SB 1183

Bill Subjects

Abstract

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , working with the State Air Resources Board and the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) , to prepare a statewide assessment of the electric vehicle charging infrastructure needed to support the levels of electric vehicle adoption required for the state to meet its goals of putting at least 5 million zero-emission vehicles on California roads by 2030, and of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. Existing law require the Energy Commission to update the assessment at least once every 2 years. This bill would require the Energy Commission, as a part of each update to the assessment, to conduct an assessment of certain factors and how those factors will affect the market for and technological development of electric vehicles and infrastructure. The bill would require the Energy Commission to convene the EV Infrastructure Council, which the bill would establish, to develop, by January 1, 2022, an Electric Vehicle Charging Master Plan, as specified. The bill would require the Energy Commission to update the plan at least once every 2 years. The bill would establish a goal of the state to deploy no less than 250,000 publicly available electric vehicle charging station plugs by 2025 and would require the commission to develop an electric vehicle charging station deployment goal to support 5 million zero-emission vehicles by 2030. Existing law requires the Energy Commission to administer the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program to provide financial assistance to various entities for those entities to develop and deploy innovative technologies that transform California's fuel and vehicle types to help attain the state's climate change policies. Existing law requires the PUC, in consultation with the state board and the Energy Commission, to direct electrical corporations to file applications for programs and investments to accelerate widespread transportation electrification. Existing law requires the PUC to approve, or modify and approve, those programs and investments if they meet certain requirements. This bill would require the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program and those programs and investments required by the PUC to accelerate widespread transportation electrification to be consistent with the Electric Vehicle Charging Master Plan that would be developed by the council.