SB 336 — ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES

SENATE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 336 54TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSIO, 2019 INTRODUCED4 BY Antoinette Sedillo Lopez 6 8 10 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES;

No later than January 1, 2021, and thereafter e a n b 24 upon request by the commission, but no more frequently than u [ every two years, a public utility shall file with the .212520.1.213242.1 SCONC/SB 336 commission an application to expand transportation electrification.

e e n d 18 (2) reasonably expected to increase access to = = l ] 19 the use of electricity as a transportation fuel, with special a l r i 20 consideration given for increasing such access to low-income t e a t users and users in underserved communities;

m m 21 e d r e 22 (3) designed to contribute to meetingthe airreduction of r e 22 c e r c 23 qualityair standardspollution and reducing statewide emissions of e a n b 24 greenhouse gasesgases; to forty percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and u [ to eighty percent below 1990 levels by 2050;

.212520.1e -a 2n -b 24 (4) reasonably expected to stimulatesupport innovation,increased competitionu and[ increased consumer choices in transportationelectric electrificationvehicle charging and related .213242.1 - 2 - SCONC/SB 336 infrastructure and services;

attractallow for private capital investments;investments and skilled jobs in related services;

and provide reasonable customer protections;information and education;

and utilize high quality jobs and skilled worker training programs;

e e 17 D.

The provisions of this section do not apply to a distribution cooperative organized pursuant to the Rural Electric Cooperative Act.

e e 17 E.

m m 21 e d r e 22 (2) "transportation electrification" means the r e 22 c e r c 23 use of electricity from external sources to power all or part e a n b 24 of passenger vehicles, trucks, buses, trains, boats or other u [ equipment that transport goods or people;

and .212520.1.213242.1 - 3 - SCONC/SB 336 (3) "underserved community" means an area in this state, including a county, municipality or neighborhood, or subset of such area, where the median income of the area is low-income." SECTION 2.

or (2) a corporation engaged in the business of e e 17 operating a railroad and that does not primarily engage in the e e n d 18 business of selling the service or commodity but that only = = l ] 19 incidentally to its railroad business or occasionally furnishes a l r i 20 the service or commodity to another under a separate limited or t e a t revocable agreement or sells to a utility or municipality for m m 21 e d r e 22 resale, or that sells the service or commodity to another r e 22 c e r c 23 railroad, the state or federal government or a governmental e a n b 24 agency, or that sells or gives for a consideration under u [ revocable agreements or permits quantities of water out of any .212520.1.213242.1 - 4 - SCONC/SB 336 surplus of water supply acquired and held by it primarily for railroad purposes;

The business of any public utility other than of the character defined in Subsection G of Section 62-3-3 NMSA 1978 is not subject to provisions of the Public Utility Act." - 5 - 9 11 13 15 e e 17 e e n d 18 = = l ] 19 a l r i 20 t e a t m m 21 e d r e 22 c e r c 23 e a n b 24 u [ .212520.1.213242.1