Electric Vehicle Charging Station Regulation: Why Your Local Electric Vehicle Charging Station Doesn't (and Shouldn't) Look Like Your Local Gas Station – June 23, 2016
Pepper Hamilton
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9. Stephen Edelstein, Why Oil State Texas Turns Out To Be Friendly To Electric Cars,
Green Car Reports (Mar. 31, 2014), available at http://www.greencarreports.com/
news/1091145_why-oil-state-texas-turns-out-to-be-friendly-to-electric-cars.
10. New York State Energy Research & Dev. Auth., Compilation of Utility Commission
Initiatives Related to Plug-in Electric Vehicles and Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment
(Apr. 2013), available at https://www.nyserda.ny.gov/-/media/Files/Publications/
Research/Transportation/Compilation-Utility-Commission-Initiatives-Plug-acc.pdf.
11. Id.
12. New York Public Service Law § 5.
13. n re Electric Vehicle Policies, 13-E-0199, at 3 (State of N.Y.
Public Serv. Comm’n Nov. 22, 2013). 14. Id.
at 4. 15. Id. 16. For example, New York, like most states, regulates devices “for the purpose of dispensing and measuring petroleum products.” N.Y. Agric. & Mkts.
Law § 192 (Consol. 2015). However, this section specifically uses the term “motor fuel” throughout, making it difficult to assert that the regulations also apply to EV charging stations.
To date, New York has not imposed any other regulations addressing the method of sale, labeling or price-posting for electricity for EV charging stations. 17. Fla. Stat. 366.94(1). 18. Fla.
Stat. 366.94(2). 19. See House Bill No. 5510, available at https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/ cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB05510&which_year=2016. 20. Id. 21. Id. Berwyn | Boston | Detroit | Harrisburg | Los Angeles | New York | Orange County | Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | Princeton Silicon Valley | Washington | Wilmington pepper.law .
Public Serv. Comm’n Nov. 22, 2013). 14. Id.
at 4. 15. Id. 16. For example, New York, like most states, regulates devices “for the purpose of dispensing and measuring petroleum products.” N.Y. Agric. & Mkts.
Law § 192 (Consol. 2015). However, this section specifically uses the term “motor fuel” throughout, making it difficult to assert that the regulations also apply to EV charging stations.
To date, New York has not imposed any other regulations addressing the method of sale, labeling or price-posting for electricity for EV charging stations. 17. Fla. Stat. 366.94(1). 18. Fla.
Stat. 366.94(2). 19. See House Bill No. 5510, available at https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/ cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB05510&which_year=2016. 20. Id. 21. Id. Berwyn | Boston | Detroit | Harrisburg | Los Angeles | New York | Orange County | Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | Princeton Silicon Valley | Washington | Wilmington pepper.law .
