I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Vehicles for the Future 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) AMENDMENT OF PURPA.—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 following: 
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‘‘(20) PLUG-IN
HYBRID
ELECTRIC
VEHICLE 
AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE.— 
‘‘(A) UTILITY
PLAN
FOR
INFRASTRUC-
TURE.—Each electric utility shall develop a 
plan to support the use of plug-in hybrid elec-
tric vehicles and electric vehicles, including 
heavy-duty hybrid electric vehicles. The plan 
may provide for deployment of electrical charg-
ing stations in public or private locations, in-
cluding street parking, parking garages, park-
ing lots, homes, gas stations, and highway rest 
stops. Any such plan may also include— 
‘‘(i) battery exchange, fast charging 
infrastructure and other services; 
‘‘(ii) triggers for infrastructure de-
ployment based upon market penetration 
of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and elec-
tric vehicles; and 
‘‘(iii) such other elements as the State 
determines necessary to support electric 
vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehi-
cles. 
Each plan under this paragraph shall provide 
for the deployment of the charging infrastruc-
ture or other infrastructure necessary to ade-
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quately support the use of plug-in hybrid elec-
tric vehicles and electric vehicles. 
‘‘(B) 
SUPPORT
REQUIREMENTS.—Each 
State regulatory authority (in the case of each 
electric utility for which it has ratemaking au-
thority) and each utility (in the case of a non-
regulated utility) shall— 
‘‘(i) require that charging infrastruc-
ture deployed is interoperable with prod-
ucts of all auto manufacturers to the ex-
tent possible; and 
‘‘(ii) consider adopting minimum re-
quirements for deployment of electrical 
charging infrastructure and other appro-
priate requirements necessary to support 
the use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles 
and electric vehicles. 
‘‘(C) COST RECOVERY.—Each State regu-
latory authority (in the case of each electric 
utility for which it has ratemaking authority) 
and each utility (in the case of a nonregulated 
utility) shall consider whether, and to what ex-
tent, to allow cost recovery for plans and imple-
mentation of plans. 
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‘‘(D) SMART
GRID
INTEGRATION.—The 
State regulatory authority (in the case of each 
electric utility for which it has ratemaking au-
thority) and each utility (in the case of a non-
regulated utility) shall— 
‘‘(i) establish any appropriate proto-
cols and standards for integrating plug-in 
hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles 
into an electrical distribution system, in-
cluding smart grid systems and devices; 
‘‘(ii) include the ability for each plug- 
in hybrid electric vehicle and electric vehi-
cle to be identified individually and to be 
associated with its owner’s electric utility 
account, regardless of the location that the 
vehicle is plugged in, for purposes of ap-
propriate billing for any electricity required 
to charge the vehicle’s batteries as well as 
any crediting for electricity provided to the 
electric utility from the vehicle’s batteries; 
and 
‘‘(iii) review the determination made 
in response to section 1252 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 in light of this section, 
including 
whether 
time-of-use 
pricing 
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should be employed to enable the use of 
plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and electric 
vehicles to contribute to meeting peak-load 
power needs’’. 
(b) COMPLIANCE.— 
(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 the following 
at the end thereof: 
‘‘(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 
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 standard 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 the standard 
established by paragraph (20) of section 111(d).’’. 
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(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 adding the fol-
lowing at the end: 
‘‘In the case of the standards established by para-
graph (20) of section 111(d), the reference contained in 
this subsection to the date of enactment of this Act shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of 
such paragraph.’’. 
(3) PRIOR STATE ACTIONS.—Section 112(d) of 
the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 
(16 U.S.C. 2622(d)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and 
paragraph (20)’’ before ‘‘of section 111(d)’’. 
Æ 
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