California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 3 - Air Resources Board › Chapter 8.3 - Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Standards › Section 2360 - Applicability

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) This chapter
				applies to all Electric Vehicle Service Providers (EVSPs) operating one or more
				publicly available Level 2 or Direct Current Fast Charger (DCFC) Electric
				Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) installed in California. If an EVSP also
				operates EVSE that are not publicly available, the requirements of this chapter
				apply only to that EVSP's publicly available Level 2 or DCFC EVSE installed in
				California.
(b) For the purposes of
				this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: "Charging session" means
				an event starting when a user or a vehicle initiates a refueling event and
				stops when a user or a vehicle ends a refueling event.
"Clearly marked" means a sign, sticker, plaque or any other
				  visible marker that is readable and indicates if the EVSE is available for
				  private or public use.
"Common interest development" means a residential community
				  apartment project, a residential condominium project, a residential planned
				  development, or a residential stock cooperative.
"Direct Current Fast Charger (DCFC or DCFC EVSE)" means an
				  EVSE capable of supplying direct current (DC) electricity to a vehicle fitted
				  with the appropriate connection to support refueling the vehicle's energy
				  storage battery.
"Electric Vehicle Service Provider (EVSP)" means the entity
				  responsible for operating one or more networked or non-networked EVSE.
				  Operating includes, but is not limited to, sending commands or messages to a
				  networked EVSE; receiving commands or messages from a networked EVSE; or
				  providing billing, maintenance, reservations, or other services to a
				  non-networked or networked EVSE. An EVSP may designate another entity to act as
				  the EVSP for purposes of this chapter.
"Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE)" means the unit
				  controlling the power supply to one or more vehicles during a charging
				  session.
"Installed" means the date the EVSE is first available for
				  use by the public for a charging session.
"Kiosk" means a standalone physical unit that allows users to
				  pay for and start a charging session at one or more EVSE located at the same
				  site as the kiosk.
"Level 2 Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (Level 2 EVSE)"
				  means an EVSE capable of supplying 208 to 240 Volt alternating current (AC),
				  single phase electricity to a vehicle fitted with an on-board charger that can
				  accept and convert that AC electricity into DC electricity to refuel the
				  vehicle's energy storage battery.
"Mobile payment device" means hardware that enables a driver
				  to complete a payment from a mobile phone via contactless payment.
"Networked Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (Networked
				  EVSE)" means an EVSE capable of receiving and sending commands or messages
				  remotely from an EVSP.
"Non-networked Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment
				  (Non-networked EVSE)" means an EVSE incapable of receiving and sending commands
				  or messages remotely from an EVSP.
"Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Level 1
				  (PCI-DSS Level 1)" means payment card information data security standards
				  consistent with "Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security
				  Standard--Requirements and Security Assessment Procedures" published by PCI
				  Security Standards Council (Version 3.2.1, May 2018), which is incorporated by
				  reference herein.
"Publicly available Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment
				  (publicly available EVSE, publicly available DCFC EVSE, or publicly available
				  Level 2 EVSE)" means an EVSE and associated parking space or spaces designated
				  by a property owner or lessee to be available to, and accessible by, the public
				  for any period of time. An EVSE designated by a lessee or a property owner to
				  be available only to customers or visitors of the business is a publicly
				  available EVSE for purposes of this chapter. EVSE and associated parking spaces
				  located in parking garages or gated facilities are considered publicly
				  available for purposes of this chapter if any member of the public can obtain
				  vehicular access to the facility for free or through payment of a fee.
If an EVSE and associated parking space is made available to
				  the public for only limited time periods, that EVSE and associated parking
				  space is considered a publicly available EVSE during those limited time periods
				  only, and must comply with this chapter during those limited time
				  periods.
A publicly available EVSE does not include:
(i) A workplace EVSE and its associated
				parking space if it is clearly marked and operated as available exclusively to
				employees or contracted drivers. For the purposes of this chapter, "contracted
				drivers" includes participating drivers, as that term is defined in Public
				Utilities Code section
				5431,
				regardless of the physical accessibility of the EVSE to the public;
(ii) An EVSE and associated parking spaces
				reserved exclusively to residents, tenants, visitors, or employees of a private
				residence or common interest development; or a residential building adjacent to
				a private residence; or
(iii) An
				EVSE provided by a manufacturer of electric vehicles for the exclusive use by
				vehicles it manufactures.
"Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) card" means a card
				  that communicates with a reader through radio-frequency electromagnetic fields
				  and is capable of transmitting payment information.
"Replaced" means that the EVSE has been substantially
				  modified or substituted with another unit, as indicated by a change in the
				  serial number, EVSE ID or the model name of the EVSE.
"Service provider application" means a mobile phone
				  downloadable software package that connects users to an EVSP and enables users
				  to begin, end, and pay for charging sessions.
"Station ID" means the physical site, typically identified by
				  a street address, at which one or more EVSE are
				  located.