Amendment #33 to H4876

Clarifying EV Infrastructure Incentive Funding

Mr. Cahill of Lynn moves to amend the amendment by adding the following section:

SECTION XXXX.  The department of public utilities shall allow distribution companies, as defined in section 1 of chapter 164, through department-approved electric vehicle infrastructure programs, to provide financial incentives to customers for (i) make ready infrastructure investments, or electrical infrastructure necessary to interconnect electric vehicle charging equipment to the distribution system of the distribution company; and (ii) electric vehicle supply equipment. The incentives shall be subject to a requirement that a customer must maximize funds to cover such costs from available and aligned state and federal funding sources established to support the deployment of electric vehicle supply equipment, including but not limited to programs offered by the department of environmental protection, department of energy resources, department of transportation, division of capital asset management and maintenance, and the Massachusetts clean energy center, as applicable. In cases where the customer is an agency, department, or division of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or a contractor or vendor for such an entity, the use or availability of state capital funds shall not be considered in determining available incentives. Third party funds received for one type of electric vehicle related project cost (e.g. make ready, electric vehicle supply equipment or other types of electric vehicle related expenses) shall only reduce incentives that a customer receives through a department of public utilities approved distribution company incentive program for the same electric vehicle related project cost, and only in the situation when more than 100% of the customers’ cost is covered by the combined funds.

The incentives that a customer receives for make ready project costs through a department of public utilities approved distribution company incentive program, when combined with any third-party funds received for make ready project costs, shall be allowed to cover up to, but no more than, one hundred percent of a customer’s make ready project costs. If the combined distribution company incentive and third-party funds for make ready project costs exceed one hundred percent of a customer’s make ready project costs, the distribution company incentive for make ready costs shall be reduced so that only one hundred percent of the make ready project costs are covered.

The incentives that a customer receives through a department of public utilities approved distribution company incentive program for electric vehicle supply equipment, when combined with any third-party funds received for electric vehicle supply equipment, shall be allowed to cover up to, but no more than, one hundred percent of a customer’s electric vehicle supply equipment costs. If the combined distribution company incentive and third-party funds for electric vehicle supply equipment costs exceed one hundred percent of the cost of the equipment, the distribution company incentive for electric vehicle supply equipment shall be reduced so that only one hundred percent of the equipment costs are covered.

Third-party funds for electric vehicle supply equipment costs that are eligible to cover other types of expenses in addition to electric vehicle supply equipment costs shall count towards the calculation of one hundred percent of the equipment costs only after allocating such funds to all other eligible expenses.