Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOSEPH CRYAN
District 20 (Union)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits issuance of DEP permits or approvals for certain shopping centers not having electric vehicle charging stations.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning electric vehicle charging stations, supplementing Title 13 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. As used in this act:
"Developer" means a person or entity that is a developer of a shopping center development in this State.
"Electric vehicle charging station" means an electric recharging point complete with electric vehicle supply equipment that is capable of providing level 2 charging for plug-in electric motor vehicles.
"Electric vehicle supply equipment" means the conductors, including the underground, grounded, and equipment grounding conductors, and the electric vehicle connectors, attachment plugs, and all other fittings, devices, power outlets, or apparatuses that are installed specifically for the purpose of delivering electricity from the premises wiring to a plug-in electric motor vehicle."
"Level 2 charging" means the provision of 208-240 volt alternate current electricity to an onboard charger of a plug-in electric motor vehicle in a single phase with a maximum current specified at 32 continuous amps with a branch circuit breaker rated at 40 amps and a maximum continuous input power specified at 7.68 kilowatts.
"Plug-in electric motor vehicle" means a vehicle propelled to a significant extent by an electric motor which draws electricity from a battery that is capable of being recharged from an external source of electricity.
"Shopping center development" means the plans or actions of a develop to construct and develop a privately owned and operated commercial development to be owned and managed as a unit consisting of a building or series of buildings on a common site, with an adjacent parking area of no less than 100 parking spaces to which the public is invited.
2. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall not issue a permit or any other form of approval required pursuant to State or federal law, or any rule or regulation adopted thereto, for a shopping center development, unless the developer of the shopping center development provides that no fewer than five percent of parking spaces of the development are to be equipped with electric vehicle charging stations upon completion of the shopping center development.
3. Within 90 days of the effective date of this act, the Department of Environmental Protection, in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act.
4. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would prohibit the Commissioner of Environmental Protection from issuing any permit or other form of approval pursuant to State or federal law for a shopping center development unless the developer provides that at least five percent of its parking spaces are to be equipped with electric vehicle charging stations which would charge plug-in electric motor vehicles. "Shopping center development" is defined to mean the plans or actions of a developer to construct and develop a privately owned and operated commercial development, to be owned and managed as a unit consisting of a building or series of buildings on a common site, with an adjacent parking area of no less than 100 parking spaces to which the public is invited.
The promotion of electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles, and the infrastructure needed to recharge them, would serve to reduce the purchase of foreign petroleum that supports an estimated 75 billion on-road vehicle miles traveled annually in the State. New Jersey citizens, businesses and institutions pay billions of dollars each year to foreign oil suppliers for the gasoline and diesel fuels needed for that travel.