Requires the chair of the public service commission create rules, regulations, policies, and procedures for the creation of a resilient electric vehicle charging system pilot program to provide power through an extended outage.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2476
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 21, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 service law and the public authorities law,
in relation to creating a resilient electric vehicle charging system
pilot program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section
2 66-x to read as follows:
3 § 66-x. Resilient electric vehicle charging system pilot program. 1.
4 For the purposes of this section:
5 (a) "Resilient carbon free power generation" shall mean only those
6 generating stations which are:
7 (i) manufactured, installed, and operated in accordance with applica-
8 ble government and industry standards;
9 (ii) connected to the electric system and operated in conjunction with
10 an electric corporation's transmission and distribution system;
11 (iii) operated in compliance with any standards and requirements
12 established under this section;
13 (iv) utilize a synchronous generator with black start capability,
14 frequency control, and disconnect capability; and
15 (v) do not include the active use of fossil fuels and have a name
16 plate capacity of 1.5 megawatts or less.
17 (b) "Resilient electric vehicle charging system" shall mean an elec-
18 tric vehicle (EV) microgrid designed to provide uninterrupted electric
19 service for electric vehicle charging throughout an extended outage.
20 (c) "Extended outage" shall mean an outage of the electric distrib-
21 ution system that continues for a period of twenty-four hours or longer.
22 (d) "Uninterrupted" shall mean that the resilient electric vehicle
23 charging system generates electricity throughout an extended outage,
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 with the exception of momentary interruptions associated with transi-
2 tions to and from grid parallel and grid-islanded operations.
3 (e) "EV microgrid" is a group of energy generating resources with at
4 least one source of resilient carbon free power generation and energy
5 storage within clearly defined electrical boundaries that acts as a
6 single controllable entity with respect to the grid for the purpose of
7 electric vehicle charging and other emergency response needs during an
8 extended outage. An EV microgrid can connect and disconnect from the
9 grid to enable it to operate in both grid-connected or island-mode.
10 2. The chair shall promulgate such rules, policies, and procedures
11 necessary and appropriate no later than one hundred eighty days follow-
12 ing the effective date of this section for:
13 (a) creating a resilient electric vehicle charging system pilot
14 program at the commercial retail rate with a monthly cash out option
15 program and a total program cap of 50 megawatts;
16 (b) establishing a value stack adder for valuation of uninterrupted
17 resilient carbon free power generation generated within an EV microgrid
18 that is participating in the pilot program that supports a resilient
19 electric vehicle charging system at the commercial retail rate; and
20 (c) creating a timely interconnection process for resilient carbon
21 free power generation comprising an EV microgrid.
22 § 2. Section 1005 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
23 new subdivision 31 to read as follows:
24 31. The authority in a manner consistent with section sixty-six-x of
25 the public service law, shall promulgate such rules, policies, and
26 procedures necessary and appropriate no later than one hundred eighty
27 days following the effective date of this subdivision for:
28 (a) creating a resilient electric vehicle charging system at the
29 commercial retail rate with a monthly cash out option program and a
30 total program cap of 50 megawatts;
31 (b) establishing a value stack adder for valuation of uninterrupted
32 resilient carbon free power generation generated within an EV microgrid
33 that is also a participant of the pilot program that supports a resil-
34 ient electric vehicle charging system at the commercial retail rate; and
35 (c) creating a timely interconnection process for resilient carbon
36 free power generation comprising an EV microgrid.
37 § 3. Section 1020-f of the public authorities law, as added by chapter
38 517 of the laws of 1986, is amended by adding a new subdivision (ll) to
39 read as follows:
40 (ll) The authority in a manner consistent with section sixty-six-x of
41 the public service law, shall promulgate such rules, policies, and
42 procedures necessary and appropriate no later than one hundred eighty
43 days following the effective date of this section for:
44 1. creating a resilient electric vehicle charging system at the
45 commercial retail rate with a monthly cash out option program and the
46 total program cap of 50 megawatts;
47 2. establishing a value stack adder for valuation of uninterrupted
48 resilient carbon free power generation generated within an EV microgrid
49 that is also a participant of the pilot program that supports a resil-
50 ient electric vehicle charging system at the commercial retail rate; and
51 3. creating a timely interconnection process for resilient carbon free
52 power generation comprising an EV microgrid.
53 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
