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REFERENCE TITLE: electric vehicle charging stations |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024
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SB 1637 |
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Introduced by Senators Carroll: Bolick; Representatives Aguilar, Hendrix, Hernandez A, Hernandez C, Hernandez L, Livingston, Shah
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An Act
amending title 40, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 40-207; relating to electric vehicle charging stations.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 40, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 40-207, to read:
40-207. Electric vehicle charging stations; ownership, operation and maintenance; applicability; definitions
A. An ELECTRICITY supplier may not own or operate electric vehicle charging stations but may own and operate make-ready infrastructure that is necessary for electric vehicle charging station operation.
B. An affiliate of an electricity supplier may provide, own, operate or maintain electric vehicle charging stations.
c. this section does not apply to an electric vehicle charging station that an electricity supplier constructed, provided, owned, operated or maintained before the Effective date of this section.
d. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Direct current fast charging station" means a charging system that is capable of delivering at least fifty kilowatts of direct current electrical power to an electric vehicle's rechargeable battery at a voltage of two hundred volts or greater.
2. "Electricity supplier" means any of the following:
(a) An electric light and power company that provides electric service to the public and whose charges, rates, tolls, rental fees and service rules are subject to regulation by the commission.
(b) An electric light and water company that provides electric service to the public, whose service area includes part of a county with a population of more than four million persons and whose charges, rates, tolls, rental fees and service rules are not subject to regulation by the Commission.
(c) A public power entity as defined in section 30-801.
3. "Electric vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is propelled by one or more electric motors using energy that is stored in the form of a rechargeable battery.
4. "electric vehicle charging station" means any nonresidential level two charging station or direct current fast charging station that is available to the public to provide electrical energy to charge batteries of electric vehicles and that is separate and distinct from a make-ready infrastructure.
5. "Level two charging station" means a charging system that is Capable of delivering at least three and not more than fifty kilowatts of alternating current electrical power to an electric vehicle's rechargeable battery at a voltage of two hundred volts or greater.
6. "Make-ready infrastructure":
(a) Means the electrical infrastructure that is required to service an electric vehicle charging station's electrical load on the electricity supplier's or customer's side of the electric meter.
(b) Does not include an electric vehicle charging station.
Sec. 2. Legislative findings
The legislature finds that establishing a framework to encourage private sector investment in the deployment of electric vehicle charging stations, as defined in section 40-207, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, is an important issue and that the framework is essential to foster the rapid installation and widespread use of electric vehicle charging stations, as defined in section 40-207, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, on real property whose owners or tenants want to make the investment. To establish the framework, it is necessary to:
1. Implement competitively neutral policies to encourage private sector investment in the deployment of electric vehicle charging stations, as defined in section 40-207, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act.
2. Develop and implement strategies to ensure competitive and predictable pricing for the operation of electric vehicle charging stations, as defined in section 40-207, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, while ensuring transparency in pricing and complying with the infrastructure investment and jobs act (P.L. 117-58; 135 Stat. 429; 16 United States Code sections 2621 and 2622).
3. Encourage private investment, ownership and operation of publicly available electric vehicle charging stations, as defined in section 40-207, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, including equipment that allows for fast charging.
4. Stimulate innovation, competition and private investment in the electric vehicle charging market.
5. Develop mechanisms to provide incentives for and support of the short-term and long-term efficient and cost-effective use of the power grid in a manner that supports the operation of electric vehicle charging stations, as defined in section 40-207, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act.