NY State Senate Bill 2025-S5825

Senate Bill S5825

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires at least one electric level three fast charging station for every five thousand New York state residents

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

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Mar 03, 2025	referred to energy and telecommunications

2025-S5825 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1005, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S8100
2021-2022: S2220
2023-2024: S749

2025-S5825 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires at least one electric level three fast charging station available to the public for every five thousand New York state residents on a county level by December 31, 2027; provides for the siting of such charging stations; requires construction and development of such stations to comply with article 8 of the labor law including payment of the prevailing wage.

2025-S5825 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S5825

SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
power authority of the state of New York to build at least one electric
level three fast charging station for every five thousand New York state
residents by December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-seven

 
PURPOSE:

To establish a minimum number of publicly available electric vehicle
charging stations per residents.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends subdivision 9-a of section 1005 of the public authori-
ties law to mandate that the New York Power Authority be responsible for
the installation and operation of level three fast electric vehicle
charging stations per every 5,000 residents in the state. Also, adds a
prevailing wage requirement.

Section 2 provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Consumer surveys have shown that one of the biggest barriers to the
adoption of electric vehicles is inadequate charging infrastructure.
With overreliance on fossil fuels worsening our climate crisis, electric
vehicles must increasingly play a role in our daily lives.  The New York
Power Authority has an existing statutory goal to install publicly
available electric vehicle chargers. This legislation attaches a minimum
number of fast charging stations for residents to ensure that the
resulting infrastructure truly increases the viability of electric vehi-
cle ownership in New York.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.749-B of 2023-2024; Committed to Rules

S.749 of 2023: Referred to Energy and Telecommunications

S.2220 of 2021-22: Referred to Energy and Telecommunications

S.8100-A of 2020: Referred to Energy and Telecommunications

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately after it shall become law.

2025-S5825 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5825
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 3, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
   power authority of the state of New York to build at least  one  elec-
   tric  level  three  fast  charging station for every five thousand New
   York state residents by December thirty-first,  two  thousand  twenty-
   seven
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 9-a of section 1005 of the  public  authorities
 law,  as  added by chapter 86 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read as
 follows:
   9-a. [As deemed feasible and advisable by the trustees, to] TO design,
 finance, develop, construct, install, lease, operate and maintain  elec-
 tric  vehicle  charging  stations  throughout  the  state for use by the
 public. Such electric vehicle charging stations shall include  at  least
 one  space  that  is  large  enough to accommodate wheelchair accessible
 electric vehicles, including but not limited to, vans and  minivans.  ON
 OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, THE AUTHORI-
 TY  SHALL  CONSTRUCT,  AND MAINTAIN THEREAFTER, AT LEAST ONE LEVEL THREE
 FAST CHARGING STATION FOR EVERY FIVE THOUSAND NEW YORK STATE  RESIDENTS.
 THE  DISTRIBUTION  OF  SUCH  LEVEL THREE FAST CHARGING STATIONS SHALL BE
 SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE STATE AT THE COUNTY LEVEL,  SO  THAT  EACH  COUNTY
 SHALL  RECEIVE  ONE LEVEL THREE CHARGING STATION FOR EVERY FIVE THOUSAND
 NEW YORK STATE RESIDENTS LOCATED THEREIN. SITING  OF  CHARGING  STATIONS
 SHALL  BE  PRIORITIZED  IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO, HIGHWAY EXITS, TRANSIT HUBS, MUNICIPAL OR TOWN CENTERS, OR ANY OTHER
 WIDELY  ACCESSIBLE  LOCATION  THE  AUTHORITY  DEEMS   APPROPRIATE.   THE
 CONSTRUCTION  AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS
 SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE  EIGHT  OF  THE  LABOR  LAW,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10278-01-5

 S. 5825                             2
 
 INCLUDING  THE PAYMENT OF A WAGE OF NOT LESS THAN THE PREVAILING WAGE IN
 THE LOCALITY WHERE SUCH ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING  STATION  IS  LOCATED.
 The  authority  shall  annually  post on their website a report on those
 activities  undertaken  pursuant  to this subdivision, including but not
 limited to: the total number of electric vehicle  charging  stations  in
 operation pursuant to such authorization, the locations of such charging
 stations,  and  the  total  costs  to the authority associated with such
 activities.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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