Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) , to develop uptime recordkeeping and reporting standards for electric vehicle chargers and charging stations. Existing law requires that the uptime recordkeeping and reporting standards only apply to electric vehicle chargers and charging stations that received an incentive from a state agency or through a charge on ratepayers, apply for a minimum of 6 years, and apply to electric vehicle chargers and charging stations installed on or after January 1, 2024.
This bill would delete the latter requirement. The bill would instead require the above uptime recordkeeping and reporting standards, for electric vehicle chargers and charging stations installed on or after January 1, 2024, to also apply to electric vehicle chargers and charging stations that were installed with moneys from specified consent decrees among the State Air Resources Board, Volkswagen AG, and the United States Department of Justice, as specified. The bill would additionally require the Energy Commission, in consultation with PUC, to develop, by January 1, 2027, uptime recordkeeping and reporting standards that apply to electric vehicle chargers and charging stations installed after January 1, 2018, but before January 1, 2024, that either received an incentive from a state agency or through a charge on ratepayers or were installed with moneys from specified consent decrees among the State Air Resources Board, Volkswagen AG, and the United States Department of Justice, as specified. The bill would require the Energy Commission to consider specified factors when developing these uptime recordkeeping and reporting standards.
Existing law requires the Energy Commission, in consultation with PUC, to adopt tools to increase charging station uptime, as provided, and, by January 1, 2025, set standards for how specified charging stations are required to notify customers about the availability and accessibility of publicly available charging infrastructure.
This bill would require the Energy Commission, in consultation with PUC, to set standards for how the above-described charging stations are required to notify customers about the availability and accessibility of publicly available charging infrastructure. The bill would authorize the Energy Commission to adopt regulations establishing an administrative enforcement process for a violation of a regulation adopted pursuant to that requirement and for the assessment of an administrative civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 for each violation, as provided. The bill would also authorize the Energy Commission, if it finds that a violation of specified regulations has occurred or is threatening to occur, to refer the matter to the Attorney General to petition a court to enjoin the violation. The bill would authorize the court to grant prohibitory or mandatory injunctive relief and assess a civil penalty, as provided. The bill would require that those penalties and other costs be deposited into the General Fund.

Statutes affected:
AB 1423: 25231.5 PRC
02/21/25 - Introduced: 25231.5 PRC
04/10/25 - Amended Assembly: 25231.5 PRC