNING  ASSISTANCE
 TO FACILITATE THE ADOPTION OF CURBSIDE CHARGING;
   (G)  SUPPORT  AND  GUIDANCE  TO  FACILITATE THE DEPLOYMENT OF CHARGING
 STATIONS FOR EXISTING COMMERCIAL FLEETS TO HELP OFFSET AIR POLLUTION  IN
 DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 75-0101 OF THE ENVIRON-
 MENTAL CONSERVATION LAW;
   (H) AREAS CURRENTLY UNDERSERVED BY FAST CHARGER COVERAGE; AND
   (I)  REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH LABOR STANDARDS FOR THE MANUFAC-
 TURE,  CONSTRUCTION,  INSTALLATION  AND  MAINTENANCE  OF  FAST  CHARGING
 STATIONS,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  BUY AMERICAN PROVISIONS FOR
 COMPONENT PARTS AND MANUFACTURE OF INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO THE  CHARG-
 ING STATIONS, AND PREVAILING WAGE PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY
 OF  THE LABOR LAW FOR CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF FAST
 CHARGING STATIONS.
   3. ONCE COMPLETED, THE AUTHORITY SHALL PUBLISH THE PLAN ON ITS WEBSITE
 AND PROVIDE FOR A THIRTY-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD PRIOR TO ADOPTION  OF
 SUCH PLAN.
   4.  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL PUBLISH A FINAL REPORT FOLLOWING ADOPTION OF
 THE PLAN THAT SHALL INCLUDE GUIDANCE  FOR  THE  DEPLOYMENT  OF  ELECTRIC
 VEHICLE FAST CHARGING STATIONS STATEWIDE.
   5.  (A) THE AUTHORITY SHALL ESTABLISH A "FAST CHARGE NY WORKING GROUP"
 CONSISTING OF THIRTEEN MEMBERS, INCLUDING ONE MEMBER  REPRESENTING  EACH
 STATEWIDE MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION; TWO MEMBERS REPRESENTING ENVIRONMENTAL
 JUSTICE GROUPS; TWO MEMBERS REPRESENTING STATEWIDE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS;
 TWO  MEMBERS REPRESENTING PUBLIC UTILITIES; AND TWO MEMBERS REPRESENTING
 CHARGING STATION DEVELOPERS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE A NEW YORK BASED DEVEL-
 OPER.  SUCH WORKING GROUP MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED  AS  FOLLOWS:  FIVE
 MEMBERS  SHALL  BE  APPOINTED  BY  THE  GOVERNOR;  FOUR MEMBERS SHALL BE
 APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF  THE  SENATE  AND  FOUR  MEMBERS
 SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
   (B)  MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP SHALL BE REIMBURSED FOR THEIR NECES-
 SARY AND ACTUAL EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES  AS
 MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP.
   6. THE AUTHORITY SHALL UPDATE THE PLAN ANNUALLY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.