What's happening
This bill requires new and substantially renovated buildings with parking to include electric vehicle charging stations and EV-capable spaces.
Why it matters
Accelerates EV adoption. by making it significantly easier for residents, employees, and visitors to charge electric vehicles at home and at work, addressing a major barrier to EV ownership.
Future-proofs buildings. by requiring new construction and substantial renovations to install wiring and infrastructure for EV charging, reducing costly retrofits as demand for charging grows.
Impacts a wide range of property types. , including single-family homes, multi-family dwellings, and commercial buildings, ensuring broad coverage and equitable access to charging stations.
Establishes specific minimums. for both fully installed charging stations and EV-capable spaces, ensuring that a meaningful share of parking is immediately useful for EVs while planning for further expansion as electric vehicle use increases.
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Require EV-Ready Parking Spaces
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History
- Referred to governmental operations
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STATE OF NEW YORK
9879
IN ASSEMBLY
February 20, 2020
Introduced by M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring electric vehicle charging stations and electric vehicle capable parking spaces
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 378 of the executive law is amended by adding a new subdivision 17-a to read as follows:
17-a. a. Standards to require new construction and buildings undergoing substantial rehabilitation containing parking areas to have:
(i) electric vehicle charging stations as defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section three hundred thirty-nine-ll of the real property law; and
(ii) electric vehicle capable parking spaces, which have the appropriate wiring, electric panels, and the appropriate space to install appropriate electric service for an electric vehicle charging station.
b. The number of spaces required by paragraph a of this section shall be as follows:
(i) a one, two or three-family home equipped with a garage, driveway or parking lot shall have at least one electric vehicle ready parking space;
(ii) a home for more than three families, or a commercial building with between two and ten parking spaces, shall have at least fifty percent of available parking spaces be electric vehicle capable parking spaces; which shall include at least twenty-percent of available parking spaces as electric vehicle charging stations. If there is a decimal in the calculation of the percentage of parking spaces, such decimal shall be rounded to the next largest whole number; and
(iii) a multi-unit residential or commercial building with at least eleven parking spaces shall have at least forty percent of available parking spaces be electric vehicle capable parking spaces, which shall include at least twenty-percent of available parking spaces as electric vehicle charging stations. If there is a decimal in the calculation of
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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the percentage of parking spaces, such decimal shall be rounded to the next largest whole number.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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