Assembly Bill A8543

                             
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                                   8543
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 20, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Energy
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the energy law, in relation to allowing new buildings
   where new parking is provided to have an  optional,  charger-agnostic,
   power-based  allocation method alternative to certain electric vehicle
   charging infrastructure requirements

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision
 9  of  section  11-104 of the energy law, as added by chapter 111 of the
 laws of 2025, are amended and two new subparagraphs (iii) and  (iv)  are
 added to read as follows:
   (i)  "electric vehicle ready infrastructure" shall mean all electrical
 components, terminating in a  receptacle  or  outlet,  as  necessary  to
 enable  electric  vehicle charging and support electric vehicle charging
 stations; [and]
   (ii) "electric vehicle charging station" shall mean all the  equipment
 necessary to deliver electricity from a source outside an electric vehi-
 cle  into  one  or  more electric vehicles, as defined by the code coun-
 cil[.];
   (III) "POWER-BASED ALLOCATION METHOD" SHALL MEAN A COMPLIANCE APPROACH
 THAT ALLOWS ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS TO  BE
 MET  BASED  ON  THE TOTAL KILOWATT POWER CAPACITY AVAILABLE FOR CHARGING
 ELECTRIC VEHICLES, WITHOUT MANDATING A SPECIFIC NUMBER OR TYPE OF CHARG-
 ING STATIONS; AND
   (IV) "CHARGER-AGNOSTIC" SHALL MEAN A STANDARD OR METHOD THAT DOES  NOT
 REQUIRE  THE USE OF A SPECIFIC TYPE OR BRAND OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGER
 AND ALLOWS FOR THE USE OF LEVEL 1, LEVEL 2, OR DC FAST CHARGERS, DEPEND-
 ING ON POWER AVAILABILITY AND SITE CONDITIONS.
   § 2.  Subdivision 9 of section 11-104 of the energy law is amended  by
 adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (E)  WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE
 DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIVISION  OF  BUILDING  STANDARDS  AND  CODES  SHALL
 PROMULGATE  RULES  AND REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING AN OPTIONAL, CHARGER-AG-
 NOSTIC, POWER-BASED ALLOCATION METHOD ALTERNATIVE TO MEET  THE  REQUIRE-
 MENTS  OF THIS SUBDIVISION. SUCH RULES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED
 TO:
   (I) GUIDELINES FOR CALCULATING AGGREGATE POWER CAPACITY  FOR  ELECTRIC
 VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS IN PARKING LOTS;
   (II) STANDARDS ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CHARGING OPTIONS FOR VARI-
 OUS TYPES OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES;
   (III)  FLEXIBILITY  FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO SELECT APPROPRIATE CHARGING
 TYPES BASED ON POWER LEVELS; AND
   (IV) PROVISIONS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH ALL  APPLICABLE  SAFETY  AND
 ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
   § 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.