Bill Text: NY S05253 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires the New York State energy research and development authority to develop a real-time mobile application with a corresponding map with information on electric vehicle charging stations and to make such information available on the authority's website; requires the mobile application and website to include an interactive real-time map with the addresses of each electric vehicle charging station in the state and the number of charging stations at each location, the operability of charging stations, whether the charging station is located in a parking lot, parking garage or on a street, whether there are fees required to use a charging station, and where to report operational issues with charging stations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-06-06 - SUBSTITUTED BY A5687 [S05253 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S05253-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5253--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 28, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
          New York State energy research and development authority to develop  a
          real-time mobile application with a corresponding map with information
          on  electric  vehicle  charging  stations and to make such information
          available on the authority's website

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  public  authorities  law  is amended by adding a new
     2  section 1885 to read as follows:
     3    § 1885. Electric vehicle charging station interactive  map.    1.  The
     4  authority, in consultation with the department of public service and the
     5  power  authority of the state of New York, shall post on its website and
     6  develop a corresponding mobile application with information on  electric
     7  vehicle charging stations available for public utilization. This website
     8  and corresponding mobile application shall include at a minimum:
     9    (a)  an  interactive  map  with the addresses of each electric vehicle
    10  charging station in the state  available  for  public  utilization  that
    11  includes global positioning system (GPS) capability;
    12    (b) the number of charging stations in each location;
    13    (c)  to  the  extent  feasible,  the  operability  status  of charging
    14  stations, including whether charging stations are currently in  use  and
    15  whether charging stations are out of service or otherwise unavailable;
    16    (d)  whether charging stations are level two or level three fast char-
    17  gers;
    18    (e) plug or vehicle compatibility information;
    19    (f) operating hours;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (g) whether charging stations are located in a  parking  lot,  parking
     2  garage or on a street;
     3    (h)  whether  there are fees required to use charging stations and, if
     4  applicable, the price per kWh for charging;
     5    (i) whether there is a fee to enter a lot where charging stations  are
     6  located and, if applicable, the fee; and
     7    (j)  the  operating company name and contact information to report any
     8  operational issue with charging stations.
     9    2. The authority,  in  consultation  with  the  department  of  public
    10  service  and  the power authority of the state of New York, shall update
    11  the information on the website and corresponding mobile  application  no
    12  less than once per month.
    13    §  2.   This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    14  have become a law.