The Committee on Transportation proposes the following amendment (SR-275.CEM0003S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, by striking Section 58-27-10(12) and inserting:

 (12) "Direct current fast charging station" means an electric vehicle charging system capable of delivering electricity at a minimum of fifty kilowatts or greater direct current to an electric vehicle's rechargeable battery at a voltage of two hundred volts or greater and is separate and distinct from make-ready infrastructure.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 1, by striking Section 58-27-10(14), (15), and (16) and inserting:

 (14) "Electric vehicle charging station" means any Level 2 charging station or direct current fast charging station that delivers electricity from a source outside an electric vehicle into one or more electric vehicles separate and distinct from a make-ready infrastructure.
 (15) "Level 2 charging station" means any electric vehicle charging system capable of delivering electricity at a minimum of three kilowatts or at a maximum of fifty kilowatts alternating current to an electric vehicle's rechargeable battery at a voltage of two hundred volts or greater.
 (16)(14) "Electric vehicle charging provider" means the owner of an electric vehicle charging station.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 2, by striking Section 58-27-1060(B), (C), and (D) and inserting:

 (B) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the ability of an electrical utility, a municipality, a consolidated political subdivision, the Public Service Authority, or an electric cooperative to use provide and appropriately charge for the make-ready infrastructure required to serve the electrical load of electric vehicle charging stations or to furnish electricity to electric vehicle charging providers for charging electric vehicles, or to meet any state or federal grant funding. Any increases in customer demand or energy consumption associated with transportation electrification shall not constitute found revenues for an electrical utility.
 (C) An electrical utility, a municipality, a consolidated political subdivision, the Public Service Authority, or an electric cooperative that provides, owns, operates, or maintains a direct current fast charging station for direct public use shall offer fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory rates and services to all entities providing similar services and shall not act in a manner that provides an unreasonable advantage for its direct current fast charging stations. an electric vehicle charging station directly to the public shall do so on a non-discriminatory basis under the same fees, terms, rates, charges, and conditions offered to private providers of electric vehicle charging stations in the designated service territory of an electric utility, municipality, the Public Service Authority, or electric cooperative.
 (D) Revenue from services other than direct current fast charging stations received by an electrical utility, a municipality, a consolidated political subdivision, the Public Service Authority, or an electric cooperative, or its subsidiary or affiliate, for providing electric service shall not, directly or indirectly, subsidize investments in direct current fast charging stations owned or operated by such entities the ownership and operation of electric vehicle charging stations.
 (E) Nothing in subsection (D) shall be construed to apply to a direct current fast charging station that was constructed, provided by, owned, operated or maintained by an electrical utility, a municipality, a consolidated political subdivision, the Public Service Authority, or an electric cooperative prior to the effective date of this act.
 (F) Nothing in subsection (D) shall be construed to apply to a direct current fast charging station that are not public facing and located on the premises of an electrical utility, a municipality, a consolidated political subdivision, the Public Service Authority, or an electric cooperative for the sole purpose of serving its own electric vehicles or electric vehicles owned by its employees.

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.