Phil Ting
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 19
Author
Existing law creates the Clean Transportation Program, administered by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , to provide, among other things, competitive grants and revolving loans to specified 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 Energy Commission to develop and adopt an investment plan to determine priorities and opportunities for the program. Existing law requires the Energy Commission, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board (state board) , as part of the development of the investment plan, to assess whether charging station infrastructure is disproportionately deployed, as specified, and, upon finding disproportionate deployment, to use moneys from the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund, as well as other mechanisms, including incentives, to more proportionately deploy new charging station infrastructure, except as specified. Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities are under the direction of their governing boards. Existing law requires the PUC, in consultation with the Energy Commission and the state board, to direct electrical corporations to file applications for programs and investments to accelerate widespread transportation electrification to, among other things, reduce dependence on petroleum and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. The PUC is required to approve, or modify and approve, programs and investments in transportation electrification, including those that deploy charging infrastructure, through a reasonable cost recovery mechanism, if certain requirements are met. This bill would require the Energy Commission, in consultation with the PUC, to develop uptime recordkeeping and reporting standards for electric vehicle chargers and charging stations by January 1, 2024. The bill would require that the uptime recordkeeping and reporting standards only apply to electric vehicle chargers and charging stations that received an incentive from a state agency or through a charge on ratepayers, apply for a minimum of 6 years, and apply to electric vehicle chargers and charging stations installed on or after January 1, 2024. The bill would authorize the Energy Commission to consider additional reliability metrics, as specified, and require the Energy Commission, in consultation with the PUC, to hold a public workshop to discuss and identify industry best practices and charger technology capabilities that are demonstrated to increase reliability. Beginning January 1, 2025, this bill would require the Energy Commission to assess the uptime of charging station infrastructure, including, at a minimum, an assessment of equitable access to reliable charging stations in low-, moderate-, and high-income communities. The bill would require the Energy Commission to update the assessment every 2 years and would authorize an individual or company supplying information or data to the Energy Commission to request that the information or data be held in confidence, as specified. The Energy Commission, in consultation with the PUC, may adopt tools to increase charging station uptime. This bill would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2035.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 345, Statutes of 2022.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5238.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4978.)
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4998.)
Motion to reconsider made by Senator McGuire.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and TRANS.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.)
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 6).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB2061 | HTML |
| 02/14/22 - Introduced | |
| 03/21/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/18/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/01/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/23/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/01/22 - Enrolled | |
| 09/16/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/25/22- Assembly Transportation | |
| 04/05/22- Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy | |
| 05/09/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/20/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/19/22- Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications | |
| 06/24/22- Senate Transportation | |
| 08/05/22- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/13/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/26/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/30/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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