Weights and measures: electric vehicle supply equipment.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how counties will support oversight of EVSE.

Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment Rules

This law changes how electric vehicle charging equipment (EVSE) is tested, placed in service, and regulated by the state.

What This Bill Does

• Allows EVSE that has been audited or tested by the manufacturer or supplier to be used commercially without further testing during its inspection period, but only after being sealed by a sealer.
• Requires county sealers to ensure certain EVSE installed before January 1, 2026, are initially placed in service and tested by a sealer on or before January 1, 2027, at no additional cost except for registration fees.
• Exempts workplace EVSE used only by employees and residential EVSE from some laws until January 1, 2028, allowing them to be used without being placed in service by a sealer or agency after installation.
• Allows previously placed-in-service EVSE to be reused after maintenance that does not affect its accuracy without needing retesting or placement by a sealer.
• Requires the Division of Measurement Standards to develop optional pathways for compliance with laws using factory auditing and inspection for EVSE.

Who It Names or Affects

• Electric vehicle charging equipment manufacturers and suppliers
• County sealers responsible for testing and placing EVSE in service
• Owners or operators of electric vehicle supply equipment

Terms To Know

EVSE

Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment, which includes devices used to charge electric vehicles.

Sealer

A person authorized by the state to test and place measuring equipment in service.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens after January 1, 2028.
• It is unclear how counties will support oversight of EVSE as required by the bill.
• Details about optional pathways for compliance with laws using factory auditing and inspection are to be developed.

Official Summary Text

SB 314, as amended, Padilla.
Weights and measures: electric vehicle supply equipment.
Existing law provides that the Department of Food and Agriculture has general supervision of the weights and measures and weighing and measuring devices sold or used in the state, including devices used to measure electricity sold as a motor vehicle fuel. Existing law regulates the use and repair of weighing or measuring devices. Existing law authorizes a device to be placed in service only by a sealer or a service agency. Existing law prohibits, until January 1, 2028, requiring electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) to be retested or placed in service by a service agency or sealer, if the EVSE has previously been placed in service by a service agency or sealer, before the EVSE is used after receiving maintenance, as specified.
This bill would authorize an EVSE that has been audited or tested by the manufacturer or supplier to be used
commercially without further testing during the remainder of the inspection period adopted by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, but not until it has been sealed by a sealer.
The bill would, among other things, require the county sealer to ensure that certain EVSE installed before January 1, 2026, are initially placed in service and tested by a sealer on or before January 1, 2027, at no additional cost other than the registration fees paid by the EVSE owner or operator.
The bill would, until January 1, 2028,
among other things, exempt an EVSE installed in a workplace for the exclusive use of its employees, or installed in a residence, including a multifamily residential dwelling, for the exclusive use of the residents, from specified laws, and would authorize an EVSE, following installation, to be used in connection with the sale of electricity as a motor vehicle fuel without being placed into service by a service agency or sealer, a specified. The bill would authorize a county to take specified actions in order to support county oversight of EVSE and build capacity.
if an EVSE has previously been placed in service, no longer require the EVSE to be retested or placed in service by a service agency or sealer before the EVSE is used after receiving maintenance in a manner that does not affect the EVSE being correct.
The bill would require the Division of Measurement
Standards to develop an optional pathway for compliance with specified laws using factory auditing and inspection for the EVSE,
Standards, on or before January 1, 2027, to issue guidance and develop statewide resources relevant to weights and measures for EVSE, as specified,
and to consider
specified information when developing
the pathway for compliance.
and implement optional pathways for EVSE testing and placed-in-service requirements, including in-factory auditing or testing and certification by a factory- or supplier-registered service agency.

Current Bill Text

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