What's happening
This bill requires utility companies to create a special residential electricity rate for charging electric vehicles and report usage data.
Why it matters
Could lower charging costs for EV owners. By requiring utilities to create a dedicated residential electricity rate for electric vehicle charging, the bill could make it more affordable for households to own and operate EVs, especially if the rates are lower or structured to incentivize off-peak charging.
Might encourage more people to adopt electric vehicles. Offering a special rate could remove a financial barrier to EV adoption, supporting statewide goals to reduce emissions and modernize transportation.
Utility data reporting will inform future energy and transportation policy. By mandating utilities to report on how many customers use the EV charging rate and how much electricity is delivered, the bill enables regulators and lawmakers to track EV charging trends and plan for grid upgrades or further incentives.
Flexible, adaptable approach for changing technology and market conditions. Utilities can propose updates to the rate over time, allowing the program to respond to technological advances, shifts in energy costs, or changes in EV charging patterns, rather than locking in a static set of rules.
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Who cares
Combination gas and electric utilities
They would have to file residential electric vehicle charging tariffs by April 1, 2018, make approved tariffs available within 60 days and periodically report usage data.
Residential customers with eligible vehicles
They could receive electricity for vehicle charging under a dedicated residential tariff if the Public Service Commission approves it.
Public Service Commission
It would review proposed tariffs after notice and an opportunity for public comment, approve, modify or reject them, and set reporting requirements.
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Set EV Charging Rates
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
21 Co-sponsors
- Angelo Santabarbara
- David Buchwald
- William Colton
- Sandy Galef
- Richard Gottfried
- Walter T. Mosley
- Barbara Lifton
- Andrew Raia
- Crystal Peoples-Stokes
- Patricia Fahy
- James Skoufis
- Jo Anne Simon
- Linda Rosenthal
- Donna Lupardo
- Luis R. Sepúlveda
- Aileen Gunther
- Aravella Simotas
- Fred Thiele
- Latrice Walker
- Frank Skartados
- Pamela Harris
3 Multi-sponsors
History
- Signed chap.337
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- 3rd reading cal.507
- Substituted for S3745
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.312
- Reported
- Reported referred to ways and means
Show 1 earlier action
- Referred to energy
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Create EV Charging Rate
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Joseph A. Griffo
Full text
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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 Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 66-o to read as follows:
§ 66-o. Electric vehicle charging tariff. 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the term "eligible vehicle" shall mean and include a motor vehicle that:
(a) has four wheels;
(b) was manufactured for use primarily on public streets, roads and highways;
(c) the powertrain of which has not been modified from the original manufacturer's specifications;
(d) is rated at not more than eight thousand five hundred pounds gross vehicle weight;
(e) has a maximum speed capability of at least fifty-five miles per hour; and
(f) is propelled at least in part by an electric motor and associated power electronics which provide acceleration torque to the drive wheels sometime during normal vehicle operations, and that draws electricity from a hydrogen fuel cell or from a battery that:
(i) has a capacity of not less than four kilowatt hours; and
(ii) is capable of being recharged from an external source of electricity.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01095-01-7
A. 288 2
2. No later than April first, two thousand eighteen each combination gas and electric corporation shall file an application with the commission to establish a residential tariff for eligible vehicles for the purpose of recharging an eligible vehicle or vehicles.
3. The commission shall, after notice and opportunity for public comment, approve, modify, or reject the tariff.
4. Within sixty days of commission approval of a combination gas and electric corporation's tariff filed under this section, such combination gas and electric corporation shall make the tariff available to customers.
5. The combination gas and electric corporation may at any time propose revisions to a tariff filed under this section based on changing costs or conditions.
6. Each combination gas and electric corporation providing a tariff under this section shall periodically report to the commission, as established by the commission and on a form prescribed by the commission, the following information:
(a) the number of customers who have arranged to have electricity delivered under the tariff;
(b) the total amount of electricity delivered under the tariff; and
(c) other data required by the commission.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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