Category Archives: regulatory trend

Refreshing our Recollection | READ THE BILL | State Drivers Licenses via Phone App

Louisiana became the first state to allow citizens to use an App to show their state ID to law enforcement.

the Louisiana App: LA Wallet app on iOS and Android platforms

What about safety or hacking?

  • If the user’s phone is lost or stolen, the ID can be unlinked
  • The app contains a feature similar to the holograms & seals printed on the state’s physical ID cards

The company behind th eproduct: Envoc,

The Bill: HB481 (2016 | LA)

State Scoop | Drivers in Louisiana can now show police their ID…

TREND. Executive Order on Autonomous Vehicles.

Executive Order 13 concerning autonomous vehicles will:

  • Interagency Coordination to Launch and Support Autonomous Illinois Initiative
    • ​led by Illinois Department of Transportation
  • Set best practices by looking at Review CAV research, pilot projects, and Federal, state, and international action 
  • look for legal impedements 
  • Collaborate with industry experts
  • develop workforce initiaitves
  • Creates the Autonomous Illinois Testing Program

Illinois Governor Rauner Executive Order 13 (2018) 

A Cyber Attack on a Port. 3 Regulatory Requirements emerging in the Golden State.

The Port: Port of San Diego

What happened in the ransomware attack?

  • Administrative systems were held hostage for a certain sum
  • Port staff shut down other portions of the port’s computer infrastructure
  • The port continued to operate during the attack on Sept. 25, 2018
  • Computer systems are not 100% as of 10.11.2018
    • no online permitting currently
    • no open records requests can be answered

3 Regulatory standards that emerged:

  •  deploy a multilayered security program
  • required data back up at…

3 Reasons not to play favorites to EVs | Boone Pickens

In explaining how Texas Commission Environmental Quality should utilize Volkswagen emmissions funds, 3 reasons against the agency proposal:

  • TCEQ is following the EPA’s favoritism for electic vehicle by offering funding up to 60 percent
    • government shouldnt pick winners and losers
  • Texas should use its own resources to achieve clean air- and that’s natural gas vehicles
  • “TCEQ should allow grantees to buy a vehicle to scrap”

 

Austin American Statesman | T Boone Pickens | Commentary: On an…

Regulatory TREND. EV Charging Lanes Coming to the Land of Lincoln?

Illinois Tollway Highway Authority is considering incorporating EV charging into its I-294 modernization. 

 EV methods being considered are:

  • EV charging lanes
    • informed:intel gave you info on the lanes first tried in Sweden around Arlanda airport near Stockholm
  • EV charging stations
  • EV super charging stations

Roads & Bridges | Illinois Tollway may add EV charging to I-294

Local TREND. Scooter Ordinances and DATA Standards. 3 Key Points.

After ride share regulations, and the data that was shared, acquired or lost, local governments are:

  • Seeing BUSINESS TREND of new software to help cities organize new sorts of transportation data
  • Information cities want to know about scooters:
    • how many scooters and bikes are parked
    • where they?
    • where trips start?
    • where do trips end?
    • How much detail do cities want?  down to the census tract.
    • Who is using scooters and bikes?
    • are they taking cars off the road?

Wired | STILL…

Business and Regulatory TREND. EV Transportation Corridor. WHO. WHAT. WHERE.

WHO: Nissan and EVgo

 

WHAT:

  • Transportation corridor to connect the cities of Boston and Washington
  • 9 electric vehicle fast-charging stations
  • 52 total fast chargers 
  • The…“I-95 Fast Charging ARC”
  • 4+  EVs simultaneously charge at a power output of 50 kW

 

WHERE: I-95 & EVgo’s charging network has 1,000 fast chargers stations spanning 34 states

NGT News | New EV Charging Corridor Launches Between D.C. and Boston

Regulatory TREND. Anatomy of an EV Coalition Touting EVs=Jobs

State: Maryland

The EV Coalition: 

  • PC44 Electric Vehicle Work Group Leader Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
  • Delmarva Power & Light Company
  • Potomac Electric Power Company
  • The Potomac Edison Company
  • ChargePoint
  • Greenlots
  • Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Sierra Club 
  • Chesapeake Climate Action Network
  • Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
  • Marylanders for Energy Democracy and Affordability
  • Pace Energy and Climate Center
  • Solar United Neighbors of Maryland

Supporters of the…

Business, Legal and Regulatory TREND. Recouping the Cost of EV Charging Stations. Coming to a Legislature Near You.

WHERE: Missouri

What happened? Courts are determining whether EV charging stations are a means of obtaining a charging service or more like a gas station?

What’s the impact? If the EV charging stations are treated like gas stations then utilities can add EV charging stations in their rate base

What did the state PUC argue? That the EV charging stations offer a service, not the sale of electricity, and are not to be included in the rate base

What are Missouri courts saying? An Appellate…

9 Ways TX Using VW Environmental Mitigation Funds

Public Comment on the draft Mitigation Plan through October 8th at TCEQ.

Eligible mitigation actions:

 

  • Statewide Light-Duty ZEV Supply Equipment Funding (15% of funding)
  • In prioritity areas: (81% of funding)
    • Class4-7LocalFreightTrucks
    • Class 8 Local Freight Trucks and Port Drayage Trucks
    • Class 7 – 8 Refuse Vehicle
    • School Buses
    • Transit and Shuttle Buses
    • Electric Forklifts and Port Cargo Handling Equipment
    • Electric Airport Ground Support Equipment
    • Ocean-Going Vessel Shore…