Bill > S09114

This bill amends the Public Service Law to require electric corporations to build "make-ready" electrical infrastructure to facilitate the charging of electric vehicles. The key provisions include: 1. Defining terms like "electrical distribution infrastructure," "utility-owned make-ready costs," and "customer-owned make-ready costs." 2. Requiring electric corporations to file a tariff within 60 days to establish rules for deploying customer-side make-ready infrastructure and authorizing them to include 100% of reasonable and prudent utility-owned make-ready costs and a portion (at least 50% or higher) of customer-owned make-ready costs in their rate base, with 100% coverage for disadvantaged communities and public serving fleets. 3. Directing the Public Service Commission to define "disadvantaged community zones" and approve the tariffs filed by electric corporations within 90 days. 4. Allowing electric corporations to recover the revenue requirement associated with these make-ready costs through a surcharge mechanism until their base rates are reset.