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A05052 Summary:

A05052 Actions:

A05052 Committee Votes:

Committee:CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS   Chair:Zebrowski      
DATE:05/23/2023AYE/NAY:23/2  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Zebrowski
Aye
Lemondes
Aye
Cook
Absent
Blankenbush
Aye
Otis
Aye
Friend
Nay
Rozic
Aye
Palmesano
Nay
Kim
Aye
Angelino
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Jensen
Aye
Pheffer Amato
Aye
Curran
Aye
Vanel
Aye
Pirozzolo
Aye
Carroll
Aye
Fall
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye
Gonzalez-Rojas
Aye
Zinerman
Aye
Tapia
Aye
Jacobson
Aye
Bores
Aye
Shimsky
Aye
Simone
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:06/05/2023AYE/NAY:29/2  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Ra
Aye
Glick
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Colton
Aye
Blankenbush
Excused
Cook
Aye
Norris
Nay
Aubry
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Palmesano
Nay
Weprin
Aye
Walsh
Aye
Ramos
Excused
DeStefano
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Manktelow
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Smullen
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Joyner
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Hyndman
Excused
Walker
Excused
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Simon
Aye
Cruz
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Pretlow      
DATE:06/05/2023AYE/NAY:26/2  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Excused
Glick
Aye
Norris
Nay
Aubry
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Nay
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Aye
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Excused
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye

A05052 Floor Votes:

A05052 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5052--C
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 27, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WOERNER,  McDONALD, GUNTHER, STIRPE, HUNTER,
          THIELE,  GLICK,  STERN,  JACOBSON,  MAGNARELLI,   BENDETT,   K. BROWN,
          CUNNINGHAM,  FAHY,  DURSO,  GANDOLFO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          SIMON -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Corporations,
          Authorities  and  Commissions  --  committee discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --
          reported  and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amend-
          ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to conducting a
          highway and depot charging needs evaluation
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Legislative findings. In order to achieve targets set forth
     2  by  the  climate leadership and community protection act, zero-emissions
     3  vehicle sales target and regulations, including the advanced clean truck
     4  and advanced clean cars II rules, zero-emissions school bus mandate, and
     5  other relevant goals, the interests of the people of the state would  be
     6  served by:
     7    1.  Coordinating  efforts  to  plan for electric vehicle fast-charging
     8  deployment on New York's highways;
     9    2. Identifying priority sites for  the  deployment  of  fast  chargers
    10  along  New  York's  highways, estimating future charging demand at these
    11  sites for all vehicle classes, and identifying necessary  electric  grid
    12  transmission   and   distribution   infrastructure  and  interconnection
    13  upgrades at these sites;
    14    3. Expediting electric grid transmission and distribution  infrastruc-
    15  ture  and  interconnection  upgrades at sites controlled by the New York
    16  state thruway authority, sufficient to future-proof  thruway  sites  for

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09078-09-3
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     1  accelerated fast charger deployment to serve light duty, medium duty and
     2  heavy duty vehicles; and
     3    4.    Identifying additional high priority areas for the deployment of
     4  charging for medium and heavy duty vehicles, such as school buses, tran-
     5  sit buses, and other light,  medium  and  heavy  duty  commercial  fleet
     6  depots,  including  taxi  and  ride-share  vehicle  fleets, and removing
     7  barriers  to  charging  deployment,  including  electric  infrastructure
     8  constraints.
     9    5.  Identifying  additional  priority areas for deployment of charging
    10  infrastructure designed to support building of charging in densely popu-
    11  lated urban areas where access to charging is currently or may be limit-
    12  ed.
    13    § 2. The public authorities law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
    14  1885 to read as follows:
    15    §  1885.  Highway  and depot charging needs evaluation. 1. Within nine
    16  months of the effective date of this  section,  and  every  three  years
    17  thereafter, the authority, in consultation with the department of trans-
    18  portation,  the department of motor vehicles, the New York state thruway
    19  authority, the New York power authority, the Long Island power  authori-
    20  ty,  the department of environmental conservation, the electric distrib-
    21  ution and local transmission utilities, the  New  York  Association  for
    22  Pupil  Transportation,  and  freight  logistics  experts shall conduct a
    23  needs evaluation to:
    24    (a) consider planning by the department  of  transportation  for  fast
    25  charger  deployment  along  alternative fuel corridors and major freight
    26  corridors;
    27    (b) identify the number and location of fast chargers  along  priority
    28  highway  corridors  and major freight corridors, including fast chargers
    29  currently in operation and in development;
    30    (c) estimate future need for fast charger  deployment  along  priority
    31  highway and major freight corridors for the purposes of (i) facilitating
    32  the  cost-effective and timely achievement of mandates under (1) article
    33  seventy-five  of  the  environmental  conservation  law,   (2)   section
    34  19-0306-b of the environmental conservation law regarding zero-emissions
    35  vehicle  sales  targets,  (3)  rules  and regulations for zero-emissions
    36  vehicles adopted by the commissioner of environmental conservation,  and
    37  (4) other relevant and applicable federal and state rules or regulations
    38  or  local  goals  to  reduce  transportation  sector emissions; and (ii)
    39  supporting electric vehicle adoption by consumers and fleet operators;
    40    (d) identify the number and location of highway charging hubs, includ-
    41  ing but not limited to thruway charging hubs and freight charging  hubs,
    42  currently  in  operation  and  in development along priority highway and
    43  major freight corridors;
    44    (e) estimate total charging capacity required  to  serve  light  duty,
    45  medium  duty,  and  heavy  duty  electric  vehicles  at each highway and
    46  freight charging hub through at least the year two thousand fifty;
    47    (f) identify, to the extent practicable, the number  and  location  of
    48  commercial and public fleet vehicles in operation, including their  body
    49  type,  fuel  type,  model year, zip code, and other relevant information
    50  needed to  forecast the number and location of zero-emissions  vehicles,
    51  per state policy;
    52    (g) identify the number and location of fleet charging zones;
    53    (h) estimate future need for charging deployment and charging capacity
    54  in the fleet charging zones, sufficient to satisfy the targets and regu-
    55  lations identified in paragraph (c) of this subdivision;
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     1    (i) examine ways to optimize fast charger deployment among the highway
     2  charging  hubs,  the  freight charging hubs, and all such charging hubs,
     3  and charging development among the fleet charging zones  to  reduce  the
     4  cost  of interconnection, if deemed necessary, and electric distribution
     5  and  local transmission upgrades while serving projected vehicle traffic
     6  volumes;
     7    (j) analyze and asses the total potential costs  associated  with  any
     8  identified need;
     9    (k) analyze and assess federal or state funding opportunities to mini-
    10  mize such costs to rate payers; and
    11    (l) identify the number and location of critical public charging sites
    12  and  estimate  future need for charging deployment and charging capacity
    13  for critical public charging sites.
    14    2. The authority shall develop a  stakeholder  engagement  process  to
    15  raise  consumer  awareness  and  education  across the state and solicit
    16  feedback from the public, local government, representatives or residents
    17  of environmental justice or disadvantaged communities, electric  vehicle
    18  manufacturers,  electric  vehicle  supply equipment manufacturers, fleet
    19  operators, school district transportation directors and  others  on  the
    20  highway  and depot charging needs evaluation.  To the extent practicable
    21  and consistent with applicable timelines, the authority  may  coordinate
    22  the  highway and depot charging needs evaluation stakeholder input proc-
    23  ess with the process set forth in section eighteen  hundred  eighty-four
    24  of this article.
    25    3.  The  needs  evaluation  shall  be  made  publicly available on the
    26  authority's website.
    27    4. When conducting the needs evaluation, the following locations shall
    28  be considered for designation as highway and/or freight charging hubs:
    29    (a) All thruway charging hubs.
    30    (b) Additional sites or geographic areas based on (i) eligibility  for
    31  federal, state, or other funding opportunities, including but not limit-
    32  ed  to  needs identified through the NEVI formula program planning proc-
    33  ess, (ii)  proximity  to  electric  transmission  infrastructure,  (iii)
    34  projected  vehicle  traffic,  (iv) charging network coverage, (v) inter-
    35  state and intrastate commerce, (vi) benefits  to  environmental  justice
    36  and  disadvantaged  communities,  (vii)  benefits  of increased charging
    37  accessibility in host communities, (viii)  real  property  ownership  or
    38  control  of  potential sites, (ix) relevant commitments from site and/or
    39  charging operators, and (x) other factors deemed relevant for the devel-
    40  opment and successful implementation of the highway charging needs eval-
    41  uation.
    42    (c) Locations within one  mile  of  the  priority  highway  corridors,
    43  spaced  no more than fifty miles apart along the priority highway corri-
    44  dors and reasonably accessible regardless of direction of travel.
    45    (d) Privately operated sites which are open to the public or  multiple
    46  commercial  entities  as  eligible for designation as a highway charging
    47  hub or freight charging hub, subject to reasonable restrictions.
    48    (e) A single highway or freight charging  hub  comprised  of  multiple
    49  charging service areas within a reasonable distance from one another.
    50    5. When conducting the needs evaluation, the following geographic area
    51  criteria  shall  be  considered  when  determining designations as fleet
    52  charging zones:
    53    (a) total number of commercial and public fleet vehicles in  operation
    54  and/or total number of fleet operators in the geographic area,
    55    (b) projected vehicle traffic in the geographic area,
    56    (c) benefits to public fleets, such as school bus operators,
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     1    (d) benefits to environmental justice and disadvantaged communities,
     2    (e)  relevant  commitments from fleet and/or site operators to install
     3  charging equipment,
     4    (f) available capacity on the electric distribution and  local  trans-
     5  mission network to serve vehicle chargers,
     6    (g)  ensuring equitable coverage and access to fleet charging through-
     7  out the state, and
     8    (h) sites where private or public fleet vehicles are regularly parked,
     9  maintained, or otherwise dispatched for service,  including  school  bus
    10  garages.
    11    6. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the follow-
    12  ing meanings:
    13    (a) "Alternative fuel corridors" shall mean highways designated within
    14  the  state  pursuant  to  the  national  electric vehicle infrastructure
    15  formula program under 23 U.S.C.  151 and previously designated under the
    16  federal Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act of 2015.
    17    (b) "Charging needs evaluation"  shall  mean  the  highway  and  depot
    18  charging needs evaluation.
    19    (c) "Critical public charging site" shall mean a priority site for the
    20  deployment  of  charging  infrastructure designed to support buildout of
    21  charging in densely populated urban areas where access to  charging  may
    22  be limited.
    23    (d) "Fast charger" shall mean a direct current electric vehicle charg-
    24  ing port which can charge at a level of at least one hundred fifty kilo-
    25  watts.
    26    (e)  "Fleet  charging  zone" shall mean a priority geographic area for
    27  the deployment of charging  infrastructure  for  public  and  commercial
    28  fleet  operators  or owners, including school bus fleets, taxi and ride-
    29  share vehicle fleets.
    30    (f) "Freight charging hub" shall mean a priority site for the  deploy-
    31  ment  of  large  scale,  fast charging infrastructure, which has minimum
    32  station power capability at or above six hundred kilowatts and  supports
    33  at least one hundred fifty kilowatts per port simultaneously across four
    34  ports for charging. These sites may include highway charging hubs.
    35    (g) "Highway and depot charging needs evaluation" shall mean the needs
    36  evaluation developed pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
    37    (h)  "Highway charging hub" shall mean a priority site for the deploy-
    38  ment of large scale, fast charging  infrastructure,  which  has  minimum
    39  station  power capability at or above six hundred kilowatts and supports
    40  at least one hundred fifty kilowatts per port simultaneously across four
    41  ports for charging. These sites shall include but  are  not  limited  to
    42  thruway charging hubs.
    43    (i) "Major freight corridor" shall mean segments of the freight trans-
    44  portation  network identified by the federal highway administration that
    45  carry more than fifty million tons per year, including highway  segments
    46  that  carry  at  least eight thousand five hundred trucks per day, addi-
    47  tional highway segments and parallel rail lines that together  carry  at
    48  least   eight  thousand  five  hundred  truck,  trailer-on-flatcar,  and
    49  container-on-flatcar payloads of typically  high-value,  time  sensitive
    50  cargo,  and  rail  lines  and waterways that carry fifty million tons in
    51  bulk cargo per year.
    52    (j) "NEVI" shall mean the  national  electric  vehicle  infrastructure
    53  program established under the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
    54  Act of 2021.
    55    (k)  "Priority highway corridor" shall mean alternative fuel corridors
    56  and other state and county highways identified  in  the  charging  needs
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     1  evaluation  as  appropriate  to ensure sufficient and equitable charging
     2  access throughout the state.
     3    (l)  "Thruway  charging  hubs"  shall  mean  all highway service areas
     4  controlled, leased, owned, or operated by the  New  York  state  thruway
     5  authority.
     6    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.