STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 288 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 5, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, SANTABARBARA, BUCHWALD, COLTON, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, MOSLEY, LIFTON, RAIA, PEOPLES-STOKES, FAHY, SKOUFIS, SIMON, ROSENTHAL, LUPARDO, SEPULVEDA, GUNTHER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK, HIKIND, LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to establishing the electric vehicle charging tariff The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 2 66-o to read as follows: 3 § 66-o. Electric vehicle charging tariff. 1. Definitions. For purposes 4 of this section, the term "eligible vehicle" shall mean and include a 5 motor vehicle that: 6 (a) has four wheels; 7 (b) was manufactured for use primarily on public streets, roads and 8 highways; 9 (c) the powertrain of which has not been modified from the original 10 manufacturer's specifications; 11 (d) is rated at not more than eight thousand five hundred pounds gross 12 vehicle weight; 13 (e) has a maximum speed capability of at least fifty-five miles per 14 hour; and 15 (f) is propelled at least in part by an electric motor and associated 16 power electronics which provide acceleration torque to the drive wheels 17 sometime during normal vehicle operations, and that draws electricity 18 from a hydrogen fuel cell or from a battery that: 19 (i) has a capacity of not less than four kilowatt hours; and 20 (ii) is capable of being recharged from an external source of elec- 21 tricity. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01095-01-7

A. 288 2 1 2. No later than April first, two thousand eighteen each combination 2 gas and electric corporation shall file an application with the commis- 3 sion to establish a residential tariff for eligible vehicles for the 4 purpose of recharging an eligible vehicle or vehicles. 5 3. The commission shall, after notice and opportunity for public 6 comment, approve, modify, or reject the tariff. 7 4. Within sixty days of commission approval of a combination gas and 8 electric corporation's tariff filed under this section, such combination 9 gas and electric corporation shall make the tariff available to custom- 10 ers. 11 5. The combination gas and electric corporation may at any time 12 propose revisions to a tariff filed under this section based on changing 13 costs or conditions. 14 6. Each combination gas and electric corporation providing a tariff 15 under this section shall periodically report to the commission, as 16 established by the commission and on a form prescribed by the commis- 17 sion, the following information: 18 (a) the number of customers who have arranged to have electricity 19 delivered under the tariff; 20 (b) the total amount of electricity delivered under the tariff; and 21 (c) other data required by the commission. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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