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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2813 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3218 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Jeffrey N. Roy |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act to promote transportation electrification infrastructure. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Jeffrey N. Roy10th Norfolk1/19/2023 1 of 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2813 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3218 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Roy of Franklin, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3218) of Jeffrey |
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| 19 | 19 | | N. Roy for legislation to promote transportation electrification infrastructure. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act to promote transportation electrification infrastructure. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 53 of Chapter 179 of the Acts of 2022 is hereby amended by |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2inserting the following section after section 92C:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 Section 92D. (a) Specific to achieving clause v of subsection a of section 92B, |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5notwithstanding any other requirements of Sections 92B or 92C, and building on the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6Massachusetts executive office of energy and environmental affairs intergovernmental |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7coordinating council EV deployment plan to be published in August 2023 and the electric |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8distribution company electric sector modernization plans to be filed by January 2024, the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9department of energy resources and Massachusetts department of transportation, in consultation |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10with each EDC, shall forecast EV charging demand through 2045 along highways and major |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11roadways and identify sites to create a statewide network of fast charging hubs along |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12Massachusetts highways and major roadways. By no later than two years following enactment of 2 of 3 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13this legislation, each electric distribution company shall submit plans for implementation of |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14transmission and distribution system build necessary to accommodate the charging network, and |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15the department of public utilities shall approve the plans, if deemed reasonable. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16 (b) The department of energy resources and Massachusetts department of transportation, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17in consultation with each electric distribution company, by no later than six months following |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18enactment of this legislation, shall complete a study to forecast the 2045 electric demand from |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19electric light-duty vehicle and medium- and heavy-duty vehicle charging at service plazas and |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20other locations along Massachusetts highways and major roadways, based on current traffic |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21patterns and expected adoption of EVs to meet the Massachusetts 2045 climate goals. |
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| 50 | 50 | | 22 (c) Within six months of, and based on the 2045 electric charging demand determined |
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| 51 | 51 | | 23Section 92D. (b), the department of energy resources, Massachusetts department of |
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| 52 | 52 | | 24transportation, and the electric distribution companies shall identify optimal sites along or near |
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| 53 | 53 | | 25Massachusetts highways and major roadways in each electric distribution company service |
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| 54 | 54 | | 26territory, which are suitable to host electric vehicle fast charging hubs to create a statewide |
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| 55 | 55 | | 27network and meet the anticipated demand in 2045. Identification of such priority sites for electric |
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| 56 | 56 | | 28vehicle fast charging stations should include, but not be limited to, consideration of the |
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| 57 | 57 | | 29following: (i) ease of access for both consumer and commercial electric vehicles; (ii) cost- |
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| 58 | 58 | | 30effective and efficient use of existing electric company infrastructure and rights-of-way; (iii) land |
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| 59 | 59 | | 31use feasibility; and (iv) potential ability to qualify for public funds, including, but not limited to, |
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| 60 | 60 | | 32those funds made available under the Federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) |
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| 61 | 61 | | 33signed into U.S. Law in 2021. 3 of 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 34 (d) Upon identification of such electric vehicle fast charging hub sites, each electric |
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| 63 | 63 | | 35distribution company shall develop a plan to proactively design and build the additional |
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| 64 | 64 | | 36transmission and/or distribution infrastructure investments necessary on its system to satisfy, at a |
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| 65 | 65 | | 37minimum, the year 2045 projected charging demand at the applicable sites. The associated |
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| 66 | 66 | | 38infrastructure investments shall also be designed to accommodate any additional projected future |
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| 67 | 67 | | 39needs for the area identified by the electric distribution company. |
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| 68 | 68 | | 40 (e) Within six months of identification of electric vehicle fast charging hub sites, each |
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| 69 | 69 | | 41electric distribution company shall submit to the department of public utilities its plan for the |
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| 70 | 70 | | 42additional infrastructure investments required for the identified electric vehicle fast charging hub |
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| 71 | 71 | | 43sites. The department of public utilities shall promptly consider the plan, and if it finds the plan |
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| 72 | 72 | | 44to be a reasonable approach to accommodate the increased transportation electrification |
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| 73 | 73 | | 45necessary to facilitate achievement of the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limits under |
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| 74 | 74 | | 46chapter 21N, shall approve the plan. Each electric distribution company shall be entitled to full |
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| 75 | 75 | | 47cost recovery of all charges for the infrastructure investments resulting from the plan, whether |
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| 76 | 76 | | 48such charges are associated with the costs of distribution facility investments or transmission |
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| 77 | 77 | | 49facility investments governed by rates filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. |
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