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N.Y. Public Service Law § 66-o: Electric vehicle charging tariff

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  1. Public Service Law
  2. Article 4. Provisions Relating to Gas and Electric Corporations; Regulation of Price of Gas and Electricity

§ 66-o. Electric vehicle charging tariff. 1. Definitions. For purposes

of this section, the term "eligible vehicle" shall mean and include a

motor vehicle that:

(a) has four wheels;

(b) was manufactured for use primarily on public streets, roads and

highways;

(c) the powertrain of which has not been modified from the original

manufacturer's specifications;

(d) is rated at not more than eight thousand five hundred pounds gross

vehicle weight;

(e) has a maximum speed capability of at least fifty-five miles per

hour; and

(f) is propelled at least in part by an electric motor and associated

power electronics which provide acceleration torque to the drive wheels

sometime during normal vehicle operations, and that draws electricity

from a hydrogen fuel cell or from a battery that:

(i) has a capacity of not less than four kilowatt hours; and

(ii) is capable of being recharged from an external source of

electricity.

2. No later than April first, two thousand eighteen each combination

gas and electric corporation shall file an application with the

commission to establish a residential tariff for eligible vehicles for

the purpose of recharging an eligible vehicle or vehicles.

3. The commission shall, after notice and opportunity for public

comment, approve, modify, or reject the tariff.

4. Within sixty days of commission approval of a combination gas and

electric corporation's tariff filed under this section, such combination

gas and electric corporation shall make the tariff available to

customers.

5. The combination gas and electric corporation may at any time

propose revisions to a tariff filed under this section based on changing

costs or conditions.

6. Each combination gas and electric corporation providing a tariff

under this section shall periodically report to the commission, as

established by the commission and on a form prescribed by the

commission, the following information:

(a) the number of customers who have arranged to have electricity

delivered under the tariff;

(b) the total amount of electricity delivered under the tariff; and

(c) other data required by the commission.

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