Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, 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, for electric vehicle chargers and charging stations that received an incentive from a state agency or through a charge on ratepayers, the uptime recordkeeping and reporting standards to apply for a minimum of 6 years unless the Energy Commission decides a longer time span is more appropriate.
Existing law requires the Energy Commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, 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 instead require the Energy Commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, to adopt tools to increase uptime for all charging stations and set standards for how all 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