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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1730 

To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 with respect 

to electric vehicle infrastructure. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2009 

Mr. MCNERNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 

with respect to electric vehicle infrastructure. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Vehicles for the Future 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE. 

7 (a) AMENDMENT OF PURPA.—Section 111(d) of the 

8 Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 

9 2621(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(20) PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE

2 AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE.— 

3 ‘‘(A) UTILITY PLAN FOR INFRASTRUC4 TURE.—Each electric utility shall develop a 

5 plan to support the use of plug-in hybrid elec6 tric vehicles and electric vehicles, including 

7 heavy-duty hybrid electric vehicles. The plan 

8 may provide for deployment of electrical charg9 ing stations in public or private locations, in10 cluding street parking, parking garages, park11 ing lots, homes, gas stations, and highway rest 

12 stops. Any such plan may also include— 

13 ‘‘(i) battery exchange, fast charging 

14 infrastructure and other services; 

15 ‘‘(ii) triggers for infrastructure de16 ployment based upon market penetration 

17 of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and elec18 tric vehicles; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) such other elements as the State 

20 determines necessary to support electric 

21 vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehi22 cles. 

23 Each plan under this paragraph shall provide 

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1 quately support the use of plug-in hybrid elec2 tric vehicles and electric vehicles. 

3 ‘‘(B) SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS.—Each 

4 State regulatory authority (in the case of each 

5 electric utility for which it has ratemaking au6 thority) and each utility (in the case of a non7 regulated utility) shall— 

8 ‘‘(i) require that charging infrastruc9 ture deployed is interoperable with prod10 ucts of all auto manufacturers to the ex11 tent possible; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) consider adopting minimum re13 quirements for deployment of electrical 

14 charging infrastructure and other appro15 priate requirements necessary to support 

16 the use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles 

17 and electric vehicles. 

18 ‘‘(C) COST RECOVERY.—Each State regu19 latory authority (in the case of each electric 

20 utility for which it has ratemaking authority) 

21 and each utility (in the case of a nonregulated 

22 utility) shall consider whether, and to what ex23 tent, to allow cost recovery for plans and imple24 mentation of plans. 


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1 ‘‘(D) SMART GRID INTEGRATION.—The 

2 State regulatory authority (in the case of each 

3 electric utility for which it has ratemaking au4 thority) and each utility (in the case of a non5 regulated utility) shall— 

6 ‘‘(i) establish any appropriate proto7 cols and standards for integrating plug-in 

8 hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles 

9 into an electrical distribution system, in10 cluding smart grid systems and devices; 

11 ‘‘(ii) include the ability for each plug12 in hybrid electric vehicle and electric vehi13 cle to be identified individually and to be 

14 associated with its owner’s electric utility 

15 account, regardless of the location that the 

16 vehicle is plugged in, for purposes of ap17 propriate billing for any electricity required 

18 to charge the vehicle’s batteries as well as 

19 any crediting for electricity provided to the 

20 electric utility from the vehicle’s batteries; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(iii) review the determination made 

23 in response to section 1252 of the Energy 

24 Policy Act of 2005 in light of this section, 

25 including whether time-of-use pricing 


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1 should be employed to enable the use of 

2 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and electric 

3 vehicles to contribute to meeting peak-load 

4 power needs’’. 

5 (b) COMPLIANCE.— 

6 (1) TIME LIMITATIONS.—Section 112(b) of the 

7 Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 

8 U.S.C. 2622(b)) is amended by adding the following 

9 at the end thereof: 

10 ‘‘(7)(A) Not later than 1 year after the enact11 ment of this paragraph, each State regulatory au12 thority (with respect to each electric utility for which 

13 it has ratemaking authority) and each nonregulated 

14 utility shall commence the consideration referred to 

15 in section 111, or set a hearing date for consider16 ation, with respect to the standard established by 

17 paragraph (20) of section 111(d). 

18 ‘‘(B) Not later than 2 years after the date of 

19 the enactment of this paragraph, each State regu20 latory authority (with respect to each electric utility 

21 for which it has ratemaking authority), and each 

22 nonregulated electric utility, shall complete the con23 sideration, and shall make the determination, re24 ferred to in section 111 with respect to the standard 

25 established by paragraph (20) of section 111(d).’’. 


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1 (2) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—Section 112(c) of 

2 the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 

3 (16 U.S.C. 2622(c)) is amended by adding the fol4 lowing at the end: 

5 ‘‘In the case of the standards established by para6 graph (20) of section 111(d), the reference contained in 

7 this subsection to the date of enactment of this Act shall 

8 be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of 

9 such paragraph.’’. 

10 (3) PRIOR STATE ACTIONS.—Section 112(d) of 

11 the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 

12 (16 U.S.C. 2622(d)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and 

13 paragraph (20)’’ before ‘‘of section 111(d)’’. 

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