Sponsored by:
Senator BOB SMITH
District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)
Senator TROY SINGLETON
District 7 (Burlington)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Diegnan
SYNOPSIS
Establishes uptime requirement for electric vehicle charging station incentive programs administered by BPU.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning electric vehicle charging station incentive programs and supplementing P.L.2019, c.362 (C.48:25-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Board of Public Utilities shall require, as a condition of providing any incentive for the installation of electric vehicle service equipment pursuant to P.L.2019, c.362 (C.48:25-1 et seq.) or any other State law, that the electric vehicle service equipment is operational at least 95 percent of the time, as measured on an annual basis. The board shall develop and implement a process to establish, monitor compliance with, and enforce this requirement.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would direct the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to establish a requirement, as a condition of providing any incentive for the installation of electric vehicle service equipment pursuant to P.L.2019, c.362 (C.48:25-1 et seq.) or any other State law, that the station is operational at least 95 percent of the time, as measured on an annual basis.. The bill would also direct the BPU to develop and implement a process to establish, monitor compliance with, and enforce this requirement. As used in the bill, "electric vehicle service equipment" means the equipment, including the cables, cords, conductors, connectors, couplers, enclosures, attachment plugs, power outlets, switches and controls, network interfaces, and point of sale equipment and associated apparatus designed and used for the purpose of transferring energy from the electric supply system to a plug-in electric vehicle.