Directs NYSERDA to establish a wireless electric vehicle charging program to research and provide incentives to eligible entities for projects to construct, install, or improve existing wireless charging infrastructure and technology for electric vehicles, including performance, safety, electromagnetic compatibility, interoperability, development, and testing of wireless charging.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4561
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 4, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
a wireless electric vehicle charging program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature recognizes electric
vehicles are crucial to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, reducing reli-
ance on fossil fuels, strengthening the economy, and combating the
climate crisis. As of 2019, the transportation sector accounts for twen-
ty-nine percent of all greenhouse gas emissions, which is the most of
any sector. Increasing the adoption of electric vehicles will reduce
pollution and increase air quality for communities located near roads
with high traffic density or high-volume routes. As the automotive
industry shifts towards electric vehicles, investing in new electric
vehicle technologies will be crucial to enhancing New York's competi-
tiveness, creating jobs, and ensuring continued economic growth.
Range anxiety is one of the chief barriers to electric vehicle
adoption. If deployed strategically, static and dynamic wireless elec-
tric vehicle charging options could help by providing drivers convenient
opportunities to charge and extend the range of electric vehicles. Wire-
less charging technologies could be invaluable for electric transit
buses, trucking, fleet vehicles, and autonomous electric vehicles,
allowing for convenient and hands-free charging, while also lowering
costs, as effective wireless charging would reduce the need for larger
and heavier batteries. Wireless and dynamic charging can also reduce
pressure on the grid, allowing vehicles to charge through space and
time, shaving peak demand and reducing the need to build massive charg-
ing capacity at any given location to meet growing electric vehicle
charging demand.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06604-01-5
A. 4561 2
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