NY State Senate Bill 2023-S4830C

Current Bill Status Via A5052 - Vetoed by Governor

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Nov 17, 2023	tabled vetoed memo.52
Nov 13, 2023	delivered to governor
Jun 08, 2023	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1746 substituted for s4830c
Jun 08, 2023	substituted by a5052c ordered to third reading cal.1746 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jun 01, 2023	print number 4830c
Jun 01, 2023	amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions
May 22, 2023	print number 4830b
May 22, 2023	amend (t) and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions
May 15, 2023	print number 4830a
May 15, 2023	amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions
Feb 15, 2023	referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

Votes

- Jun 8, 2023 - Floor Vote
  A5052
  
  59
  
  Aye
  
  3
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 8, 2023
      
      aye (59)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Ashby
      
      Bailey
      
      Borrello
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brouk
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chu
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martinez
      
      Martins
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Murray
      
      Myrie
      
      Oberacker
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rhoads
      
      Rivera
      
      Rolison
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Webb
      
      Weber
      
      Weik
      
      nay (3)
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Walczyk
      
      excused (1)
      
      Cooney
  Jun 8, 2023 - Rules Committee Vote
  S4830C
  
  18
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 8, 2023
      
      aye (18)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      Parker
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (1)
      
      Ortt
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Helming
      
      excused (1)
      
      O'Mara

Bill Amendments

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2023-S4830 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5052
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Add §1885, Pub Auth L

2023-S4830 - Summary

Establishes a highway and depot charging needs evaluation to assist in achieving targets set forth by the climate leadership and community protection act, zero-emissions vehicle sales target and regulations, including the advanced clean truck, advanced clean cars II rules and the zero-emissions school bus mandate.

2023-S4830 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4830

SPONSOR: KENNEDY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law and the public service law,
in relation to establishing a highway and depot charging action plan

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation amends the public authorities and public service laws
to require the development of a highway and depot charging action plan
to meet the state's clean transportation goals.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Sets for the legislative findings.

§ 2. Adds § 1885 to the public authorities law to:

(1)require NYSERDA, in consultation with the Department of Transporta-
tion, Department of Motor Vehicles, New York State Thruway Authority,

New York Power Authority, Long Island Power Authority, Department of
Environmental Conservation and the electric distribution and trans-
mission utilities to develop a highway and depot charging action plan
within nine months of the effective date of the bill and every three
years thereafter. The charging action plan shall support and complement
DOT planning for fast charger deployment along alternative fuel corri-
dors; identify the number and location of fast chargers along priority
highway corridors; estimate future need for such deployment for the
purposes of specified parameters; identify the number and location of
highway charging hubs; estimate total charging capacity required to
serve light-, medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles at each highway
charging hub through at least 2050; identify, to the extent practicable,
the number and location of commercial and public fleet vehicles in oper-
ation; identify the number and location of fleet charging zones; esti-
mate future need for charging deployment and charging capacity in the
fleet charging zones; and seek to optimize fast charger deployment among
the highway charging hubs and charging development among the fleet
charging zones to reduce the cost of interconnection, electric distrib-
ution, and local transmission upgrades while serving projected vehicle
traffic volumes.

(2) direct NYSERDA to develop a stakeholder engagement process to raise
consumer awareness and education and solicit feedback from the public,
representatives or residents of environmental justice or disadvantaged
communities, electric vehicle manufacturers, electric vehicle supply
equipment manufacturers, fleet operators, and others.  To the extent
practicable and consistent with applicable timelines, NYSERDA may coor-
dinate the highway and depot charging action plan stakeholder input
process with the process set forth in § 1884 of the public authorities
law.

(3) direct NYSERDA to submit the highway and depot charging action plan
to the public service commission no later than nine months after the
effective date of § 1885 and an updated charging plan every three years
thereafter. The charging plan shall be made publicly available on
NYSERDA's website.

(4) require NYSERDA to facilitate development of a fast charging network
along priority highway corridors by designating locations as highway
charging hubs in accordance with specified parameters.

( 5 ) require NYSERDA to prioritize geographic areas for designation as
fleet charging zones based on specified parameters.

(6) set forth definitions for terms used in § 1885.

§ 3. Adds § 121-b of the public service law to:

(1) require the Public Service Commission, in consultation with New York
State Thruway Authority, New York Power Authority, and the Long Island
Power Authority, within 90 days of submission of a highway charging
action plan or depot charging action plan, to commence a proceeding to
direct New York electric utilities to produce capital plans to develop,
own and operate interconnection, electric distribution and local trans-
mission upgrade necessary to meet charging capacity requirements at all
highway charging hubs. The capital plans shall include upgrades to site
interconnection at all highway charging hubs; be designed to minimize
the need for multiple or duplicative upgrades at a given site by consid-
ering specified parameters and, where feasible, be designed as future-
proofing upgrades; prioritize interconnection, electric distribution and
local transmission upgrades at thruway charging hubs; consider the
existence of relevant commitments from site and/or charging operators in
prioritizing the schedule of upgrades; and identify a schedule for
upgrades, subject to reasonable constraints.

(2) direct that all investments in the utility capital plan shall be
recovered by the utilities through a proceeding established by the
Commission, a petition filed by one or more utilities, or the utility
rate case process. The Commission may establish an appropriate mechanism
for site owners or operators to contribute to the cost of identified
upgrades, such as but not limited to a contribution from charging reven-
ue at the site.

(3) direct the Commission to ensure upgrades are implemented in a timely
and cost-effective manner to meet identified charging requirements. The
Commission may evaluate the benefits of proposed upgrades in accordance
with, among others, certain specified factors.

(4) require electric utilities, in establishing the capital plan, to
evaluate benefits of utilizing distributed energy resources such as
energy storage or managed charging programs.

(5) define "future-proofing upgrades."

(6) authorize the Commission, in consultation with the commissioner of
environmental conservation, to issue rules and regulations for the
purposes of carrying out the provisions of the section.

(7) require the Commission, in a proceeding established in accordance
with section (1) of this section or in another proceeding designated by
the Commission, to consider certain specified factors, among others, to
identify and remove barriers to the efficient and timely deployment of
charging infrastructure needed to electrify New York's commercial and
public fleet vehicles on the fleet charging zones.

§ 4. Amends § 1020-gg of the public authorities law to require the Long
Island Power Authority (LIPA) to establish or amend an existing capital
plan to implement upgrades in its service territory in accordance with a
proceeding implemented by the public service commission pursuant to §
121-b of the public service law. LIPA and NYSERDA shall identify no
fewer than two highway charging hubs in LIPA's service territory where
future-proofing upgrades shall be implemented on a similar timeline as
at the thruway charging hubs defined in § 1885 of the public authorities
law.

§ 5. Establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York has set rigorous goals - such as the Climate Leadership and
Community Protection Act of 2019 (CLCPA), Advanced Clean Trucks and
Advanced Clean Cars II rules, and the Zero Emissions Vehicles sales
targets - to predominantly electrify its transportation sector by 2050,
with significant target deadlines rapidly approaching. To meet the clean
transportation goals we have set, New York must now commit to equally
rigorous and well-planned goals to expedite electric grid transmission
and distribution infrastructure and interconnection upgrades. Fast
charging stations need to be built all along the New York State Thruway
and other high priority corridors. But fast chargers create considerable
demand for energy; exponentially more demand than currently required to
power the gas pumps found at Thruway rest stops and throughout the
state. As a result, as sales of zero emission vehicles continue to grow
and gain momentum, the electric grid must grow just as quickly to keep
pace with demand.  Electric grid infrastructure upgrades are costly and
subject to a time-consuming process that requires considerable coordi-
nation to plan, engineer, permit, and construct. That extensive process
must begin now - far ahead of the electrification tar get deadlines - to
meet the demands that will emerge with those deadlines. In fact, if the
upgrade process fails to outpace the time when electric vehicle adoption
reaches scale, we will not have a reliable and adequate electric supply
to power all the new electric vehicles on New York's roadways.

This legislation establishes the framework to proactively plan for elec-
tric vehicle fast-charging deployment on New York's highways by direct-
ing NYSERDA, in consultation with the Department of Transportation,
Department of Motor Vehicles, New York State Thruway Authority, New York
Power Authority, Long Island Power Authority, Department of Environ-
mental Conservation and the electric distribution and transmission util-
ities to, among other things, identify the number of fast chargers,
highway charging hubs, and fleet charging zones currently in operation
and in development along New York's priority highways, estimate future
need for fast charger deployment, and estimate total charging capacity
required through at least 2050. This planning will include stakeholder
input in line with existing energy planning processes, and NYSERDA will
then report the plan to the public service commission to effectuate it
through a proceeding that requires New York's electric utilities to
produce appropriate capital plans.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
TBD.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S4830 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4830
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
   and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law and the public service law,
   in relation to establishing a highway and depot charging action plan

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. In order to achieve targets set forth
 by  the  climate leadership and community protection act, zero-emissions
 vehicle sales target and regulations, including the advanced clean truck
 and advanced clean cars II rules, zero-emissions school bus mandate, and
 other relevant goals, the interests of the people of the state would  be
 served by:
   1.  Coordinating  efforts  to  plan for electric vehicle fast-charging
 deployment on New York's highways;
   2. Identifying priority sites for  the  deployment  of  fast  chargers
 along  New  York's  highways, estimating future charging demand at these
 sites for all vehicle classes, and identifying necessary  electric  grid
 transmission   and   distribution   infrastructure  and  interconnection
 upgrades at these sites;
   3. Expediting electric grid transmission and distribution  infrastruc-
 ture  and  interconnection  upgrades at sites controlled by the New York
 state thruway authority, sufficient to future-proof  thruway  sites  for
 accelerated fast charger deployment to serve light duty, medium duty and
 heavy duty vehicles; and
   4.    Identifying additional high priority areas for the deployment of
 charging for medium and heavy duty vehicles, such as school buses, tran-
 sit buses, and other light,  medium  and  heavy  duty  commercial  fleet
 depots, and removing barriers to charging deployment, including electric
 infrastructure constraints.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09078-02-3
 S. 4830                             2

 
   §  2.  The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new section
 1885 to read as follows:
   § 1885. HIGHWAY AND DEPOT CHARGING ACTION PLAN.  1. WITHIN NINE MONTHS
 OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, AND EVERY THREE YEARS THEREAFTER,
 THE  AUTHORITY,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
 THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY  AUTHORITY,
 THE  NEW  YORK  POWER  AUTHORITY,  THE  LONG ISLAND POWER AUTHORITY, THE
 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, AND THE ELECTRIC  DISTRIBUTION
 AND  LOCAL  TRANSMISSION  UTILITIES,  SHALL  DEVELOP A HIGHWAY AND DEPOT
 CHARGING ACTION PLAN. THE CHARGING ACTION PLAN SHALL:
   (A) SUPPORT AND COMPLEMENT PLANNING BY THE DEPARTMENT  OF  TRANSPORTA-
 TION FOR FAST CHARGER DEPLOYMENT ALONG ALTERNATIVE FUEL CORRIDORS;
   (B)  IDENTIFY  THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF FAST CHARGERS ALONG PRIORITY
 HIGHWAY CORRIDORS, INCLUDING FAST CHARGERS CURRENTLY IN OPERATION AND IN
 DEVELOPMENT;
   (C) ESTIMATE FUTURE NEED FOR FAST CHARGER  DEPLOYMENT  ALONG  PRIORITY
 HIGHWAY  CORRIDORS  FOR THE PURPOSES OF (I) FACILITATING THE COST-EFFEC-
 TIVE AND TIMELY ACHIEVEMENT OF MANDATES,  AND  ANY  AMENDMENTS  THERETO,
 UNDER  (1)  ARTICLE  SEVENTY-FIVE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW,
 (2) SECTION 19-0306-B OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW  REGARDING
 ZERO-EMISSIONS  VEHICLE  SALES  TARGETS,  (3)  RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR
 ZERO-EMISSIONS VEHICLES ADOPTED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION,  AND  (4)  OTHER RELEVANT AND APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE
 RULES OR REGULATIONS OR LOCAL REQUIREMENTS OR GOALS TO REDUCE  TRANSPOR-
 TATION  SECTOR  EMISSIONS; AND (II) SUPPORTING ELECTRIC VEHICLE ADOPTION
 BY CONSUMERS AND FLEET OPERATORS;
   (D) IDENTIFY THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF HIGHWAY CHARGING HUBS, INCLUD-
 ING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THRUWAY CHARGING HUBS, CURRENTLY IN OPERATION AND
 IN DEVELOPMENT ALONG PRIORITY HIGHWAY CORRIDORS;
   (E) ESTIMATE TOTAL CHARGING CAPACITY  REQUIRED  TO  SERVE  LIGHT DUTY,
 MEDIUM DUTY, AND HEAVY DUTY ELECTRIC VEHICLES AT EACH  HIGHWAY  CHARGING
 HUB THROUGH AT LEAST THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTY;
   (F)  TO  THE  EXTENT  PRACTICABLE, IDENTIFY THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF
 COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC FLEET VEHICLES IN OPERATION, INCLUDING THEIR  BODY
 TYPE, FUEL TYPE, MODEL YEAR, ZIP CODE, AND  OTHER  RELEVANT  INFORMATION
 NEEDED  TO  FORECAST THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ZERO-EMISSIONS VEHICLES,
 PER STATE POLICY;
   (G) IDENTIFY THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF FLEET CHARGING ZONES;
   (H) ESTIMATE FUTURE NEED FOR CHARGING DEPLOYMENT AND CHARGING CAPACITY
 IN THE FLEET CHARGING ZONES, SUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE TARGETS AND REGU-
 LATIONS IDENTIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SECTION; AND
   (I) SEEK TO OPTIMIZE FAST CHARGER DEPLOYMENT AMONG THE HIGHWAY  CHARG-
 ING  HUBS  AND  CHARGING  DEVELOPMENT  AMONG THE FLEET CHARGING ZONES TO
 REDUCE THE COST OF INTERCONNECTION,  ELECTRIC  DISTRIBUTION,  AND  LOCAL
 TRANSMISSION UPGRADES WHILE SERVING PROJECTED VEHICLE TRAFFIC VOLUMES.
   2.  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL  DEVELOP A STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROCESS TO
 RAISE CONSUMER AWARENESS AND EDUCATION  ACROSS  THE  STATE  AND  SOLICIT
 FEEDBACK  FROM THE PUBLIC, REPRESENTATIVES OR RESIDENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL
 JUSTICE OR DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES,  ELECTRIC  VEHICLE  MANUFACTURERS,
 ELECTRIC  VEHICLE  SUPPLY  EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS, FLEET OPERATORS, AND
 OTHERS ON THE HIGHWAY AND DEPOT CHARGING ACTION PLAN.    TO  THE  EXTENT
 PRACTICABLE  AND CONSISTENT WITH APPLICABLE TIMELINES, THE AUTHORITY MAY
 COORDINATE THE HIGHWAY AND DEPOT CHARGING ACTION PLAN STAKEHOLDER  INPUT
 PROCESS  WITH  THE PROCESS SET FORTH IN SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-
 FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE.
 S. 4830                             3
 
   3. THE AUTHORITY SHALL SUBMIT THE HIGHWAY AND DEPOT CHARGING  PLAN  TO
 THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION NO LATER THAN NINE MONTHS AFTER THE EFFEC-
 TIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION AND AN UPDATED CHARGING PLAN EVERY THREE YEARS
 THEREAFTER.  THE  HIGHWAY  AND  DEPOT CHARGING ACTION PLAN SHALL BE MADE
 PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE AUTHORITY'S WEBSITE.
   4.  TO  FACILITATE  DEVELOPMENT  OF  A FAST CHARGING NETWORK ALONG THE
 PRIORITY HIGHWAY CORRIDORS AS SET FORTH IN  THIS  SECTION,  THE  HIGHWAY
 CHARGING ACTION PLAN SHALL DESIGNATE LOCATIONS AS HIGHWAY CHARGING HUBS,
 AS FOLLOWS:
   (A)  ALL THRUWAY CHARGING HUBS SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS HIGHWAY CHARGING
 HUBS.
   (B) ADDITIONAL SITES OR GEOGRAPHIC  AREAS  SHALL  BE  PRIORITIZED  FOR
 DESIGNATION AS HIGHWAY CHARGING HUBS BASED ON (I) ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDER-
 AL,  STATE, OR OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
 NEEDS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE NEVI FORMULA PROGRAM PLANNING PROCESS, (II)
 PROXIMITY TO ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE, (III) PROJECTED VEHI-
 CLE TRAFFIC, (IV) CHARGING NETWORK COVERAGE, (V) INTERSTATE  AND  INTRA-
 STATE COMMERCE, (VI) BENEFITS TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND DISADVANTAGED
 COMMUNITIES,  (VII) BENEFITS OF INCREASED CHARGING ACCESSIBILITY IN HOST
 COMMUNITIES, (VIII) REAL PROPERTY  OWNERSHIP  OR  CONTROL  OF  POTENTIAL
 SITES,  (IX)  RELEVANT  COMMITMENTS FROM SITE AND/OR CHARGING OPERATORS,
 AND (X) OTHER FACTORS DEEMED RELEVANT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESSFUL
 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HIGHWAY CHARGING ACTION PLAN.
   (C) HIGHWAY CHARGING HUBS SHALL BE WITHIN ONE  MILE  OF  THE  PRIORITY
 HIGHWAY  CORRIDORS,  SPACED  NO  MORE  THAN  FIFTY MILES APART ALONG THE
 PRIORITY HIGHWAY  CORRIDORS  AND  REASONABLY  ACCESSIBLE  REGARDLESS  OF
 DIRECTION OF TRAVEL.
   (D) THE AUTHORITY MAY CONSIDER PRIVATELY OPERATED SITES WHICH ARE OPEN
 TO  THE  PUBLIC  OR  MULTIPLE COMMERCIAL ENTITIES AS ELIGIBLE FOR DESIG-
 NATION AS A HIGHWAY CHARGING HUB, SUBJECT TO REASONABLE RESTRICTIONS.
   (E) A SINGLE HIGHWAY CHARGING HUB MAY BE COMPRISED OF MULTIPLE  CHARG-
 ING SERVICE AREAS WITHIN A REASONABLE DISTANCE FROM ONE ANOTHER.
   5.  GEOGRAPHIC  AREAS  SHALL  BE  PRIORITIZED FOR DESIGNATION AS FLEET
 CHARGING ZONES BASED ON:
   (A) TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC FLEET VEHICLES IN  OPERATION
 AND/OR TOTAL NUMBER OF FLEET OPERATORS IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA,
   (B) PROJECTED VEHICLE TRAFFIC IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA,
   (C) BENEFITS TO PUBLIC FLEETS, SUCH AS SCHOOL BUS OPERATORS,
   (D) BENEFITS TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES,
   (E)  RELEVANT  COMMITMENTS FROM FLEET AND/OR SITE OPERATORS TO INSTALL
 CHARGING EQUIPMENT,
   (F) AVAILABLE CAPACITY ON THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION AND  LOCAL  TRANS-
 MISSION NETWORK TO SERVE VEHICLE CHARGERS,
   (G)  ENSURING EQUITABLE COVERAGE AND ACCESS TO FLEET CHARGING THROUGH-
 OUT THE STATE, AND
   (H) OTHER FACTORS DEEMED RELEVANT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT  AND  SUCCESSFUL
 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DEPOT CHARGING ACTION PLAN.
   6. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW-
 ING MEANINGS:
   (A) "ALTERNATIVE FUEL CORRIDORS" SHALL MEAN HIGHWAYS DESIGNATED WITHIN
 THE  STATE  PURSUANT  TO  THE  NATIONAL  ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE
 FORMULA PROGRAM UNDER 23 U.S.C.  151 AND PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED UNDER THE
 FEDERAL FIXING AMERICA'S SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 2015.
   (B) "CHARGING PLAN" SHALL MEAN THE HIGHWAY AND DEPOT  CHARGING  ACTION
 PLAN.
 S. 4830                             4
 
   (C) "FAST CHARGER" SHALL MEAN A DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARG-
 ING PORT WHICH CAN CHARGE AT A LEVEL OF AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED FIFTY KILO-
 WATTS.
   (D)  "FLEET  CHARGING  ZONE" SHALL MEAN A PRIORITY GEOGRAPHIC AREA FOR
 THE DEPLOYMENT OF CHARGING  INFRASTRUCTURE  FOR  PUBLIC  AND  COMMERCIAL
 FLEET OPERATORS OR OWNERS, INCLUDING SCHOOL BUS FLEETS.
   (E)  "HIGHWAY  AND  DEPOT  CHARGING  ACTION  PLAN" SHALL MEAN THE PLAN
 DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   (F) "HIGHWAY CHARGING HUB" SHALL MEAN A PRIORITY SITE FOR THE  DEPLOY-
 MENT  OF  LARGE  SCALE,  FAST CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH HAS MINIMUM
 STATION POWER CAPABILITY AT OR ABOVE SIX HUNDRED KILOWATTS AND  SUPPORTS
 AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED FIFTY KILOWATTS PER PORT SIMULTANEOUSLY ACROSS FOUR
 PORTS  FOR  CHARGING.  THESE  SITES SHALL INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
 THRUWAY CHARGING HUBS.
   (G) "NEVI" SHALL MEAN THE  NATIONAL  ELECTRIC  VEHICLE  INFRASTRUCTURE
 PROGRAM ESTABLISHED UNDER THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS
 ACT OF 2021.
   (H)  "PRIORITY HIGHWAY CORRIDOR" SHALL MEAN ALTERNATIVE FUEL CORRIDORS
 AND OTHER STATE AND COUNTY HIGHWAYS IDENTIFIED IN THE CHARGING  PLAN  AS
 APPROPRIATE  TO ENSURE SUFFICIENT AND EQUITABLE CHARGING ACCESS THROUGH-
 OUT THE STATE.
   (I) "THRUWAY CHARGING HUBS"  SHALL  MEAN  ALL  HIGHWAY  SERVICE  AREAS
 CONTROLLED,  LEASED,  OWNED,  OR  OPERATED BY THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY
 AUTHORITY.
   § 3. The public service law is amended by adding a new  section  121-b
 to read as follows:
   §  121-B.  ELECTRIC  NETWORK AND INTERCONNECTIONS UPGRADES FOR HIGHWAY
 CHARGING HUBS. 1. WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF  THE  SUBMISSION  OF  A  HIGHWAY
 CHARGING  ACTION  PLAN  OR  DEPOT CHARGING ACTION PLAN TO THE COMMISSION
 PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC  AUTHORI-
 TIES LAW, AND IN CONSULTATION WITH THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AUTHORITY,
 THE  NEW  YORK POWER AUTHORITY, AND THE LONG ISLAND POWER AUTHORITY, THE
 COMMISSION SHALL COMMENCE A PROCEEDING TO DIRECT NEW YORK ELECTRIC UTIL-
 ITIES TO PRODUCE CAPITAL PLANS TO DEVELOP, OWN,  AND  OPERATE  INTERCON-
 NECTION,  ELECTRIC  DISTRIBUTION, AND LOCAL TRANSMISSION UPGRADES NECES-
 SARY TO MEET CHARGING CAPACITY  REQUIREMENTS  AT  ALL  HIGHWAY  CHARGING
 HUBS.  SUCH CAPITAL PLANS SHALL:
   (A)  INCLUDE  UPGRADES TO SITE INTERCONNECTION AT ALL HIGHWAY CHARGING
 HUBS;
   (B) BE DESIGNED TO MINIMIZE  THE  NEED  FOR  MULTIPLE  OR  DUPLICATIVE
 UPGRADES  AT  A GIVEN SITE BY CONSIDERING CHARGING CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS
 FOR ALL VEHICLE CLASSES THROUGH THE YEAR  TWO  THOUSAND  FIFTY,  AND  BY
 CONSIDERING  OTHER  SOURCES OF ELECTRIC DEMAND AT HIGHWAY CHARGING HUBS.
 WHERE FEASIBLE, UPGRADES SHALL BE DESIGNED AS FUTURE-PROOFING UPGRADES;
   (C) PRIORITIZE INTERCONNECTION, ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION, AND LOCAL TRAN-
 SMISSION UPGRADES AT THRUWAY CHARGING HUBS  AND  SHALL  INCLUDE  FUTURE-
 PROOFING UPGRADES AT ALL THRUWAY CHARGING HUBS;
   (D)  CONSIDER  THE  EXISTENCE OF RELEVANT COMMITMENTS FROM SITE AND/OR
 CHARGING OPERATORS IN PRIORITIZING THE SCHEDULE OF UPGRADES FOR  HIGHWAY
 CHARGING HUBS; AND
   (E)  IDENTIFY A SCHEDULE FOR UPGRADES, PROVIDED SUCH SCHEDULE SHALL BE
 SUBJECT TO REASONABLE CONSTRAINTS SUCH AS AVAILABILITY OF LAND,  PERMIT-
 TING,  RELEVANT COMMITMENTS FROM SITE OPERATORS, UPDATES TO THE CHARGING
 PLAN, OR OTHER FACTORS.
   2. ALL INVESTMENTS IN THE UTILITY CAPITAL PLAN, INCLUDING UPGRADES  TO
 SITE INTERCONNECTION AT ALL HIGHWAY CHARGING HUBS, SHALL BE RECOVERED BY
 S. 4830                             5
 
 THE  UTILITIES  THROUGH  A  PROCEEDING  ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSION, A
 PETITION FILED BY ONE OR MORE UTILITIES, OR THE UTILITY RATE CASE  PROC-
 ESS.  THE  COMMISSION  MAY  ESTABLISH  AN APPROPRIATE MECHANISM FOR SITE
 OWNERS  OR  OPERATORS  TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COST OF IDENTIFIED UPGRADES,
 SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A CONTRIBUTION FROM CHARGING REVENUE AT THE
 SITE.
   3. THE COMMISSION SHALL ACT TO ENSURE THAT UPGRADES ARE IMPLEMENTED IN
 A TIMELY AND COST-EFFECTIVE MANNER TO  MEET  THE  CHARGING  REQUIREMENTS
 IDENTIFIED  IN  THE HIGHWAY CHARGING ACTION PLAN AT ALL HIGHWAY CHARGING
 HUBS.  PROVIDED, IN EVALUATING THE BENEFITS OF  PROPOSED  UPGRADES,  THE
 COMMISSION MAY CONSIDER, AMONG OTHER FACTORS:
   (A)  APPROPRIATE  BENCHMARKS  FOR  RESILIENCE  AND REDUNDANCY OF POWER
 SUPPLY AT SELECTED SITES;
   (B) EACH SITE'S ROLE IN PROVIDING CHARGING IN EMERGENCY CONDITIONS;
   (C) OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE UPGRADES TO IMPROVE SYSTEM  RELIABILITY  AND
 RESILIENCY, OR ADDRESS EXISTING ASSET CONDITION NEEDS;
   (D)  OPPORTUNITIES  FOR THE UPGRADES TO SERVE ADDITIONAL ELECTRIC LOAD
 GROWTH, SUCH AS ADJACENT FLEET  DEPOT  CHARGING  OR  CHARGING  FOR  HOST
 COMMUNITIES;
   (E) OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE UPGRADES TO FACILITATE RENEWABLE GENERATION,
 DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES, OR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;
   (F)  POTENTIAL FOR UPGRADES AT HIGHWAY CHARGING HUBS TO DEFER THE NEED
 FOR UPGRADES AT OTHER EXISTING CHARGING LOCATIONS; AND
   (G) AVAILABILITY OF COMPLEMENTARY FUNDING OR INCENTIVES FOR MAKE-READY
 INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROMOTE CHARGING DEVELOPMENT.
   4. IN ESTABLISHING THE CAPITAL  PLAN,  THE  ELECTRIC  UTILITIES  SHALL
 EVALUATE  BENEFITS  OF  UTILIZING  DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES, SUCH AS
 ENERGY STORAGE OR MANAGED CHARGING PROGRAMS. SUCH BENEFITS MAY  INCLUDE,
 BUT  ARE  NOT  LIMITED  TO, LOWERING THE TOTAL COST OF THE CAPITAL PLAN,
 PROVIDING INCREASED RESILIENCY AT A HIGHWAY CHARGING HUB, AND  PROVIDING
 INTERIM  SOLUTIONS  TO ENABLE CHARGING DEPLOYMENT WHERE GRID INFRASTRUC-
 TURE IS NOT YET IN PLACE. INTERCONNECTION,  ELECTRIC  DISTRIBUTION,  AND
 LOCAL  TRANSMISSION  UPGRADES  IN  THE  CAPITAL PLAN MAY INCLUDE UTILITY
 OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION OF ENERGY STORAGE FACILITIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, MOBILE OR TEMPORARY STORAGE FACILITIES.
   5. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "FUTURE-PROOFING UPGRADES"  SHALL
 MEAN UPGRADES THAT SEEK TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE GROWTH IN CHARGING CAPACI-
 TY REQUIREMENTS.
   6.  THE  COMMISSION, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF ENVIRON-
 MENTAL CONSERVATION, MAY ISSUE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS THE COMMIS-
 SION  DETERMINES  NECESSARY  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  CARRYING  OUT   THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   7.  IN  THE PROCEEDING ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
 OR IN ANOTHER PROCEEDING DESIGNATED BY THE  COMMISSION,  THE  COMMISSION
 SHALL ACT TO IDENTIFY AND REMOVE THE BARRIERS TO THE EFFICIENT AND TIME-
 LY  DEPLOYMENT OF CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO ELECTRIFY NEW YORK'S
 COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC FLEET VEHICLES IN THE FLEET CHARGING ZONES.    THE
 COMMISSION SHALL CONSIDER, AMONG OTHER FACTORS:
   (A)  REVISIONS  TO UTILITY ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING TO
 ENCOURAGE PROACTIVE INVESTMENTS IN THE FLEET CHARGING ZONES,  ESPECIALLY
 IN DISADVANTAGED AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES;
   (B)  APPROPRIATE  BENCHMARKS  FOR  RESILIENCE  AND REDUNDANCY OF POWER
 SUPPLY IN SELECTED AREAS;
   (C) OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE UPGRADES TO IMPROVE SYSTEM  RELIABILITY  AND
 RESILIENCY, OR ADDRESS EXISTING ASSET CONDITION NEEDS;
 S. 4830                             6
 
   (D)  OPPORTUNITIES  FOR THE UPGRADES TO SERVE ADDITIONAL ELECTRIC LOAD
 GROWTH;
   (E) OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE UPGRADES TO FACILITATE RENEWABLE GENERATION,
 DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES, OR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;
   (F) OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE-PROOFING UPGRADES;
   (G) AVAILABILITY OF COMPLEMENTARY FUNDING OR INCENTIVES FOR MAKE READY
 INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROMOTE CHARGING DEVELOPMENT; AND
   (H)  BENEFITS  OF DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES, INCLUDING ENERGY STOR-
 AGE.
   § 4. Section 1020-gg of the public authorities law, as added by  chap-
 ter 433 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   § 1020-gg. Energy plan. The authority shall complete a biennial energy
 plan in accordance with the provisions of article six of the energy law.
 In  addition  to  any requirements of article six of the energy law, the
 authority shall provide copies of its biennial energy plan to the gover-
 nor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly,
 the chair of the assembly committee on  energy  and  the  chair  of  the
 senate committee on energy and telecommunications. Further, the authori-
 ty  shall  cooperate and participate in the state energy planning proce-
 dures as enumerated in article six of the energy law.    NOTWITHSTANDING
 THE  FOREGOING, THE AUTHORITY SHALL ESTABLISH OR AMEND AN EXISTING CAPI-
 TAL PLAN TO IMPLEMENT UPGRADES IN ITS SERVICE  TERRITORY  IN  ACCORDANCE
 WITH  THE  DICTATES  OF  A  PROCEEDING IMPLEMENTED BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE
 COMMISSION PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE-B  OF  THE  PUBLIC
 SERVICE  LAW.   THE AUTHORITY AND THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND
 DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SHALL IDENTIFY NO FEWER THAN TWO HIGHWAY  CHARGING
 HUBS IN THE AUTHORITY'S SERVICE TERRITORY WHERE FUTURE-PROOFING UPGRADES
 SHALL  BE  IMPLEMENTED  ON A SIMILAR TIMELINE AS AT THE THRUWAY CHARGING
 HUBS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF  THIS  CHAP-
 TER, SUBJECT TO REASONABLE CONSTRAINTS.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2023-S4830A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5052
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Add §1885, Pub Auth L

2023-S4830A - Summary

2023-S4830A - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4830A

SPONSOR: KENNEDY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law and the public service law,
in relation to establishing a highway and depot charging action plan

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation amends the public authorities and public service laws
to require the development of a highway and depot charging action plan
to meet the state's clean transportation goals.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Sets forth the legislative findings.

§ 2: adds § 1885 to the public authorities law to (1) require NYSERDA,
in consultation with relevant state agencies and authorities and the
electric utilities, to develop a highway and depot charging action plan,
the parameters of which are specified, and to update such plan every

three years; (2) directs NYSERDA to develop a stakeholder engagement
process which may be coordinated with the existing stakeholder engage-
ment process set forth in section 1884 of the public authorities law;
(3) directs NYSERDA to submit the charging plan to the PSC no later than
nine months after the effective date of this section; (4) requires
NYSERDA et al to facilitate development of a fast charging network along
priority highway corridors by designating locations as highway charging
hubs according to specified parameters; (5) requires NYSERDA et al to
prioritize geographic areas to be designated as fleet charging zones
based on specified parameters; and (6) defines terms.

§ 3: adds § 66-v of the public service law to (1) require the Public
Service Commission, in consultation with relevant authorities, to
commence a proceeding within 90 days of receiving the highway and depot
charging action plan, to direct New York electric utilities to produce
capital plans, in accordance with specified parameters, to develop, own
and operate interconnection, electric distribution, and local trans-
mission upgrades necessary to meet charging capacity requirements at all
highway charging hubs identified in the charging plan; (2) direct the
Commission to reduce costs to utility customers by considering mech-
anisms including but not limited to funding made available by the state
and/or federal government, to develop a plan to ensure cost-effective-
ness of investments in the capital plan, and to consider benefits made
available to utility customers through such investments; (3) direct the
Commission to ensure upgrades are implemented in a timely and cost-ef-
fective manner to meet charging requirements at all identified highway
charging hubs and fleet charging zones and to evaluate the benefits of
proposed upgrades in accordance with specified parameters; (4) require
electric utilities, in establishing the capital plan, to evaluate bene-
fits of utilizing distributed energy resources such as energy storage or
managed charging programs; (5) define "future-proofing upgrades"; (6)
authorize the Commission, in consultation with the commissioner of envi-
ronmental conservation, to issue rules and regulations; (7) require the
Commission to identify and remove barriers to the efficient and timely
deployment of charging infrastructure needed to electrify New York's
commercial and public fleet vehicles and support charging deployment at
depots in the fleet charging zones, and in doing so, to consider a range
of specified factors; and (8) require capital plans to demonstrate
threshold labor standards.

§ 4: amends § 1020-gg of the public authorities law to require the Long
Island Power Authority (LIPA) to establish or amend an existing capital
plan to implement upgrades in its service territory in accordance with a
proceeding implemented by the public service commission pursuant to §
66-v of the public service law. LIPA and NYSERDA shall identify no fewer
than two highway charging hubs in LIPA's service territory where
future-proofing upgrades shall be implemented on a similar timeline as
at the thruway charging hubs defined in § 1885 of the public authorities
law.

§ 5. Establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York has set rigorous goals - such as the Climate Leadership and
Community Protection Act of 2019 (CLCPA), Advanced Clean Trucks and
Advanced Clean Cars II rules, and the Zero Emissions Vehicles sales
targets - to predominantly electrify its transportation sector by 2050,
with significant target deadlines rapidly approaching. To meet the clean
transportation goals we have set, New York must now commit to equally
rigorous and well-planned goals to expedite electric grid transmission
and distribution infrastructure and interconnection upgrades. Fast
charging stations need to be built all along the New York State Thruway
and other high priority corridors. But fast chargers create considerable
demand for energy; exponentially more demand than currently required to
power the gas pumps found at Thruway rest stops and throughout the
state. As a result, as sales of zero emission vehicles continue to grow
and gain momentum, the electric grid must grow just as quickly to keep
pace with demand.

Electric grid infrastructure upgrades are costly and subject to a time-
consuming process that requires considerable coordination to plan, engi-
neer, permit, and construct. That extensive process must begin now - far
ahead of the electrification tar get deadlines - to meet the demands
that will emerge with those deadlines. In fact, if the upgrade process
fails to outpace the time when electric vehicle adoption reaches scale,
we will not have a reliable and adequate electric supply to power all
the new electric vehicles on New York's roadways.

This legislation establishes the framework to proactively plan for elec-
tric, vehicle fast-charging deployment on New York's highways by direct-
ing NYSERDA, in consultation with the Department of Transportation,
Department of Motor Vehicles, New York State Thruway Authority, New York
Power Authority, Long Island Power Authority, Department of Environ-
mental Conservation and the electric distribution and transmission util-
ities to, among other things, identify the number of fast chargers,
highway charging hubs, and fleet charging zones currently in operation
and in development along New York's priority highways, estimate future
need for fast charger deployment, and estimate total charging capacity
required through at least 2050. This planning will include stakeholder
input in line with existing energy planning processes, and NYSERDA will
then report the plan to the public service commission to effectuate it
through a proceeding that requires New York's electric utilities to
produce appropriate capital plans.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

TBD.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S4830A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4830--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  KENNEDY, COMRIE, COONEY, HARCKHAM, PARKER -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee  on  Corporations,  Authorities and Commissions -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the public  service  law,
   in relation to establishing a highway and depot charging action plan
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. In order to achieve targets set forth
 by the climate leadership and community protection  act,  zero-emissions
 vehicle  sales  targets  and  regulations,  including the advanced clean
 truck and advanced  clean  cars  II  rules,  zero-emissions  school  bus
 mandate,  and  other  relevant goals, the interests of the people of the
 state would be served by:
   1. Coordinating efforts to plan  for  electric  vehicle  fast-charging
 deployment on New York's highways;
   2.  Identifying  priority  sites  for  the deployment of fast chargers
 along New York's highways, estimating future charging  demand  at  these
 sites  for  all vehicle classes, and identifying necessary electric grid
 transmission  and  distribution   infrastructure   and   interconnection
 upgrades at these sites;
   3.  Expediting electric grid transmission and distribution infrastruc-
 ture and interconnection upgrades at sites controlled by  the  New  York
 state  thruway  authority,  sufficient to future-proof thruway sites for
 accelerated fast charger deployment to serve light duty, medium duty and
 heavy duty vehicles; and
   4.  Identifying additional high priority areas for the  deployment  of
 charging for medium and heavy duty vehicles, such as school buses, tran-
 sit  buses,  and  other  light,  medium  and heavy duty commercial fleet
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09078-04-3
 S. 4830--A                          2

 
 depots, and removing barriers to charging deployment, including electric
 infrastructure constraints.
   §  2.  The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new section
 1885 to read as follows:
   § 1885. HIGHWAY AND DEPOT CHARGING ACTION PLAN.  1. WITHIN NINE MONTHS
 OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, AND EVERY THREE YEARS THEREAFTER,
 THE AUTHORITY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  SERVICE,
 THE  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, THE
 NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AUTHORITY, THE NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY, THE LONG
 ISLAND POWER AUTHORITY, THE DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,
 AND  THE  ELECTRIC  DISTRIBUTION AND LOCAL TRANSMISSION UTILITIES, SHALL
 DEVELOP A HIGHWAY AND DEPOT CHARGING  ACTION  PLAN.  THE  CHARGING  PLAN
 SHALL:
   (A)  SUPPORT  AND  COMPLEMENT  PLANNING  BY THE STATE FOR FAST CHARGER
 DEPLOYMENT ALONG ALTERNATIVE FUEL CORRIDORS;
   (B) IDENTIFY THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF FAST CHARGERS  ALONG  PRIORITY
 HIGHWAY  CORRIDORS,  INCLUDING  FAST  CHARGERS  CURRENTLY  INSTALLED AND
 CONNECTED TO THE GRID, INSTALLED AND NOT YET CONNECTED TO THE  GRID,  IN
 DEVELOPMENT, AND IDENTIFY LOCATIONS OF ADDITIONAL NEED;
   (C)  ESTIMATE  FUTURE  NEED FOR FAST CHARGER DEPLOYMENT ALONG PRIORITY
 HIGHWAY CORRIDORS FOR THE PURPOSES OF (I) FACILITATING  THE  COST-EFFEC-
 TIVE  AND  TIMELY  ACHIEVEMENT  OF MANDATES, AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO,
 UNDER (1) ARTICLE SEVENTY-FIVE OF THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW,
 (2)  SECTION  19-0306-B  OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW REGARDING
 ZERO-EMISSIONS VEHICLE SALES TARGETS,  (3)  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  FOR
 ZERO-EMISSIONS  VEHICLES  ADOPTED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER OF ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION, AND (4) OTHER RELEVANT AND APPLICABLE  FEDERAL  AND  STATE
 RULES  OR REGULATIONS OR LOCAL REQUIREMENTS OR GOALS TO REDUCE TRANSPOR-
 TATION SECTOR EMISSIONS; AND (II) SUPPORTING ELECTRIC  VEHICLE  ADOPTION
 BY CONSUMERS AND FLEET OPERATORS;
   (D) IDENTIFY THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF HIGHWAY CHARGING HUBS, INCLUD-
 ING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  THRUWAY CHARGING HUBS ALONG PRIORITY HIGHWAY
 CORRIDORS, AND IDENTIFY LOCATIONS OF ADDITIONAL NEED;
   (E) ESTIMATE TOTAL CHARGING CAPACITY  REQUIRED  TO  SERVE  LIGHT DUTY,
 MEDIUM DUTY, AND HEAVY DUTY ELECTRIC VEHICLES AT EACH  HIGHWAY  CHARGING
 HUB THROUGH AT LEAST THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTY;
   (F)  TO  THE  EXTENT  PRACTICABLE, IDENTIFY THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF
 COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC FLEET VEHICLES IN OPERATION, INCLUDING THEIR  BODY
 TYPE, FUEL TYPE, MODEL YEAR, ZIP CODE, AND  OTHER  RELEVANT  INFORMATION
 NEEDED  TO  FORECAST THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ZERO-EMISSIONS VEHICLES,
 PER STATE POLICY;
   (G) IDENTIFY THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF FLEET CHARGING ZONES;
   (H) ESTIMATE FUTURE NEED FOR CHARGING DEPLOYMENT AND CHARGING CAPACITY
 IN THE FLEET CHARGING ZONES, INCLUDING  CHARGING  CAPACITY  REQUIRED  IN
 EACH  CHARGING  ZONE  TO  ENABLE  FLEET CHARGING AT DEPOTS SUFFICIENT TO
 SATISFY THE TARGETS AND REGULATIONS IDENTIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF  THIS
 SECTION; AND
   (I)  SEEK TO OPTIMIZE FAST CHARGER DEPLOYMENT AMONG THE HIGHWAY CHARG-
 ING HUBS AND CHARGING DEVELOPMENT AMONG  THE  FLEET  CHARGING  ZONES  TO
 REDUCE  THE  COST  OF  INTERCONNECTION, ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION, AND LOCAL
 TRANSMISSION UPGRADES WHILE SERVING PROJECTED VEHICLE TRAFFIC VOLUMES.
   2. THE AUTHORITY SHALL DEVELOP A  STAKEHOLDER  ENGAGEMENT  PROCESS  TO
 RAISE  CONSUMER  AWARENESS  AND  EDUCATION  ACROSS THE STATE AND SOLICIT
 FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC, REPRESENTATIVES OR RESIDENTS OF  ENVIRONMENTAL
 JUSTICE  OR  DISADVANTAGED  COMMUNITIES, ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS,
 ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS,  FLEET  OPERATORS,  AND
 S. 4830--A                          3
 
 OTHERS  ON  THE  HIGHWAY  AND DEPOT CHARGING ACTION PLAN.  TO THE EXTENT
 PRACTICABLE AND CONSISTENT WITH APPLICABLE TIMELINES, THE AUTHORITY  MAY
 COORDINATE  THE HIGHWAY AND DEPOT CHARGING ACTION PLAN STAKEHOLDER INPUT
 PROCESS  WITH  THE PROCESS SET FORTH IN SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-
 FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE.
   3. THE AUTHORITY SHALL SUBMIT THE HIGHWAY AND  DEPOT  CHARGING  ACTION
 PLAN  TO  THE  PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION NO LATER THAN NINE MONTHS AFTER
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION AND AN UPDATED  CHARGING  PLAN  EVERY
 THREE YEARS THEREAFTER. THE HIGHWAY AND DEPOT CHARGING ACTION PLAN SHALL
 BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE AUTHORITY'S WEBSITE, PROVIDED HOWEVER,
 THE  AUTHORITY MAY REDACT OR EXCLUDE SENSITIVE INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH APPLICABLE LAW, RULE OR REGULATION.
   4. TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT OF A  FAST  CHARGING  NETWORK  ALONG  THE
 PRIORITY  HIGHWAY  CORRIDORS  AS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION, THE CHARGING
 PLAN SHALL DESIGNATE LOCATIONS AS HIGHWAY CHARGING HUBS, AS FOLLOWS:
   (A) ALL THRUWAY CHARGING HUBS SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS HIGHWAY  CHARGING
 HUBS.
   (B)  ADDITIONAL  SITES  OR  GEOGRAPHIC  AREAS SHALL BE PRIORITIZED FOR
 DESIGNATION AS HIGHWAY CHARGING HUBS BASED ON (I) ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDER-
 AL, STATE, OR OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, (II)  PROXIMITY  TO  ELECTRIC
 TRANSMISSION  INFRASTRUCTURE,  (III)  PROJECTED  VEHICLE  TRAFFIC,  (IV)
 CHARGING NETWORK COVERAGE, (V) INTERSTATE AND INTRASTATE COMMERCE,  (VI)
 BENEFITS  TO  ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, (VII)
 BENEFITS OF INCREASED CHARGING ACCESSIBILITY IN HOST COMMUNITIES, (VIII)
 REAL PROPERTY OWNERSHIP OR CONTROL OF  POTENTIAL  SITES,  (IX)  RELEVANT
 COMMITMENTS  FROM  SITE AND/OR CHARGING OPERATORS, AND (X) OTHER FACTORS
 DEEMED RELEVANT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
 CHARGING PLAN.
   (C) HIGHWAY CHARGING HUBS SHALL BE WITHIN ONE  MILE  OF  THE  PRIORITY
 HIGHWAY  CORRIDORS,  SPACED  NO  MORE  THAN  FIFTY MILES APART ALONG THE
 PRIORITY HIGHWAY  CORRIDORS  AND  REASONABLY  ACCESSIBLE  REGARDLESS  OF
 DIRECTION OF TRAVEL.
   (D) THE AUTHORITY MAY CONSIDER PRIVATELY OPERATED SITES WHICH ARE OPEN
 TO  THE  PUBLIC  OR  MULTIPLE COMMERCIAL ENTITIES AS ELIGIBLE FOR DESIG-
 NATION AS A HIGHWAY CHARGING HUB, SUBJECT TO REASONABLE RESTRICTIONS.
   (E) A SINGLE HIGHWAY CHARGING HUB MAY BE COMPRISED OF MULTIPLE  CHARG-
 ING  SERVICE  AREAS LOCATED WITHIN A DISTANCE FROM ONE ANOTHER DEEMED BY
 THE AUTHORITY, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  ELECTRIC  UTILITIES,  TO  BE
 REASONABLE.
   5.  GEOGRAPHIC  AREAS  SHALL  BE  PRIORITIZED FOR DESIGNATION AS FLEET
 CHARGING ZONES BASED ON:
   (A) TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC FLEET VEHICLES IN  OPERATION
 AND/OR TOTAL NUMBER OF FLEET OPERATORS IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA,
   (B) PROJECTED VEHICLE TRAFFIC IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA,
   (C) BENEFITS TO PUBLIC FLEETS, SUCH AS SCHOOL BUS OPERATORS,
   (D)  BENEFITS  TO AND SUPPORT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND DISADVAN-
 TAGED COMMUNITIES,
   (E) RELEVANT COMMITMENTS FROM FLEET AND/OR SITE OPERATORS  TO  INSTALL
 CHARGING EQUIPMENT,
   (F)  AVAILABLE  CAPACITY ON THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION AND LOCAL TRANS-
 MISSION NETWORK TO SERVE VEHICLE CHARGERS,
   (G) ENSURING EQUITABLE COVERAGE AND ACCESS TO FLEET CHARGING  THROUGH-
 OUT THE STATE, AND
   (H)  OTHER  FACTORS DEEMED RELEVANT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESSFUL
 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHARGING PLAN.
 S. 4830--A                          4
 
   6. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW-
 ING MEANINGS:
   (A) "ALTERNATIVE FUEL CORRIDORS" SHALL MEAN HIGHWAYS DESIGNATED WITHIN
 THE STATE PURSUANT TO 23 U.S.C. 151.
   (B)  "CHARGING  PLAN" SHALL MEAN THE HIGHWAY AND DEPOT CHARGING ACTION
 PLAN.
   (C) "DEPOT" SHALL MEAN A SITE WHERE PRIVATE OR PUBLIC  FLEET  VEHICLES
 ARE  REGULARLY  PARKED, MAINTAINED, OR OTHERWISE DISPATCHED FOR SERVICE,
 INCLUDING SCHOOL BUS GARAGES. A SINGLE DEPOT MAY SERVE MULTIPLE FLEETS.
   (D) "FAST CHARGER" SHALL MEAN A DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARG-
 ING PORT WHICH CAN CHARGE AT A LEVEL OF AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED FIFTY KILO-
 WATTS.
   (E) "FLEET CHARGING ZONE" SHALL MEAN A PRIORITY  GEOGRAPHIC  AREA  FOR
 THE  DEPLOYMENT  OF  CHARGING  INFRASTRUCTURE  FOR PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL
 FLEET OPERATORS OR OWNERS, INCLUDING SCHOOL BUS FLEETS.
   (F) "HIGHWAY AND DEPOT CHARGING  ACTION  PLAN"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  PLAN
 DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   (G)  "HIGHWAY CHARGING HUB" SHALL MEAN A PRIORITY SITE FOR THE DEPLOY-
 MENT OF LARGE SCALE, FAST CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ALL VEHICLE CLASS-
 ES, WHICH HAS MINIMUM STATION POWER CAPABILITY AT OR ABOVE  SIX  HUNDRED
 KILOWATTS  AND  SUPPORTS  AT  LEAST ONE HUNDRED FIFTY KILOWATTS PER PORT
 SIMULTANEOUSLY ACROSS FOUR PORTS FOR CHARGING. THESE SITES SHALL INCLUDE
 BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THRUWAY  CHARGING  HUBS.    THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL
 DETERMINE  WHEN  A NEED EXISTS TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM STATION POWER AND
 PORT CAPABILITIES ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS SECTION TO ACCOUNT FOR  MEDIUM-
 AND  HEAVY-DUTY  VEHICLE  CHARGING  DEMANDS AND MAY INCREASE THE MINIMUM
 STATION POWER AND PORT CAPABILITIES AS APPROPRIATE.
   (H) "PRIORITY HIGHWAY CORRIDOR" SHALL MEAN ALTERNATIVE FUEL  CORRIDORS
 AND  OTHER  STATE AND COUNTY HIGHWAYS IDENTIFIED IN THE CHARGING PLAN AS
 APPROPRIATE TO ENSURE SUFFICIENT AND EQUITABLE CHARGING ACCESS  THROUGH-
 OUT THE STATE.
   (I)  "THRUWAY  CHARGING  HUBS"  SHALL  MEAN  ALL HIGHWAY SERVICE AREAS
 CONTROLLED, LEASED, OWNED, OR OPERATED BY THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  THRUWAY
 AUTHORITY.    THE CHARGING PLAN SHALL IDENTIFY HOW THRUWAY CHARGING HUBS
 CAN SERVE CHARGING NEEDS OF ALL VEHICLE CLASSES.
   § 3. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 66-v to
 read as follows:
   § 66-V. ELECTRIC NETWORK AND INTERCONNECTION UPGRADES  TO  ENABLE  THE
 HIGHWAY  AND  DEPOT  CHARGING  ACTION PLAN. 1. WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE
 SUBMISSION OF THE HIGHWAY AND DEPOT CHARGING ACTION PLAN TO THE  COMMIS-
 SION  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  EIGHTEEN  HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC
 AUTHORITIES LAW, AND IN CONSULTATION WITH THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  THRUWAY
 AUTHORITY,  THE  NEW  YORK  POWER  AUTHORITY,  AND THE LONG ISLAND POWER
 AUTHORITY, THE COMMISSION SHALL COMMENCE A PROCEEDING TO DIRECT NEW YORK
 ELECTRIC UTILITIES TO PRODUCE CAPITAL PLANS TO DEVELOP, OWN, AND OPERATE
 INTERCONNECTION, ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION, AND LOCAL TRANSMISSION  UPGRADES
 NECESSARY TO MEET CHARGING CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS AT ALL HIGHWAY CHARGING
 HUBS  IDENTIFIED  IN  THE  HIGHWAY AND DEPOT CHARGING ACTION PLAN.  SUCH
 CAPITAL PLANS SHALL:
   (A) INCLUDE UPGRADES TO SITE INTERCONNECTION AT ALL  HIGHWAY  CHARGING
 HUBS;
   (B)  BE  DESIGNED  TO  MINIMIZE  THE  NEED FOR MULTIPLE OR DUPLICATIVE
 UPGRADES AT A GIVEN SITE BY CONSIDERING CHARGING  CAPACITY  REQUIREMENTS
 FOR  ALL  VEHICLE  CLASSES  THROUGH  THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTY, AND BY
 CONSIDERING OTHER SOURCES OF ELECTRIC DEMAND AT HIGHWAY  CHARGING  HUBS.
 WHERE FEASIBLE, UPGRADES SHALL BE DESIGNED AS FUTURE-PROOFING UPGRADES;
 S. 4830--A                          5
 
   (C)  EXPEDITE INTERCONNECTION, ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION, AND LOCAL TRANS-
 MISSION UPGRADES AT HIGHWAY CHARGING  HUBS  AND  SHALL  INCLUDE  FUTURE-
 PROOFING UPGRADES AT ALL THRUWAY CHARGING HUBS;
   (D)  CONSIDER  THE  EXISTENCE OF RELEVANT COMMITMENTS FROM SITE AND/OR
 CHARGING OPERATORS IN PRIORITIZING THE SCHEDULE OF UPGRADES FOR  HIGHWAY
 CHARGING HUBS;
   (E)  IDENTIFY A SCHEDULE FOR UPGRADES, PROVIDED SUCH SCHEDULE SHALL BE
 SUBJECT TO REASONABLE CONSTRAINTS SUCH AS AVAILABILITY OF LAND,  PERMIT-
 TING,  RELEVANT  COMMITMENTS FROM SITE OPERATORS, UPDATES TO THE HIGHWAY
 AND DEPOT CHARGING ACTION PLAN, OR OTHER FACTORS; AND
   (F)  IDENTIFY BARRIERS TO THE TIMELY INTERCONNECTION OF CHARGING SITES
 ADDRESSED IN THE UTILITY CAPITAL PLAN, SUCH AS  PERMITTING  OR  ELECTRIC
 INFRASTRUCTURE  SUPPLY CHAIN DEPENDENCIES, AND, WHERE IDENTIFIED, RECOM-
 MEND ACTIONS TO ADDRESS THOSE BARRIERS.
   2.  TO REDUCE COSTS OF THE CAPITAL PLANS  TO  UTILITY  CUSTOMERS,  THE
 COMMISSION  SHALL  CONSIDER  MECHANISMS  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 FUNDING MADE AVAILABLE BY  THE  STATE  AND/OR  FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT.  THE
 COMMISSION  SHALL DEVELOP A PLAN TO ENSURE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF INVEST-
 MENTS IN THE CAPITAL PLAN, AND SHALL CONSIDER BENEFITS MADE AVAILABLE TO
 UTILITY CUSTOMERS THROUGH INVESTMENTS IN THE CAPITAL PLAN.
   3. THE COMMISSION SHALL ACT TO ENSURE THAT UPGRADES ARE IMPLEMENTED IN
 A TIMELY AND COST-EFFECTIVE MANNER TO  MEET  THE  CHARGING  REQUIREMENTS
 IDENTIFIED  IN THE HIGHWAY AND DEPOT CHARGING ACTION PLAN AT ALL HIGHWAY
 CHARGING HUBS AND IN ALL FLEET CHARGING ZONES.  PROVIDED, IN  EVALUATING
 THE  BENEFITS  OF  PROPOSED UPGRADES, THE COMMISSION MAY CONSIDER, AMONG
 OTHER FACTORS:
   (A) APPROPRIATE BENCHMARKS FOR  RESILIENCE  AND  REDUNDANCY  OF  POWER
 SUPPLY AT SELECTED SITES;
   (B) EACH SITE'S ROLE IN PROVIDING CHARGING IN EMERGENCY CONDITIONS;
   (C)  OPPORTUNITIES  FOR THE UPGRADES TO IMPROVE SYSTEM RELIABILITY AND
 RESILIENCY, OR ADDRESS EXISTING ASSET CONDITION NEEDS;
   (D) OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE UPGRADES TO SERVE ADDITIONAL  ELECTRIC  LOAD
 GROWTH,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO ADJACENT FLEET DEPOT CHARGING OR
 CHARGING FOR HOST COMMUNITIES;
   (E) OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE UPGRADES TO FACILITATE RENEWABLE GENERATION,
 DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES, OR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;
   (F) POTENTIAL FOR UPGRADES AT HIGHWAY CHARGING HUBS OR IN FLEET CHARG-
 ING ZONES TO DEFER THE NEED FOR  UPGRADES  AT  OTHER  EXISTING  CHARGING
 LOCATIONS; AND
   (G) AVAILABILITY OF COMPLEMENTARY FUNDING OR INCENTIVES FOR MAKE-READY
 INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROMOTE CHARGING DEVELOPMENT.
   4.  IN  ESTABLISHING  THE  CAPITAL  PLAN, THE ELECTRIC UTILITIES SHALL
 EVALUATE BENEFITS OF UTILIZING DISTRIBUTED ENERGY  RESOURCES,  INCLUDING
 BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO, ENERGY STORAGE OR MANAGED CHARGING PROGRAMS. SUCH
 BENEFITS MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, LOWERING THE TOTAL COST OF
 THE CAPITAL PLAN, PROVIDING INCREASED RESILIENCY AT A  HIGHWAY  CHARGING
 HUB  OR  IN  A  FLEET  CHARGING ZONE, AND PROVIDING INTERIM SOLUTIONS TO
 ENABLE CHARGING DEPLOYMENT WHERE  GRID  INFRASTRUCTURE  IS  NOT  YET  IN
 PLACE.  INTERCONNECTION,  ELECTRIC  DISTRIBUTION, AND LOCAL TRANSMISSION
 UPGRADES IN THE CAPITAL PLAN MAY INCLUDE UTILITY OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION
 OF ENERGY STORAGE FACILITIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  MOBILE  OR
 TEMPORARY STORAGE FACILITIES.
   5.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "FUTURE-PROOFING UPGRADES" SHALL
 MEAN UPGRADES THAT SEEK TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE GROWTH IN CHARGING CAPACI-
 TY REQUIREMENTS.
 S. 4830--A                          6
 
   6. (A) THE COMMISSION, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF  ENVI-
 RONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,  MAY  ISSUE  SUCH  RULES AND REGULATIONS AS THE
 COMMISSION DETERMINES NECESSARY FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  CARRYING  OUT  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION, INCLUDING RULES THAT EXPEDITE THE INTERCON-
 NECTION PROCESS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT.
   (B)  THE  PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  SHALL CONSIDER OPPORTUNITIES TO
 EXPEDITE THE INTERCONNECTION PROCESS FOR HIGHWAY CHARGING HUBS AND ELEC-
 TRIC VEHICLE CHARGING SITES, INCLUDING DEPOTS, IDENTIFIED IN  THE  FLEET
 CHARGING ZONES.
   7.  IN  THE PROCEEDING ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
 OR IN ANOTHER PROCEEDING DESIGNATED BY THE  COMMISSION,  THE  COMMISSION
 SHALL ACT TO IDENTIFY AND REMOVE THE BARRIERS TO THE EFFICIENT AND TIME-
 LY  DEPLOYMENT OF CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO ELECTRIFY NEW YORK'S
 COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC FLEET VEHICLES AND SUPPORT CHARGING DEPLOYMENT  AT
 DEPOTS  IN  THE  FLEET  CHARGING ZONES.   THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIDER,
 AMONG OTHER FACTORS:
   (A) REVISIONS TO UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES
 TO ENCOURAGE PROACTIVE INVESTMENTS IN THE FLEET  CHARGING  ZONES,  ESPE-
 CIALLY  WHERE INVESTMENTS SUPPORT AND ARE SUPPORTED BY DISADVANTAGED AND
 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES;
   (B) IMPLEMENTING NECESSARY TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION  UPGRADES  TO
 MEET THE CHARGING CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS IN THE FLEET CHARGING ZONES;
   (C)  REVISIONS  TO  UTILITY PROGRAMS AND CAPITAL PLANNING TO ELIMINATE
 BARRIERS TO  CHARGING  DEPLOYMENT,  REDUCE  INTERCONNECTION  COSTS,  AND
 PROVIDE  REQUIRED  ELECTRIC  SERVICE  TO  SCHOOL BUS OPERATORS AND OTHER
 PUBLIC FLEET OPERATORS;
   (D) REVISIONS TO UTILITY  PROGRAMS  AND  CAPITAL  PLANNING  TO  REDUCE
 INTERCONNECTION  COSTS  FOR  PRIVATE  FLEET  OPERATORS AND CHARGING SITE
 OPERATORS, INCLUDING SITES WHICH SERVE MULTIPLE MEDIUM-  AND  HEAVY-DUTY
 FLEETS;
   (E)  APPROPRIATE  BENCHMARKS  FOR  RESILIENCE  AND REDUNDANCY OF POWER
 SUPPLY IN SELECTED AREAS;
   (F) OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE UPGRADES TO IMPROVE SYSTEM  RELIABILITY  AND
 RESILIENCY, OR ADDRESS EXISTING ASSET CONDITION NEEDS;
   (G)  OPPORTUNITIES  FOR THE UPGRADES TO SERVE ADDITIONAL ELECTRIC LOAD
 GROWTH;
   (H) OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE UPGRADES TO FACILITATE RENEWABLE GENERATION,
 DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES, OR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;
   (I) OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE-PROOFING UPGRADES;
   (J) AVAILABILITY OF COMPLEMENTARY FUNDING OR INCENTIVES FOR MAKE READY
 INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROMOTE CHARGING DEVELOPMENT; AND
   (K) BENEFITS OF DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES, INCLUDING  ENERGY  STOR-
 AGE.
   8.  UTILITY CAPITAL PLANS CREATED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL DEMONSTRATE
 THAT THE ELECTRIC UTILITY HAS ENTERED INTO A LABOR PEACE AGREEMENT  WITH
 A  BONA FIDE LABOR ORGANIZATION OF JURISDICTION THAT IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED
 IN REPRESENTING ELECTRIC UTILITY EMPLOYEES.
   § 4. Section 1020-gg of the public authorities law, as added by  chap-
 ter 433 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   § 1020-gg. Energy plan. The authority shall complete a biennial energy
 plan in accordance with the provisions of article six of the energy law.
 In  addition  to  any requirements of article six of the energy law, the
 authority shall provide copies of its biennial energy plan to the gover-
 nor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly,
 the chair of the assembly committee on  energy  and  the  chair  of  the
 senate committee on energy and telecommunications. Further, the authori-
 S. 4830--A                          7
 
 ty  shall  cooperate and participate in the state energy planning proce-
 dures as enumerated in article six of the energy law.    NOTWITHSTANDING
 THE  FOREGOING, THE AUTHORITY SHALL ESTABLISH OR AMEND AN EXISTING CAPI-
 TAL  PLAN  TO  IMPLEMENT UPGRADES IN ITS SERVICE TERRITORY IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH THE DICTATES OF A PROCEEDING  IMPLEMENTED  BY  THE  PUBLIC  SERVICE
 COMMISSION  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION SIXTY-SIX-V OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW.
 THE AUTHORITY AND THE NEW YORK STATE  ENERGY  RESEARCH  AND  DEVELOPMENT
 AUTHORITY  SHALL IDENTIFY NO FEWER THAN TWO HIGHWAY CHARGING HUBS IN THE
 AUTHORITY'S SERVICE TERRITORY WHERE FUTURE-PROOFING  UPGRADES  SHALL  BE
 IMPLEMENTED  ON  A  SIMILAR TIMELINE AS AT THE THRUWAY CHARGING HUBS, AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, SUBJECT
 TO REASONABLE CONSTRAINTS.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2023-S4830B - Details

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2023-S4830B - Summary

2023-S4830B - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4830B

SPONSOR: KENNEDY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to conducting a
highway and depot charging needs evaluation

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation amends the public authorities and public service laws
to require the development of a highway and depot charging action plan
to meet the state's clean transportation goals.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Sets for the legislative findings.

§ 2. Adds § 1885 to the public authorities law to:

Require NYSERDA, in consultation with the Department of Transportation,
Department of Motor Vehicles, New York State Thruway Authority, New York

Power Authority, Long Island Power Authority, Department of Environ-
mental Conservation and the electric distribution and transmission util-
ities to develop a highway and depot charging needs evaluation within
nine months of the effective date of the bill and every three years
thereafter. The charging action plan shall support and complement DOT
planning for fast charger deployment along alternative fuel corridors;
identify the number and location of fast chargers along priority highway
corridors; estimate future need for such deployment for the purposes of
specified parameters; identify the number and location of highway charg-
ing hubs; estimate total charging capacity required to serve light-,
medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles at each highway charging hub
through at least-2050; identify, to the extent practicable, the number
and location of commercial and public fleet vehicles in operation; iden-
tify the number and location of fleet charging zones; estimate future
need for charging deployment and charging capacity in the fleet charging
zones; seek to optimize fast charger deployment among the highway charg-
ing hubs and charging development among the fleet charging zones to
reduce the cost of interconnection, electric distribution, and local
transmission upgrades while serving projected vehicle traffic volumes;
analyze and asses total potential costs associated with identified need;
and analyze and assess federal or state funding needs to minimize costs
to rate payers

Direct NYSERDA to develop a stakeholder engagement process to raise
consumer awareness and education and solicit feedback from the public,
representatives or residents of environmental justice or disadvantaged
communities, electric vehicle manufacturers, electric vehicle supply
equipment manufacturers, fleet operators, and others.  To the extent
practicable and consistent with applicable timelines, NYSERDA may coor-
dinate the highway and depot charging action plan stakeholder input
process with the process set forth in § 1884 of the public authorities
law.

The needs evaluation shall be made publicly available on NYSERDA's
website.


Defines what will be considered for designation as highway charging hubs
in the needs evaluation.

Require NYSERDA to prioritize geographic areas for designation as fleet
charging zones based on specified parameters.

Set forth definitions for terms used in § 1885.

§ 3. Establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York has set rigorous goals - such as the Climate Leadership and
Community Protection Act of 2019 (CLCPA), Advanced Clean Trucks and
Advanced Clean Cars II rules, and the Zero Emissions Vehicles sales
targets - to predominantly electrify its transportation sector by 2050,
with significant target deadlines rapidly approaching. To meet the clean
transportation goals we have set, New York must now commit to equally
rigorous and well-planned goals to expedite electric grid transmission
and distribution infrastructure and interconnection upgrades. Fast
charging stations need to be built all along the New York State Thruway
and other high priority corridors. But fast chargers create considerable
demand for energy; exponentially more demand than currently required to
power the gas pumps found at Thruway rest stops and throughout the
state. As a result, as sales of zero emission vehicles continue to grow
and gain momentum, the electric grid must grow just as quickly to keep
pace with demand.  Electric grid infrastructure upgrades are costly and
subject to a time-consuming process that requires considerable coordi-
nation to plan, engineer, permit, and construct. That extensive process
must begin now - far ahead of the electrification tar get deadlines - to
meet the demands that will emerge with those deadlines. In fact, if the
upgrade process fails to outpace the time when electric vehicle adoption
reaches scale, we will not have a reliable and adequate electric supply
to power all the new electric vehicles on New York's roadways.

This legislation establishes the framework to evaluate for electric
vehicle fast-charging deployment on New York's highways by directing
NYSERDA, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, Depart-
ment of Motor Vehicles, New York State Thruway Authority, New York Power
Authority, Long Island Power Authority, Department of Environmental
Conservation and the electric distribution and transmission utilities
to, among other things, identify the number of fast chargers, highway
charging hubs, and fleet charging zones currently in operation and in
development along New York's priority highways, estimate future need for
fast charger deployment, and estimate total charging capacity required
through at least 2050. This planning will include stakeholder input in
line with existing energy planning processes, and NYSERDA will then
report the plan to the public service commission..

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

TBD.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S4830B - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4830--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  KENNEDY, COMRIE, COONEY, HARCKHAM, PARKER -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee  on  Corporations,  Authorities and Commissions -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to conducting a
   highway and depot charging needs evaluation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. In order to achieve targets set forth
 by  the  climate leadership and community protection act, zero-emissions
 vehicle sales target and regulations, including the advanced clean truck
 and advanced clean cars II rules, zero-emissions school bus mandate, and
 other relevant goals, the interests of the people of the state would  be
 served by:
   1.  Coordinating  efforts  to  plan for electric vehicle fast-charging
 deployment on New York's highways;
   2. Identifying priority sites for  the  deployment  of  fast  chargers
 along  New  York's  highways, estimating future charging demand at these
 sites for all vehicle classes, and identifying necessary  electric  grid
 transmission   and   distribution   infrastructure  and  interconnection
 upgrades at these sites;
   3. Expediting electric grid transmission and distribution  infrastruc-
 ture at sites controlled by the New York state thruway authority, suffi-
 cient to future-proof thruway sites for accelerated fast charger deploy-
 ment to serve light duty, medium duty and heavy duty vehicles; and
   4.    Identifying additional high priority areas for the deployment of
 charging for medium and heavy duty vehicles, such as school buses, tran-
 sit buses, and other light,  medium  and  heavy  duty  commercial  fleet
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09078-06-3
 S. 4830--B                          2

 
 depots, and removing barriers to charging deployment, including electric
 infrastructure constraints.
   §  2.  The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new section
 1885 to read as follows:
   § 1885. HIGHWAY AND DEPOT CHARGING NEEDS EVALUATION.  1.  WITHIN  NINE
 MONTHS  OF  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF THIS SECTION, AND EVERY THREE YEARS
 THEREAFTER, THE AUTHORITY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANS-
 PORTATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, THE NEW YORK STATE  THRUWAY
 AUTHORITY,  THE NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY, THE LONG ISLAND POWER AUTHORI-
 TY, THE DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,  AND  THE  ELECTRIC
 DISTRIBUTION  AND  LOCAL  TRANSMISSION  UTILITIES, SHALL CONDUCT A NEEDS
 EVALUATION TO:
   (A) CONSIDER PLANNING BY THE DEPARTMENT  OF  TRANSPORTATION  FOR  FAST
 CHARGER DEPLOYMENT ALONG ALTERNATIVE FUEL CORRIDORS;
   (B)  IDENTIFY  THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF FAST CHARGERS ALONG PRIORITY
 HIGHWAY CORRIDORS, INCLUDING FAST CHARGERS CURRENTLY IN OPERATION AND IN
 DEVELOPMENT;
   (C) ESTIMATE FUTURE NEED FOR FAST CHARGER  DEPLOYMENT  ALONG  PRIORITY
 HIGHWAY  CORRIDORS  FOR THE PURPOSES OF (I) FACILITATING THE COST-EFFEC-
 TIVE AND TIMELY ACHIEVEMENT OF MANDATES UNDER (1)  ARTICLE  SEVENTY-FIVE
 OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW,  (2) SECTION 19-0306-B OF THE
 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW REGARDING  ZERO-EMISSIONS  VEHICLE  SALES
 TARGETS,  (3)  RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR ZERO-EMISSIONS VEHICLES ADOPTED
 BY THE COMMISSIONER OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, AND (4)  OTHER  RELE-
 VANT  AND  APPLICABLE  FEDERAL  AND  STATE RULES OR REGULATIONS OR LOCAL
 GOALS TO REDUCE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR  EMISSIONS;  AND  (II)  SUPPORTING
 ELECTRIC VEHICLE ADOPTION BY CONSUMERS AND FLEET OPERATORS;
   (D) IDENTIFY THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF HIGHWAY CHARGING HUBS, INCLUD-
 ING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THRUWAY CHARGING HUBS, CURRENTLY IN OPERATION AND
 IN DEVELOPMENT ALONG PRIORITY HIGHWAY CORRIDORS;
   (E) ESTIMATE TOTAL CHARGING CAPACITY  REQUIRED  TO  SERVE  LIGHT DUTY,
 MEDIUM  DUTY,  AND HEAVY DUTY ELECTRIC VEHICLES AT EACH HIGHWAY CHARGING
 HUB THROUGH AT LEAST THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTY;
   (F) IDENTIFY, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE NUMBER  AND  LOCATION  OF
 COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC FLEET VEHICLES IN OPERATION, INCLUDING THEIR  BODY
 TYPE,  FUEL  TYPE,  MODEL YEAR, ZIP CODE, AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
 NEEDED TO  FORECAST THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ZERO-EMISSIONS  VEHICLES,
 PER STATE POLICY;
   (G) IDENTIFY THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF FLEET CHARGING ZONES;
   (H) ESTIMATE FUTURE NEED FOR CHARGING DEPLOYMENT AND CHARGING CAPACITY
 IN THE FLEET CHARGING ZONES, SUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE TARGETS AND REGU-
 LATIONS IDENTIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
   (I) EXAMINE WAYS TO OPTIMIZE FAST CHARGER DEPLOYMENT AMONG THE HIGHWAY
 CHARGING HUBS AND CHARGING DEVELOPMENT AMONG THE FLEET CHARGING ZONES TO
 REDUCE THE COST OF ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION AND LOCAL TRANSMISSION UPGRADES
 WHILE SERVING PROJECTED VEHICLE TRAFFIC VOLUMES;
   (J)  ANALYZE  AND  ASSES THE TOTAL POTENTIAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY
 IDENTIFIED NEED; AND
   (K) ANALYZE AND ASSESS FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO MINI-
 MIZE SUCH COSTS TO RATE PAYERS.
   2. THE AUTHORITY SHALL DEVELOP A  STAKEHOLDER  ENGAGEMENT  PROCESS  TO
 RAISE  CONSUMER  AWARENESS  AND  EDUCATION  ACROSS THE STATE AND SOLICIT
 FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC, REPRESENTATIVES OR RESIDENTS OF  ENVIRONMENTAL
 JUSTICE  OR  DISADVANTAGED  COMMUNITIES, ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS,
 ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS,  FLEET  OPERATORS,  AND
 OTHERS  ON  THE  HIGHWAY  AND  DEPOT CHARGING NEEDS EVALUATION.   TO THE
 S. 4830--B                          3
 
 EXTENT PRACTICABLE AND CONSISTENT WITH APPLICABLE TIMELINES, THE AUTHOR-
 ITY MAY COORDINATE THE  HIGHWAY  AND  DEPOT  CHARGING  NEEDS  EVALUATION
 STAKEHOLDER INPUT PROCESS WITH THE PROCESS SET FORTH IN SECTION EIGHTEEN
 HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE.
   3.  THE  NEEDS  EVALUATION  SHALL  BE  MADE  PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE
 AUTHORITY'S WEBSITE.
   4. WHEN CONDUCTING THE NEEDS EVALUATION, THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS SHALL
 BE CONSIDERED FOR DESIGNATION AS HIGHWAY CHARGING HUBS:
   (A) ALL THRUWAY CHARGING HUBS.
   (B) ADDITIONAL SITES OR GEOGRAPHIC AREAS BASED ON (I) ELIGIBILITY  FOR
 FEDERAL, STATE, OR OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMIT-
 ED  TO  NEEDS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE NEVI FORMULA PROGRAM PLANNING PROC-
 ESS, (II)  PROXIMITY  TO  ELECTRIC  TRANSMISSION  INFRASTRUCTURE,  (III)
 PROJECTED  VEHICLE  TRAFFIC,  (IV) CHARGING NETWORK COVERAGE, (V) INTER-
 STATE AND INTRASTATE COMMERCE, (VI) BENEFITS  TO  ENVIRONMENTAL  JUSTICE
 AND  DISADVANTAGED  COMMUNITIES,  (VII)  BENEFITS  OF INCREASED CHARGING
 ACCESSIBILITY IN HOST COMMUNITIES, (VIII)  REAL  PROPERTY  OWNERSHIP  OR
 CONTROL  OF  POTENTIAL SITES, (IX) RELEVANT COMMITMENTS FROM SITE AND/OR
 CHARGING OPERATORS, AND (X) OTHER FACTORS DEEMED RELEVANT FOR THE DEVEL-
 OPMENT AND SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HIGHWAY CHARGING NEEDS EVAL-
 UATION.
   (C) LOCATIONS WITHIN ONE  MILE  OF  THE  PRIORITY  HIGHWAY  CORRIDORS,
 SPACED  NO MORE THAN FIFTY MILES APART ALONG THE PRIORITY HIGHWAY CORRI-
 DORS AND REASONABLY ACCESSIBLE REGARDLESS OF DIRECTION OF TRAVEL.
   (D) PRIVATELY OPERATED SITES WHICH ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR  MULTIPLE
 COMMERCIAL  ENTITIES  AS  ELIGIBLE FOR DESIGNATION AS A HIGHWAY CHARGING
 HUB, SUBJECT TO REASONABLE RESTRICTIONS.
   (E) A SINGLE HIGHWAY  CHARGING  HUB  COMPRISED  OF  MULTIPLE  CHARGING
 SERVICE AREAS WITHIN A REASONABLE DISTANCE FROM ONE ANOTHER.
   5. WHEN CONDUCTING THE NEEDS EVALUATION, THE FOLLOWING GEOGRAPHIC AREA
 CRITERIA  SHALL  BE  CONSIDERED  WHEN  DETERMINING DESIGNATIONS AS FLEET
 CHARGING ZONES:
   (A) TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC FLEET VEHICLES IN  OPERATION
 AND/OR TOTAL NUMBER OF FLEET OPERATORS IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA,
   (B) PROJECTED VEHICLE TRAFFIC IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA,
   (C) BENEFITS TO PUBLIC FLEETS, SUCH AS SCHOOL BUS OPERATORS,
   (D) BENEFITS TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES,
   (E)  RELEVANT  COMMITMENTS FROM FLEET AND/OR SITE OPERATORS TO INSTALL
 CHARGING EQUIPMENT,
   (F) AVAILABLE CAPACITY ON THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION AND  LOCAL  TRANS-
 MISSION NETWORK TO SERVE VEHICLE CHARGERS, AND
   (G)  ENSURING EQUITABLE COVERAGE AND ACCESS TO FLEET CHARGING THROUGH-
 OUT THE STATE.
   6. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW-
 ING MEANINGS:
   (A) "ALTERNATIVE FUEL CORRIDORS" SHALL MEAN HIGHWAYS DESIGNATED WITHIN
 THE STATE PURSUANT  TO  THE  NATIONAL  ELECTRIC  VEHICLE  INFRASTRUCTURE
 FORMULA PROGRAM UNDER 23 U.S.C.  151 AND PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED UNDER THE
 FEDERAL FIXING AMERICA'S SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 2015.
   (B)  "CHARGING  NEEDS  EVALUATION"  SHALL  MEAN  THE HIGHWAY AND DEPOT
 CHARGING NEEDS EVALUATION.
   (C) "FAST CHARGER" SHALL MEAN A DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARG-
 ING PORT WHICH CAN CHARGE AT A LEVEL OF AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED FIFTY KILO-
 WATTS.
 S. 4830--B                          4
 
   (D) "FLEET CHARGING ZONE" SHALL MEAN A PRIORITY  GEOGRAPHIC  AREA  FOR
 THE  DEPLOYMENT  OF  CHARGING  INFRASTRUCTURE  FOR PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL
 FLEET OPERATORS OR OWNERS, INCLUDING SCHOOL BUS FLEETS.
   (E) "HIGHWAY AND DEPOT CHARGING NEEDS EVALUATION" SHALL MEAN THE NEEDS
 EVALUATION DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   (F)  "HIGHWAY CHARGING HUB" SHALL MEAN A PRIORITY SITE FOR THE DEPLOY-
 MENT OF LARGE SCALE, FAST CHARGING  INFRASTRUCTURE,  WHICH  HAS  MINIMUM
 STATION  POWER CAPABILITY AT OR ABOVE SIX HUNDRED KILOWATTS AND SUPPORTS
 AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED FIFTY KILOWATTS PER PORT SIMULTANEOUSLY ACROSS FOUR
 PORTS FOR CHARGING. THESE SITES SHALL INCLUDE BUT  ARE  NOT  LIMITED  TO
 THRUWAY CHARGING HUBS.
   (G)  "NEVI"  SHALL  MEAN  THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE
 PROGRAM ESTABLISHED UNDER THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS
 ACT OF 2021.
   (H) "PRIORITY HIGHWAY CORRIDOR" SHALL MEAN ALTERNATIVE FUEL  CORRIDORS
 AND  OTHER  STATE  AND  COUNTY HIGHWAYS IDENTIFIED IN THE CHARGING NEEDS
 EVALUATION AS APPROPRIATE TO ENSURE SUFFICIENT  AND  EQUITABLE  CHARGING
 ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
   (I)  "THRUWAY  CHARGING  HUBS"  SHALL  MEAN  ALL HIGHWAY SERVICE AREAS
 CONTROLLED, LEASED, OWNED, OR OPERATED BY THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  THRUWAY
 AUTHORITY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2023-S4830C (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5052
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Add §1885, Pub Auth L

2023-S4830C (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S4830C (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4830C

SPONSOR: KENNEDY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to conducting a
highway and depot charging needs evaluation

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation amends the public authorities and public service laws
to require the development of a highway and depot charging action plan
to meet the state's clean transportation goals.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Sets for the legislative findings.

§ 2. Adds § 1885 to the public authorities law to:

Require NYSERDA, in consultation with the Department of Transportation,
Department of Motor Vehicles, New York State Thruway Authority, New York

Power Authority, Long Island Power Authority, Department of Environ-
mental Conservation and the electric distribution and transmission util-
ities to develop a highway and depot charging needs evaluation within
nine months of the effective date of the bill and every three years
thereafter. The charging action plan shall support and complement DOT
planning for fast charger deployment along alternative fuel corridors;
identify the number and location of fast chargers along priority highway
corridors; estimate future need for such deployment for the purposes of
specified parameters; identify the number and location of highway charg-
ing hubs; estimate total charging capacity required to serve light-
,medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles at each highway charging hub
through at least 2050; identify, to the extent practicable, the number
and location of commercial and public fleet vehicles in operation; iden-
tify the number and location of fleet charging zones; estimate future
need for charging deployment and charging capacity in the fleet charging
zones; seek to optimize fast charger deployment a mong the highway
charging hubs and charging development among the fleet charging zones to
reduce the cost of interconnection, electric distribution, and local
transmission upgrades while serving projected vehicle traffic volumes;
analyze and asses total potential costs associated with identified need;
and analyze and assess federal or state funding needs to minimize costs
to rate payers

Direct NYSERDA to develop a stakeholder engagement process to raise
consumer awareness and education and solicit feedback from the public,
representatives or residents of environmental justice or disadvantaged
communities, electric vehicle manufacturers, electric vehicle supply
equipment manufacturers, fleet operators, and others.  To the extent
practicable and consistent with applicable timelines, NYSERDA may coor-
dinate the highway and depot charging action plan stakeholder input
process with the process set forth in § 1884 of the public authorities
law.

The needs evaluation shall be made publicly available on NYSERDA's
website.  Defines what will be considered for designation as highway
charging hubs in the needs evaluation.

Require NYSERDA to prioritize geographic areas for designation as fleet
charging zones based on specified parameters. Set forth definitions for
terms used in § 1885. 3. Establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York has set rigorous goals - such as the Climate Leadership and
Community Protection Act of 2019 (CLCPA), Advanced Clean Trucks and
Advanced Clean Cars II rules, and the Zero Emissions Vehicles sales
targets - to predominantly electrify its transportation sector by 2050,
with significant target deadlines rapidly approaching. To meet the clean
transportation goals we have set, New York must now commit to equally
rigorous and well-planned goals to expedite electric grid transmission
and distribution infrastructure and interconnection upgrades. Fast
charging stations need to be built all along the New York State Thruway
and other high priority corridors. But fast chargers create considerable
demand for energy; exponentially more demand than currently required to
power the gas pumps found at Thruway rest stops and throughout the
state. As a result, as sales of zero emission vehicles continue to grow
and gain momentum, the electric grid must grow just as quickly to keep
pace with demand.  Electric grid infrastructure upgrades are costly and
subject to a time-consuming process that requires considerable coordi-
nation to plan, engineer, permit, and construct. That extensive process
must begin now - far ahead of the electrification tar get deadlines - to
meet the demands that will emerge with those deadlines. In fact, if the
upgrade process fails to outpace the time when electric vehicle adoption
reaches scale, we will not have a reliable and adequate electric supply
to power all the new electric vehicles on New York's roadways.

This legislation establishes the framework to evaluate for electric
vehicle fast-charging deployment on New York's highways by directing
NYSERDA, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, Depart-
ment of Motor Vehicles, New York State Thruway Authority, New York Power
Authority, Long Island Power Authority, Department of Environmental
Conservation and the electric distribution and transmission utilities
to, among other things, identify the number of fast chargers, highway
charging hubs, and fleet charging zones currently in operation and in
development along New York's priority highways, estimate future need for
fast charger deployment, and estimate total charging capacity required
through at least 2050. This planning will include stakeholder input in
line with existing energy planning processes, and NYSERDA will then
report the plan to the public service commission.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

TBD.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S4830C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4830--C
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KENNEDY, COMRIE, COONEY, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HOYL-
   MAN-SIGAL, MAYER, PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed,  and  when
   printed  to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
   and  Commissions  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
   reprinted  as  amended  and recommitted to said committee -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to conducting a
   highway and depot charging needs evaluation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. In order to achieve targets set forth
 by  the  climate leadership and community protection act, zero-emissions
 vehicle sales target and regulations, including the advanced clean truck
 and advanced clean cars II rules, zero-emissions school bus mandate, and
 other relevant goals, the interests of the people of the state would  be
 served by:
   1.  Coordinating  efforts  to  plan for electric vehicle fast-charging
 deployment on New York's highways;
   2. Identifying priority sites for  the  deployment  of  fast  chargers
 along  New  York's  highways, estimating future charging demand at these
 sites for all vehicle classes, and identifying necessary  electric  grid
 transmission   and   distribution   infrastructure  and  interconnection
 upgrades at these sites;
   3. Expediting electric grid transmission and distribution  infrastruc-
 ture  and  interconnection  upgrades at sites controlled by the New York
 state thruway authority, sufficient to future-proof  thruway  sites  for
 accelerated fast charger deployment to serve light duty, medium duty and
 heavy duty vehicles; and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09078-10-3
 S. 4830--C                          2

 
   4.    Identifying additional high priority areas for the deployment of
 charging for medium and heavy duty vehicles, such as school buses, tran-
 sit buses, and other light,  medium  and  heavy  duty  commercial  fleet
 depots,  including  taxi  and  ride-share  vehicle  fleets, and removing
 barriers  to  charging  deployment,  including  electric  infrastructure
 constraints.
   5. Identifying additional priority areas for  deployment  of  charging
 infrastructure designed to support building of charging in densely popu-
 lated urban areas where access to charging is currently or may be limit-
 ed.
   §  2.  The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new section
 1885 to read as follows:
   § 1885. HIGHWAY AND DEPOT CHARGING NEEDS EVALUATION.  1.  WITHIN  NINE
 MONTHS  OF  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF THIS SECTION, AND EVERY THREE YEARS
 THEREAFTER, THE AUTHORITY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANS-
 PORTATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, THE NEW YORK STATE  THRUWAY
 AUTHORITY,  THE NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY, THE LONG ISLAND POWER AUTHORI-
 TY, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, THE ELECTRIC  DISTRIB-
 UTION  AND  LOCAL  TRANSMISSION  UTILITIES, THE NEW YORK ASSOCIATION FOR
 PUPIL TRANSPORTATION, AND FREIGHT  LOGISTICS  EXPERTS  SHALL  CONDUCT  A
 NEEDS EVALUATION TO:
   (A)  CONSIDER  PLANNING  BY  THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR FAST
 CHARGER DEPLOYMENT ALONG ALTERNATIVE FUEL CORRIDORS  AND  MAJOR  FREIGHT
 CORRIDORS;
   (B)  IDENTIFY  THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF FAST CHARGERS ALONG PRIORITY
 HIGHWAY CORRIDORS AND MAJOR FREIGHT CORRIDORS, INCLUDING  FAST  CHARGERS
 CURRENTLY IN OPERATION AND IN DEVELOPMENT;
   (C)  ESTIMATE  FUTURE  NEED FOR FAST CHARGER DEPLOYMENT ALONG PRIORITY
 HIGHWAY AND MAJOR FREIGHT CORRIDORS FOR THE PURPOSES OF (I) FACILITATING
 THE COST-EFFECTIVE AND TIMELY ACHIEVEMENT OF MANDATES UNDER (1)  ARTICLE
 SEVENTY-FIVE   OF   THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW,  (2)  SECTION
 19-0306-B OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW REGARDING ZERO-EMISSIONS
 VEHICLE SALES TARGETS, (3)  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  FOR  ZERO-EMISSIONS
 VEHICLES  ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, AND
 (4) OTHER RELEVANT AND APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE RULES OR REGULATIONS
 OR LOCAL GOALS TO  REDUCE  TRANSPORTATION  SECTOR  EMISSIONS;  AND  (II)
 SUPPORTING ELECTRIC VEHICLE ADOPTION BY CONSUMERS AND FLEET OPERATORS;
   (D) IDENTIFY THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF HIGHWAY CHARGING HUBS, INCLUD-
 ING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO THRUWAY CHARGING HUBS AND FREIGHT CHARGING HUBS,
 CURRENTLY IN OPERATION AND IN DEVELOPMENT  ALONG  PRIORITY  HIGHWAY  AND
 MAJOR FREIGHT CORRIDORS;
   (E)  ESTIMATE  TOTAL  CHARGING  CAPACITY REQUIRED TO SERVE LIGHT DUTY,
 MEDIUM DUTY, AND HEAVY  DUTY  ELECTRIC  VEHICLES  AT  EACH  HIGHWAY  AND
 FREIGHT CHARGING HUB THROUGH AT LEAST THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTY;
   (F)  IDENTIFY,  TO  THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF
 COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC FLEET VEHICLES IN OPERATION, INCLUDING THEIR  BODY
 TYPE, FUEL TYPE, MODEL YEAR, ZIP CODE, AND  OTHER  RELEVANT  INFORMATION
 NEEDED  TO  FORECAST THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ZERO-EMISSIONS VEHICLES,
 PER STATE POLICY;
   (G) IDENTIFY THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF FLEET CHARGING ZONES;
   (H) ESTIMATE FUTURE NEED FOR CHARGING DEPLOYMENT AND CHARGING CAPACITY
 IN THE FLEET CHARGING ZONES, SUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE TARGETS AND REGU-
 LATIONS IDENTIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
   (I) EXAMINE WAYS TO OPTIMIZE FAST CHARGER DEPLOYMENT AMONG THE HIGHWAY
 CHARGING HUBS, THE FREIGHT CHARGING HUBS, AND ALL  SUCH  CHARGING  HUBS,
 AND  CHARGING  DEVELOPMENT  AMONG THE FLEET CHARGING ZONES TO REDUCE THE
 S. 4830--C                          3
 
 COST OF INTERCONNECTION, IF DEEMED NECESSARY, AND ELECTRIC  DISTRIBUTION
 AND  LOCAL TRANSMISSION UPGRADES WHILE SERVING PROJECTED VEHICLE TRAFFIC
 VOLUMES;
   (J)  ANALYZE  AND  ASSES THE TOTAL POTENTIAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY
 IDENTIFIED NEED;
   (K) ANALYZE AND ASSESS FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO MINI-
 MIZE SUCH COSTS TO RATE PAYERS; AND
   (L) IDENTIFY THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF CRITICAL PUBLIC CHARGING SITES
 AND ESTIMATE FUTURE NEED FOR CHARGING DEPLOYMENT AND  CHARGING  CAPACITY
 FOR CRITICAL PUBLIC CHARGING SITES.
   2.  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL  DEVELOP A STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROCESS TO
 RAISE CONSUMER AWARENESS AND EDUCATION  ACROSS  THE  STATE  AND  SOLICIT
 FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, REPRESENTATIVES OR RESIDENTS
 OF  ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE OR DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, ELECTRIC VEHICLE
 MANUFACTURERS, ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY  EQUIPMENT  MANUFACTURERS,  FLEET
 OPERATORS,  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  TRANSPORTATION DIRECTORS AND OTHERS ON THE
 HIGHWAY AND DEPOT CHARGING NEEDS EVALUATION.  TO THE EXTENT  PRACTICABLE
 AND  CONSISTENT  WITH APPLICABLE TIMELINES, THE AUTHORITY MAY COORDINATE
 THE HIGHWAY AND DEPOT CHARGING NEEDS EVALUATION STAKEHOLDER INPUT  PROC-
 ESS  WITH  THE PROCESS SET FORTH IN SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR
 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   3. THE NEEDS EVALUATION  SHALL  BE  MADE  PUBLICLY  AVAILABLE  ON  THE
 AUTHORITY'S WEBSITE.
   4. WHEN CONDUCTING THE NEEDS EVALUATION, THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS SHALL
 BE CONSIDERED FOR DESIGNATION AS HIGHWAY AND/OR FREIGHT CHARGING HUBS:
   (A) ALL THRUWAY CHARGING HUBS.
   (B)  ADDITIONAL SITES OR GEOGRAPHIC AREAS BASED ON (I) ELIGIBILITY FOR
 FEDERAL, STATE, OR OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMIT-
 ED TO NEEDS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE NEVI FORMULA PROGRAM  PLANNING  PROC-
 ESS,  (II)  PROXIMITY  TO  ELECTRIC  TRANSMISSION  INFRASTRUCTURE, (III)
 PROJECTED VEHICLE TRAFFIC, (IV) CHARGING NETWORK  COVERAGE,  (V)  INTER-
 STATE  AND  INTRASTATE  COMMERCE, (VI) BENEFITS TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
 AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES,  (VII)  BENEFITS  OF  INCREASED  CHARGING
 ACCESSIBILITY  IN  HOST  COMMUNITIES,  (VIII) REAL PROPERTY OWNERSHIP OR
 CONTROL OF POTENTIAL SITES, (IX) RELEVANT COMMITMENTS FROM  SITE  AND/OR
 CHARGING OPERATORS, AND (X) OTHER FACTORS DEEMED RELEVANT FOR THE DEVEL-
 OPMENT AND SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HIGHWAY CHARGING NEEDS EVAL-
 UATION.
   (C)  LOCATIONS  WITHIN  ONE  MILE  OF  THE PRIORITY HIGHWAY CORRIDORS,
 SPACED NO MORE THAN FIFTY MILES APART ALONG THE PRIORITY HIGHWAY  CORRI-
 DORS AND REASONABLY ACCESSIBLE REGARDLESS OF DIRECTION OF TRAVEL.
   (D)  PRIVATELY OPERATED SITES WHICH ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR MULTIPLE
 COMMERCIAL ENTITIES AS ELIGIBLE FOR DESIGNATION AS  A  HIGHWAY  CHARGING
 HUB OR FREIGHT CHARGING HUB, SUBJECT TO REASONABLE RESTRICTIONS.
   (E)  A  SINGLE  HIGHWAY  OR FREIGHT CHARGING HUB COMPRISED OF MULTIPLE
 CHARGING SERVICE AREAS WITHIN A REASONABLE DISTANCE FROM ONE ANOTHER.
   5. WHEN CONDUCTING THE NEEDS EVALUATION, THE FOLLOWING GEOGRAPHIC AREA
 CRITERIA SHALL BE CONSIDERED  WHEN  DETERMINING  DESIGNATIONS  AS  FLEET
 CHARGING ZONES:
   (A)  TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC FLEET VEHICLES IN OPERATION
 AND/OR TOTAL NUMBER OF FLEET OPERATORS IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA,
   (B) PROJECTED VEHICLE TRAFFIC IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA,
   (C) BENEFITS TO PUBLIC FLEETS, SUCH AS SCHOOL BUS OPERATORS,
   (D) BENEFITS TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES,
   (E) RELEVANT COMMITMENTS FROM FLEET AND/OR SITE OPERATORS  TO  INSTALL
 CHARGING EQUIPMENT,
 S. 4830--C                          4
 
   (F)  AVAILABLE  CAPACITY ON THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION AND LOCAL TRANS-
 MISSION NETWORK TO SERVE VEHICLE CHARGERS,
   (G)  ENSURING EQUITABLE COVERAGE AND ACCESS TO FLEET CHARGING THROUGH-
 OUT THE STATE, AND
   (H) SITES WHERE PRIVATE OR PUBLIC FLEET VEHICLES ARE REGULARLY PARKED,
 MAINTAINED, OR OTHERWISE DISPATCHED FOR SERVICE,  INCLUDING  SCHOOL  BUS
 GARAGES.
   6. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW-
 ING MEANINGS:
   (A) "ALTERNATIVE FUEL CORRIDORS" SHALL MEAN HIGHWAYS DESIGNATED WITHIN
 THE  STATE  PURSUANT  TO  THE  NATIONAL  ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE
 FORMULA PROGRAM UNDER 23 U.S.C.  151 AND PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED UNDER THE
 FEDERAL FIXING AMERICA'S SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 2015.
   (B) "CHARGING NEEDS EVALUATION"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  HIGHWAY  AND  DEPOT
 CHARGING NEEDS EVALUATION.
   (C) "CRITICAL PUBLIC CHARGING SITE" SHALL MEAN A PRIORITY SITE FOR THE
 DEPLOYMENT  OF  CHARGING  INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT BUILDOUT OF
 CHARGING IN DENSELY POPULATED URBAN AREAS WHERE ACCESS TO  CHARGING  MAY
 BE LIMITED.
   (D) "FAST CHARGER" SHALL MEAN A DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARG-
 ING PORT WHICH CAN CHARGE AT A LEVEL OF AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED FIFTY KILO-
 WATTS.
   (E)  "FLEET  CHARGING  ZONE" SHALL MEAN A PRIORITY GEOGRAPHIC AREA FOR
 THE DEPLOYMENT OF CHARGING  INFRASTRUCTURE  FOR  PUBLIC  AND  COMMERCIAL
 FLEET  OPERATORS  OR OWNERS, INCLUDING SCHOOL BUS FLEETS, TAXI AND RIDE-
 SHARE VEHICLE FLEETS.
   (F) "FREIGHT CHARGING HUB" SHALL MEAN A PRIORITY SITE FOR THE  DEPLOY-
 MENT  OF  LARGE  SCALE,  FAST CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH HAS MINIMUM
 STATION POWER CAPABILITY AT OR ABOVE SIX HUNDRED KILOWATTS AND  SUPPORTS
 AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED FIFTY KILOWATTS PER PORT SIMULTANEOUSLY ACROSS FOUR
 PORTS FOR CHARGING. THESE SITES MAY INCLUDE HIGHWAY CHARGING HUBS.
   (G) "HIGHWAY AND DEPOT CHARGING NEEDS EVALUATION" SHALL MEAN THE NEEDS
 EVALUATION DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   (H)  "HIGHWAY CHARGING HUB" SHALL MEAN A PRIORITY SITE FOR THE DEPLOY-
 MENT OF LARGE SCALE, FAST CHARGING  INFRASTRUCTURE,  WHICH  HAS  MINIMUM
 STATION  POWER CAPABILITY AT OR ABOVE SIX HUNDRED KILOWATTS AND SUPPORTS
 AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED FIFTY KILOWATTS PER PORT SIMULTANEOUSLY ACROSS FOUR
 PORTS FOR CHARGING. THESE SITES SHALL INCLUDE BUT  ARE  NOT  LIMITED  TO
 THRUWAY CHARGING HUBS.
   (I) "MAJOR FREIGHT CORRIDOR" SHALL MEAN SEGMENTS OF THE FREIGHT TRANS-
 PORTATION  NETWORK IDENTIFIED BY THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION THAT
 CARRY MORE THAN FIFTY MILLION TONS PER YEAR, INCLUDING HIGHWAY  SEGMENTS
 THAT  CARRY  AT  LEAST EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TRUCKS PER DAY, ADDI-
 TIONAL HIGHWAY SEGMENTS AND PARALLEL RAIL LINES THAT TOGETHER  CARRY  AT
 LEAST   EIGHT  THOUSAND  FIVE  HUNDRED  TRUCK,  TRAILER-ON-FLATCAR,  AND
 CONTAINER-ON-FLATCAR PAYLOADS OF TYPICALLY  HIGH-VALUE,  TIME  SENSITIVE
 CARGO,  AND  RAIL  LINES  AND WATERWAYS THAT CARRY FIFTY MILLION TONS IN
 BULK CARGO PER YEAR.
   (J) "NEVI" SHALL MEAN THE  NATIONAL  ELECTRIC  VEHICLE  INFRASTRUCTURE
 PROGRAM ESTABLISHED UNDER THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS
 ACT OF 2021.
   (K)  "PRIORITY HIGHWAY CORRIDOR" SHALL MEAN ALTERNATIVE FUEL CORRIDORS
 AND OTHER STATE AND COUNTY HIGHWAYS IDENTIFIED  IN  THE  CHARGING  NEEDS
 EVALUATION  AS  APPROPRIATE  TO ENSURE SUFFICIENT AND EQUITABLE CHARGING
 ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
 S. 4830--C                          5
 
   (L) "THRUWAY CHARGING HUBS"  SHALL  MEAN  ALL  HIGHWAY  SERVICE  AREAS
 CONTROLLED,  LEASED,  OWNED,  OR  OPERATED BY THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY
 AUTHORITY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S4830C

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Current Bill Status Via A5052 - Vetoed by Governor

Jun 8, 2023 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 8, 2023

Jun 8, 2023 - Rules Committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jun 8, 2023

Bill Amendments

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2023-S4830A - Sponsor Memo

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2023-S4830B - Details

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Senate Bill S4830C

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2023-S4830 - Details

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2023-S4830C (ACTIVE) - Details

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2023-S4830C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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