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Regulatory TREND. EV policies to encourage EV use.

Arizona regulators have finalized new EV charger policies that include:

encourages investor-owned utilities to develop new rates
ecourages investor-owned utilities to develop pilot programs supporting EV growth
ensures recovery of “prudent costs” spent to develop charging stations
requires development of optional rate design tariffs to encourage off-peak charging
develop outreach and education programs focused on EVs, infrastructure and electrification of the transportation sector

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California has allocated more state funds for 2019 EV rebates that will be distributed by utilities.

Here’s how EV rebates work in California:

customers will out an application
backed with state funds distributed to utilities
- SCE’s rebate has gone from $450 to $1,000
- PG&E has upped theirs from $500 to $800
- SDG&E’s program allows each owner to apply for the credit each year,
each utility has slightly different qualifications for who can apply

“rail is usually the most efficient way to move goods and people over distance”
Private investors and the market should determine if Texas High Speed Rail is a success
- “Legislators, that’s not your role,”.. to detemrine if the business model makes sense

congestion pricing- user fee to roads in high-traffic urban centers
- “surcharges on single-occupancy driving could encourage the use of less-expensive carpool offerings”

Cities that implement it: Stockholm, London Singapore

Cities considering it: New York City

SB1190 (TX |1989 created the Texas High-Speed Rail Authority.
SB1190 (TX |1989 gave the THSRA these powers:
- eminent domain
- 11 member panel
- charged to determine whether high-speed rail was in the public interest
- award a franchise to operate a high-speed rail service to the most qualified applicant
HB 2390 (TX | 1995) abolished the THSRA
A final report from Executive Director Marc H. Burns stresses the need for state involvement:
- “The State should retain planning and oversight…

Last legislative session, Arizona Legislature gave a state agency power to increase vehicle registration rates.
The agency raised car registration rates by $32
- The agency first thought the fee would be $19 during the legislative session
The first bill of the next legilativve session, SB1001 (AZ | 2018), repeals this autority and increase
The Governor signed the bill and said the Legislature balanced the budget without raising taxes.
- The fee is not considered a tax by the Governor
- Consti…

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