New York S 98: Requires electric corporations build make-ready infrastructure

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S00098 Summary:

BILL NOS00098A

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SAME ASSAME AS A00491-A

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §66-x, Pub Serv L

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Requires electric corporations build make-ready infrastructure to facilitate the charging of electric public serving fleet vehicles.

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BILL NOS00098A

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

02/25/20251ST REPORT CAL.401

02/26/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/03/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/28/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 98A

06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

06/12/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/13/2025referred to energy

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

04/28/20261ST REPORT CAL.863

04/29/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/04/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 98--A
 Cal. No. 401

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
 cations -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first
 and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered
 reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to building make-
 ready electrical infrastructure for the charging of electric vehicles
 for public serving fleet vehicles

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

 1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 2 66-x to read as follows:
 3 § 66-x. Make-ready electrical infrastructure. 1. Legislative intent
 4 and purpose. It is the intent and purpose of this section to implement
 5 cost effective and unified treatment by electric corporations of elec-
 6 trical distribution infrastructure, and certain customer-owned make-
 7 ready infrastructure, needed to charge electric public serving fleet
 8 vehicles; and provide for certain costs of such infrastructure to be
 9 included in electric corporations' rate bases and generally recovered
 10 through rates or surcharges, instead of directly from the public serving
 11 fleet customers served by such infrastructure. Nothing in this section
 12 shall modify any obligation of an electric corporation to provide a full
 13 and accurate accounting of costs related to electrical distribution
 14 infrastructure needed to charge electric vehicles.
 15 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this section the following terms
 16 shall have the following meanings:
 17 (a) "Electrical distribution infrastructure" means any utility facili-
 18 ties used to distribute electric service to customers, and includes
 19 poles, vaults, service drops, transformers, mounting pads, trenching,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00265-02-5

 S. 98--A 2

 1 conduit, wire, cable, meters, other equipment as necessary, and associ-
 2 ated engineering and civil construction work.
 3 (b) "Utility-owned make-ready costs" means any capital investment in
 4 electrical distribution infrastructure needed to connect and serve a new
 5 electric vehicle charger, including step down transformers, overhead
 6 service lines, and utility meters.
 7 (c) "Customer-owned make-ready costs" means any capital investment in
 8 equipment or infrastructure beyond the utility service point necessary
 9 to make a site ready to accept an electric vehicle charger, including
 10 conductors, trenching, and panels.
 11 (d) "Disadvantaged community" means a community defined as a disadvan-
 12 taged community under article seventy-five of the environmental conser-
 13 vation law.
 14 (e) "Public serving fleet" means a fleet of vehicles owned, leased, or
 15 contracted by the state, any municipality, public authority or school
 16 district.
 17 3. Reasonable efforts required. Electric corporations shall make
 18 reasonable efforts to ensure