(1)  The commission shall, before July 1, 2017, authorize a large-scale electric utility to establish a program that promotes customer choice in electric vehicle charging equipment and service that includes:

Terms Used In Utah Code 54-20-103

  • Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
  • Large-scale electric utility: means a public utility that provides retail electric service to more than 200,000 retail customers in the state. See Utah Code 54-2-1
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(a)  an incentive to a large-scale electric utility customer to install or provide electric vehicle infrastructure;

(b)  time of use pricing for electric vehicle charging;

(c)  any measure that the commission determines is in the public interest that incentivizes the competitive deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

(2)  The commission may review the expenditures made by a large-scale electric utility for the program described in Subsection (1) in order to determine if the large-scale electric utility made the expenditures prudently in accordance with the purposes of the program.

(3)  A large-scale electric utility proposing a program for approval by the commission under this section shall, before submitting the program to the commission for approval, seek input from:

(a)  the Division of Public Utilities;

(b)  the Office of Consumer Services;

(c)  the Division of Air Quality; and

(d)  any person that files a request for notice with the commission.

Enacted by Chapter 393, 2016 General Session