Amendment ID: S2476-16

Amendment 16

Rebate Program for EV Chargers

Messrs. Hinds and Pacheco move that the proposed new draft be amended by adding at the end thereof the following section:

SECTION XX. The commissioner of the department of energy resources is hereby authorized and directed to apportion proceeds from the RGGI Auction Trust Fund as provided for in section 35II of chapter 10 of the general laws to establish a grant program providing rebates to consumers, private institutions, and municipalities and other public entities to defray the expense of purchasing and installing an electric vehicle charging station or stations. Not later than one year after the effective date of this act, the commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations to determine qualifying criteria for private institutions and public entities, electric vehicle charging stations, to set rebate values, and to provide for the administration of the program. Rebate values shall be set no lower than $2500 dollars or 50 percent of the cost of purchasing and installing an electric vehicle charging station, whichever is lesser. Private institutions, municipalities and other public entities shall only be eligible for rebates under this program upon the exhaustion of funds currently allocated to the Massachusetts Electric Vehicle Incentive Program. The commissioner shall review the rules and regulations of the program on a biannual basis. If the commissioner deems it appropriate to make any changes to the program, he or she shall prepare a report to be submitted to the house and senate ways and means committee and the joint committee on transportation detailing and providing a rationale for the changes made.