Weights and measures: electric vehicle supply equipment: state authority.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the exact impact of the bill on county sealers and their testing responsibilities after January 1, 2028.

Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment Standards

The bill requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to create rules by July 1, 2027, to ensure electric vehicle charging equipment is accurate for consumers.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the commission to make rules no later than July 1, 2027, to protect people from inaccurate electric vehicle supply equipment.
• Exempts electric vehicle charging equipment from existing weight and measure regulations once these new rules are in place.
• Makes it so that county sealers can test public agency-operated electric vehicle chargers within their jurisdiction.

Who It Names or Affects

• Consumers who use electric vehicles and charge them at stations.
• The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.
• County sealers responsible for testing public agency-operated chargers.

Terms To Know

Electric vehicle supply equipment

Equipment used to charge electric vehicles, such as charging stations or cables.

State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission

A state agency responsible for developing and implementing energy policies.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if the commission fails to adopt regulations by July 1, 2027.
• It is unclear how these new rules will affect existing electric vehicle charging equipment before they are implemented.

Official Summary Text

SB 1327, as amended, Reyes.
State Aeronautics Act.
Weights and measures: electric vehicle supply equipment: state authority.
Existing law vests the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission with various responsibilities for developing and implementing the state’s energy policies.
This bill would require the commission to adopt regulations, no later than July 1, 2027, to protect consumers from inaccurate electric vehicle supply equipment, as provided.
Existing law governs weights and measures in this state, and authorizes the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to enforce those provisions, as specified. Existing law requires the secretary to provide by rules and regulations for the submission for approval of types or designs of weights, measures, or weighing, measuring, or counting instruments or devices, used for
commercial purposes, and to issue certificates of approval of those types or designs as the secretary finds meet the requirements of state law, as specified.
This bill would, beginning on the date that the commission adopts the above-described regulations, provide that the provisions described above do not apply to the types or designs of weights, measures, or weighing, measuring, or counting instruments or devices, associated with electric vehicle supply equipment, as defined.
Existing law authorizes a county sealer to test and verify as correct any electric vehicle charger, as defined, operated by a public agency that is located in the county in which the sealer has jurisdiction, as provided. Existing law, until January 1, 2028, provides that an electric vehicle supply equipment that has previously been placed in service by a service agency or sealer is not required to be retested or placed in service in certain
situations, as provided.
This bill would make the former provision inoperative on the date that the commission adopts the above-described regulations and would repeal that provision of January 1 of the following year. This bill would make the latter provision inoperative on January 1, 2028, or on the date that the commission adopts the above-described regulations, whichever is sooner, and would repeal that provision on January 1 of the following year.
The State Aeronautics Act governs various matters relative to aviation in the state, including, among other things, fostering and promoting safety in aeronautics.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the title of the act.

Current Bill Text

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