PCS for HB 737 (2022), Electric Vehicle Transportation Electrification Plan — Florida House of Representatives
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A Florida House of Representatives proposed committee substitute, PCS for HB 737 (2022), a bill relating to an electric vehicle transportation electrification plan. The bill creates s. 366.945, F.S., and directs the Public Service Commission to adopt rules for a plan that facilitates deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in a competitively neutral manner. The listed rule requirements include promoting investment in Level 2 and direct-current fast-charging stations and prospectively prohibiting investor-owned electric utilities from using rate base investment for new charging stations. The bill sets a deadline for the commission to propose the rules and requires final rule adoption by January 1, 2024, and lets charging-station providers intervene in certain utility rate proceedings. The four-page bill takes effect July 1, 2022.
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
PCS for HB 737 2022
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to an electric vehicle transportation
3 electrification plan; creating s. 366.945, F.S.;
4 requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt rules
5 for an electric vehicle transportation electrification
6 plan that meet certain requirements; providing
7 timeframes for the commission to propose the plan's
8 rules and for final rule adoption; authorizing
9 entities that provide electric vehicle charging
10 stations to the public to intervene and participate in
11 certain commission proceedings involving rates, terms,
12 or conditions of service for offering electric vehicle
13 charging to the public; providing construction;
14 providing an effective date.
15
16 WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that the promotion and
17 development of electric vehicle infrastructure in this state
18 through competitively neutral policies for investor -owned
19 electric utility rates, terms, and conditions for electric
20 vehicle charging stations is in the public interest, and
21 WHEREAS, widespread deployment of electric vehicle charging
22 stations is consistent with the public policy of this state, and
23 WHEREAS, the expanded use of electric vehicles provides
24 this state with increased energy security and health and
25 environmental benefits by reducing the consumption of fossil
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26 fuels and street-level air pollutants, carbon dioxide, and
27 nitrogen oxides, and
28 WHEREAS, electric vehicle charging station infrastructure
29 has the potential to lessen climate impacts, expand
30 infrastructure investment, improve environmental and economic
31 conditions, and help make this state a leader in new and
32 innovative technologies, NOW, THEREFORE,
33 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
34
35 Section 1. Section 366.945, Florida Statutes, is created
36 to read:
37 366.945 Electric vehicle transportation electrification
38 plan.—
39 (1) The commission shall adopt rules for an electric
40 vehicle transportation electrification plan that facilitates the
41 deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in a
42 competitively neutral manner.
43 (a) The rules must:
44 1. Promote investment in publicly available Level 2 and
45 direct-current, fast-charging stations in a competitively
46 neutral manner that prioritizes and encourages private
47 investment in and private ownership and operation of electric
48 vehicle charging infrastructure.
49 2. Establish policies that stimulate innovation,
50 competition, private investment, and customer choice in electric
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51 vehicle charging infrastructure, including equipment and
52 networks.
53 3. Establish mechanisms, including incentives, which
54 support the efficient and cost-effective use of the electric
55 grid in a manner that supports electric vehicle charging
56 infrastructure.
57 4. Establish incentives that support private investment in
58 charging equipment.
59 5. Establish policies that, on a prospective basis,
60 prohibit investor-owned electric utilities from using rate base
61 investment in the ownership and operation of new electric
62 vehicle charging stations and limit public utility cost recovery
63 to distribution level infrastructure on the utility side of the
64 meter.
65 6. Stimulate fair and reasonable electricity pricing
66 through investor-owned electric utilities' tariff provisions
67 which will promote the widespread offering of electric vehicle
68 charging.
69 (b) The commission shall propose such rules by January 1,
70 2023, with final rule adoption by January 1, 2024.
71 (2) An entity that provides electric vehicle charging
72 stations to the public may intervene and participate in any
73 investor-owned electric utility's ratemaking or other commission
74 proceeding involving rates, terms, or conditions of service,
75 including the rate structure paid by or proposed to be paid by
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76 customers for electric vehicle charging offered to the public.
77 (3) This subsection does not prohibit an investor -owned
78 electric utility from providing electric vehicle charging
79 stations directly to the public through a separate, unregulated
80 entity on the same terms and conditions as any other provider of
81 electric vehicle charging stations.
82 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
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