Category Archives: regulatory trend

Reg. TREND. $76 M Proposal in North Carolina to Doubt EV. What your need to know:

Company: Duke Energy

The proposals nuts and bolts:

  • $76 million initiative
  • 2,500 more in-state EV charging stations
  • electric school buses
  • electric public transportation
  •  $1,000 rebate for qualifying Level II charging stations for up to 800 residential customers
  • 800 public charging stations across North Carolina, including DC Fast Charging
  •  $2,500 rebate for 900 qualifying charging stations for commercial and industrial customers who operate fleets
  • financial support to eligible customers…

TREND. Move over renewable goals, Bonjour EV goals

California Assembly Bill 1411(2019 | CA) would require  200,000 zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and off-road vehicles and equipment in the state fleet by 2030.

It also gives rulemaking authority to increase the number.

Sacramento Bee | Predicting homelessness + Zero-emission vehicles + Medi-Cal bill heads to committee

Regulatory TREND. Allowing 3rd Party EV Station Ownership

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission removed barriers that prevented 3rd party ownership of EV charging stations.

The regulatory changes:

  • EV charging stations will not be considered “resale of electricity”
  • EV stations will be excluded from pricing requirements of the state’s Public Utilities Code

Utility Dive | Pennsylvania removes barrier to third-party EV charging station ownership

Regulatory TREND. 3 Recommendations. Regulatory Report. Utility Investment in EV Charging.

Who is making recommendations? Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection

What are the 3 recommendations for utilties to invest in EV?

  • transportation electrification
  • establishing statewide sales goals
  • expanding an alternative fuel investment grants program for municipalities, businesses and organizations

3 Ways the EV investment can benefit utilities:

  • invest in EV infrastructure to benefit drivers and the grid
  • support fleet EV purchases for government
  • Innovative financing…

Regulatory TREND. Autonomous Vehicle Task Force. 4 Goals in Texas.

Goal of Texas Department of Transportation Autonomous Vehicle Task Force:

  • one-stop resource for information & coordination
  • oversee all ongoing CAV projects, investments and initiatives in Texas
  • document public & private entity efforts
  • facilitate partnerships

Task Force Membership details being worked out.

Refreshing our recollection: the Texas AV Proving Grounds Partnership is a collaboration among:

  • the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI)
  • The University of Texas at Austin’s Center…

State Funded EV programs. 3 Agencies. $2.46 Billion.

Multiple state agencies in California have committed, in total, $2.46 billion* in public funds to EV programs including:

  • California Utility Commission
    •  $1.048 billion
    • Focus on constructing charging stations
    • Funding from ratepayer fees collected by the three investor-owned utilities CPUC oversees
    •  2015’s Senate Bill 350
  • California air resources board
    • $1.087 billion
    • More than half goes to the EV rebate program
    •  $423 million to zero-emission trucks, buses and other vehicles
  • Calif…

New Report. 4 Recommendations for High Speed Rial in the Golden State.

The State Auditor made the following recommendations about high speed rail project:

  • establish formal prerequisites for beginning construction
  • Prioritize contract management
  • more clearly differentiate between the construction and operation phases of the high-speed rail system
  • review of its compliance with its existing quality controls related to ensuring the validity and completeness of contractor-reported data.

State Auditor of California | Caliofrnia High Speed Rail Auhtority

Read the Bills. 6 State Approaches to Direct Sales.

The freemarket argument in support:  franchise laws are a “well-intended regulation is used by a group of people [auto dealers] to maintain an artificial monopoly”

 

Electrek | Tesla launches new multi state effort against direct sales ban