SEC. 6. STATE CONSIDERATION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE 
CHARGING. 
(a) CONSIDERATION AND DETERMINATION RESPECT-
ING CERTAIN RATEMAKING STANDARDS.—Section 111(d) 
of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 2621(d)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(20) ELECTRIC
VEHICLE
CHARGING
PRO-
GRAMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall con-
sider— 
‘‘(i) authorizing measures to stimulate 
investment in and deployment of electric 
vehicle supply equipment and to foster the 
market for vehicle charging; 
‘‘(ii) authorizing each electric utility 
of the State to recover from ratepayers any 
capital, operating expenditure, or other 
costs of the electric utility relating to load 
management, programs, or investments as-
sociated with the integration of electric ve-
hicle supply equipment onto the grid and 
promoting greater electrification of the 
transportation sector; and 
‘‘(iii) allowing a person or agency that 
owns and operates an electric vehicle 
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charging facility for the sole purpose of re-
charging an electric vehicle battery to be 
excluded from regulation as an electric 
utility pursuant to section 3(4) when mak-
ing electricity sales from the use of the 
electric vehicle charging facility, if such 
sales are the only sales of electricity made 
by the person or agency. 
‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 
paragraph, the term ‘electric vehicle supply 
equipment’ 
means 
conductors, 
including 
ungrounded, grounded, and equipment ground-
ing conductors, electric vehicle connectors, at-
tachment plugs, and all other fittings, devices, 
power outlets, or apparatuses installed specifi-
cally for the purpose of delivering energy to an 
electric vehicle.’’. 
(b) OBLIGATIONS TO CONSIDER AND DETERMINE.— 
(1) TIME LIMITATIONS.—Section 112(b) of the 
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 2622(b)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(7)(A) Not later than 1 year after the enact-
ment of this paragraph, each State regulatory au-
thority (with respect to each electric utility for which 
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it has ratemaking authority) and each nonregulated 
utility shall commence the consideration referred to 
in section 111, or set a hearing date for consider-
ation, with respect to the standards established by 
paragraph (20) of section 111(d). 
‘‘(B) Not later than 2 years after the date of 
the enactment of this paragraph, each State regu-
latory authority (with respect to each electric utility 
for which it has ratemaking authority), and each 
nonregulated electric utility, shall complete the con-
sideration, and shall make the determination, re-
ferred to in section 111 with respect to each stand-
ard established by paragraph (20) of section 
111(d).’’. 
(2) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—Section 112(c) of 
the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 
(16 U.S.C. 2622(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘(19)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(20)’’. 
(3) PRIOR STATE ACTIONS.—Section 112 of the 
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 2622) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(g) PRIOR STATE ACTIONS.—Subsections (b) and 
(c) of this section shall not apply to the standard estab-
lished by paragraph (20) of section 111(d) in the case of 
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any electric utility in a State if, before the enactment of 
this subsection— 
‘‘(1) the State has implemented for such utility 
the standard concerned (or a comparable standard); 
‘‘(2) the State regulatory authority for such 
State or relevant nonregulated electric utility has 
conducted a proceeding to consider implementation 
of the standard concerned (or a comparable stand-
ard) for such utility; 
‘‘(3) the State legislature has voted on the im-
plementation of such standard (or a comparable 
standard) for such utility; or 
‘‘(4) the State has taken action to implement 
incentives or other steps to strongly encourage the 
deployment of electric vehicles.’’. 
Æ 
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