New York Senate Bill S02476 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2476 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni- cations AN ACT to amend the public service law and the public authorities law, in relation to creating a resilient electric vehicle charging system pilot program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 2 66-x to read as follows: 3 § 66-x. Resilient electric vehicle charging system pilot program. 1. 4 For the purposes of this section: 5 (a) "Resilient carbon free power generation" shall mean only those 6 generating stations which are: 7 (i) manufactured, installed, and operated in accordance with applica- 8 ble government and industry standards; 9 (ii) connected to the electric system and operated in conjunction with 10 an electric corporation's transmission and distribution system; 11 (iii) operated in compliance with any standards and requirements 12 established under this section; 13 (iv) utilize a synchronous generator with black start capability, 14 frequency control, and disconnect capability; and 15 (v) do not include the active use of fossil fuels and have a name 16 plate capacity of 1.5 megawatts or less. 17 (b) "Resilient electric vehicle charging system" shall mean an elec- 18 tric vehicle (EV) microgrid designed to provide uninterrupted electric 19 service for electric vehicle charging throughout an extended outage. 20 (c) "Extended outage" shall mean an outage of the electric distrib- 21 ution system that continues for a period of twenty-four hours or longer. 22 (d) "Uninterrupted" shall mean that the resilient electric vehicle 23 charging system generates electricity throughout an extended outage, EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02925-01-5 
 S. 2476 2 1 with the exception of momentary interruptions associated with transi- 2 tions to and from grid parallel and grid-islanded operations. 3 (e) "EV microgrid" is a group of energy generating resources with at 4 least one source of resilient carbon free power generation and energy 5 storage within clearly defined electrical boundaries that acts as a 6 single controllable entity with respect to the grid for the purpose of 7 electric vehicle charging and other emergency response needs during an 8 extended outage. An EV microgrid can connect and disconnect from the 9 grid to enable it to operate in both grid-connected or island-mode. 10 2. The chair shall promulgate such rules, policies, and procedures 11 necessary and appropriate no later than one hundred eighty days follow- 12 ing the effective date of this section for: 13 (a) creating a resilient electric vehicle charging system pilot 14 program at the commercial retail rate with a monthly cash out option 15 program and a total program cap of 50 megawatts; 16 (b) establishing a value stack adder for valuation of uninterrupted 17 resilient carbon free power generation generated within an EV microgrid 18 that is participating in the pilot program that supports a resilient 19 electric vehicle charging system at the commercial retail rate; and 20 (c) creating a timely interconnection process for resilient carbon 21 free power generation comprising an EV microgrid. 22 § 2. Section 1005 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a 23 new subdivision 31 to read as follows: 24 31. The authority in a manner consistent with section sixty-six-x of 25 the public service law, shall promulgate such rules, policies, and 26 procedures necessary and appropriate no later than one hundred eighty 27 days following the effective date of this subdivision for: 28 (a) creating a resilient electric vehicle charging system at the 29 commercial retail rate with a monthly cash out option program and a 30 total program cap of 50 megawatts; 31 (b) establishing a value stack adder for valuation of uninterrupted 32 resilient carbon free power generation generated within an EV microgrid 33 that is also a participant of the pilot program that supports a resil- 34 ient electric vehicle charging system at the commercial retail rate; and 35 (c) creating a timely interconnection process for resilient carbon 36 free power generation comprising an EV microgrid. 37 § 3. Section 1020-f of the public authorities law, as added by chapter 38 517 of the laws of 1986, is amended by adding a new subdivision (ll) to 39 read as follows: 40 (ll) The authority in a manner consistent with section sixty-six-x of 41 the public service law, shall promulgate such rules, policies, and 42 procedures necessary and appropriate no later than one hundred eighty 43 days following the effective date of this section for: 44 1. creating a resilient electric vehicle charging system at the 45 commercial retail rate with a monthly cash out option program and the 46 total program cap of 50 megawatts; 47 2. establishing a value stack adder for valuation of uninterrupted 48 resilient carbon free power generation generated within an EV microgrid 49 that is also a participant of the pilot program that supports a resil- 50 ient electric vehicle charging system at the commercial retail rate; and 51 3. creating a timely interconnection process for resilient carbon free 52 power generation comprising an EV microgrid. 53 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.