S 98 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Requires electric corporations build make-ready infrastructure

S 98 requires electric corporations to cover the costs of "make-ready" infrastructure needed to charge electric vehicles for public fleets, such as government-owned buses, police cars, and school district vehicles. It mandates that corporations include 100% of their own infrastructure costs (like transformers and wiring) and at least 50% of customer infrastructure costs (like site wiring) in their rates - increasing to 90% in disadvantaged communities - so these expenses are shared across all utility customers instead of paid directly by fleet operators. This reduces upfront financial barriers for public entities transitioning to electric fleets while ensuring infrastructure costs are recovered through standard rate structures. The bill applies specifically to state, municipal, school district, and public authority fleets, not private businesses.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2026

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

Assembly Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Jun 5, 2026

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What changed between versions

S98 → S98A · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to specifically target electric vehicle charging infrastructure for public serving fleets, such as those owned by the state or municipalities. The changes clarify that utilities must cover the costs of making sites ready for these fleet vehicles and adjust the rules on how much of the customer's own infrastructure costs can be included in utility rates, with higher reimbursement for disadvantaged communities.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed and clarified to focus exclusively on 'public serving fleet vehicles' rather than all electric vehicles, and it was amended to include a specific requirement for the utility to reimburse customers for fleet-related infrastructure costs.

SCOPE

The bill's title and purpose were updated to explicitly mention 'public serving fleet vehicles,' shifting the focus from general electric vehicle charging to fleet-specific infrastructure.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'public serving fleet' was refined to remove the specific threshold of owning more than twenty-five vehicles, broadening the applicability to any fleet owned or contracted by the state, municipalities, or school districts.

FISCAL

A new requirement was added mandating that electric corporations deploy or reimburse customers for the reasonable costs of customer-side make-ready infrastructure specifically for public serving fleets.

REQUIREMENT

The rules for recovering customer-owned infrastructure costs were changed; the minimum recovery rate for disadvantaged communities was increased from 100% to 90%, and a new clause was added to allow utilities to recover costs from customers if a public entity reduces its fleet size at a subsidized site within ten years.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 12, 2025

How they voted

37–22

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 63

Jun 12, 2025

D Democratic41

37 Yea 1 Nay 3

90% Yea

R Republican22

21 Nay 1

95% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 5, 2026

Committee

COMMITTED TO RULES

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

upper

Jun 13, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO ENERGY

lower

Jun 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

PASSED SENATE

upper

May 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 98A

upper

Jan 8, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors