Assembly Bill A1012

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  1012--A
                                                           Cal. No. 5
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. BARRETT, CUNNINGHAM, SANTABARBARA, ROSENTHAL,
   SHIMSKY, JACOBSON, LEE, CLARK, LUCAS -- read once and referred to  the
   Committee  on  Energy  -- reported from committee, advanced to a third
   reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place  on  the
   order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
   New  York state energy and research development authority to develop a
   comprehensive electric vehicle fast  charging  station  implementation
   plan
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 1874 to read as follows:
   § 1874. COMPREHENSIVE ELECTRIC VEHICLE FAST CHARGING STATION IMPLEMEN-
 TATION  PLAN.  1. THE AUTHORITY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE NEW YORK POWER
 AUTHORITY, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF  ENVIRON-
 MENTAL  CONSERVATION,  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  SERVICE AND THE FAST
 CHARGE NY WORKING GROUP ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL, NO LATER THAN TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE
 OF THIS SECTION, DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE ELECTRIC VEHICLE FAST  CHARGING
 STATION  IMPLEMENTATION  PLAN TO FACILITATE THE DEPLOYMENT OF FAST ELEC-
 TRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS STATEWIDE.   SUCH COMPREHENSIVE  ELECTRIC
 VEHICLE  FAST  CHARGING PLAN SHALL INCORPORATE THE FINDINGS OF THE NEEDS
 EVALUATION SET FORTH IN PART QQ OF CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT OF  THE  LAWS  OF
 TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR.  AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "THE PLAN"
 SHALL MEAN THE COMPREHENSIVE  ELECTRIC  VEHICLE  FAST  CHARGING  STATION
 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
   2. SUCH PLAN SHALL AT A MINIMUM INCLUDE:
   (A) METHODS TO INCREASE PUBLIC AVAILABILITY;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (B)  GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO CURRENT FAST CHARGER DEPLOY-
 MENT INCLUDING SPECIFIC INFORMATION RELATING TO THE FAST CHARGERS  BEING
 DEPLOYED.  SUCH  INFORMATION  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE
 NUMBER OF PORTS AND CHARGING CAPACITY;
   (C)  THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF FAST CHARGERS CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT
 AND ESTIMATED FUTURE NEEDS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS;
   (D) EACH STATE AND UTILITY-ADMINISTERED PROGRAM CURRENTLY,  OR  WITHIN
 THE  PRIOR TWO YEARS, PROVIDING FUNDING OR OVERSIGHT OF ELECTRICAL VEHI-
 CLE CHARGING STATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CHARGE NY AND CHARGE
 READY NY;
   (E) METHODS TO PREVENT OVERLAP OF STATE  PROGRAMS  AND  MAXIMIZE  FAST
 CHARGER COVERAGE;
   (F)  GUIDANCE  TO MUNICIPALITIES FOR TECHNICAL AND PLANNING ASSISTANCE
 TO FACILITATE THE ADOPTION OF CURBSIDE CHARGING;
   (G) SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE TO  FACILITATE  THE  DEPLOYMENT  OF  CHARGING
 STATIONS  FOR EXISTING COMMERCIAL FLEETS TO HELP OFFSET AIR POLLUTION IN
 DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 75-0101 OF THE ENVIRON-
 MENTAL CONSERVATION LAW;
   (H) AREAS CURRENTLY UNDERSERVED BY FAST CHARGER COVERAGE; AND
   (I) REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH LABOR STANDARDS FOR THE  MANUFAC-
 TURE,  CONSTRUCTION,  INSTALLATION  AND  MAINTENANCE  OF  FAST  CHARGING
 STATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO  BUY  AMERICAN  PROVISIONS  FOR
 COMPONENT  PARTS AND MANUFACTURE OF INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO THE CHARG-
 ING STATIONS, AND PREVAILING WAGE PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY
 OF THE LABOR LAW FOR CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF  FAST
 CHARGING STATIONS.
   3. ONCE COMPLETED, THE AUTHORITY SHALL PUBLISH THE PLAN ON ITS WEBSITE
 AND  PROVIDE FOR A THIRTY-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD PRIOR TO ADOPTION OF
 SUCH PLAN.
   4. THE AUTHORITY SHALL PUBLISH A FINAL REPORT  FOLLOWING  ADOPTION  OF
 THE  PLAN  THAT  SHALL  INCLUDE  GUIDANCE FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF ELECTRIC
 VEHICLE FAST CHARGING STATIONS STATEWIDE.
   5. (A) THE AUTHORITY SHALL ESTABLISH A "FAST CHARGE NY WORKING  GROUP"
 CONSISTING  OF  THIRTEEN MEMBERS, INCLUDING ONE MEMBER REPRESENTING EACH
 STATEWIDE MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION; TWO MEMBERS REPRESENTING ENVIRONMENTAL
 JUSTICE GROUPS; TWO MEMBERS REPRESENTING STATEWIDE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS;
 TWO MEMBERS REPRESENTING PUBLIC UTILITIES; AND TWO MEMBERS  REPRESENTING
 CHARGING STATION DEVELOPERS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE A NEW YORK BASED DEVEL-
 OPER.    SUCH  WORKING GROUP MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED AS FOLLOWS: FIVE
 MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED  BY  THE  GOVERNOR;  FOUR  MEMBERS  SHALL  BE
 APPOINTED  BY  THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF THE SENATE AND FOUR MEMBERS
 SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
   (B) MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP SHALL BE REIMBURSED FOR THEIR  NECES-
 SARY  AND ACTUAL EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES AS
 MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP.
   6. THE AUTHORITY SHALL UPDATE THE PLAN ANNUALLY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.