Assembly Bill A4561

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes a wireless electric vehicle charging program

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A4561 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1885, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10370

2025-A4561 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2025-A4561 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4561
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 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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