(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Charging station” means the removable equipment that provides alternating or direct current to the battery electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, but does not include the supporting charging infrastructure, such as wiring, conduit, and electric panel.
(2) “Educational institution” has the same meaning as defined in Section 22129 of the Education Code.
(3) “School facility” means owned or leased improved real property used for the purpose of the private or public education of more than 12 children in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, or in any combination thereof, or any other facility of a school district or county office of education where activities described in subdivision (c) are provided, but does not include any private school in which education is conducted primarily in private homes.
(b) By July 30, 2018, an electrical corporation may file with the commission a pilot program proposal for the installation of electrical grid integrated charging stations at school facilities and other educational institutions. The proposal may include parameters for the installation of charging infrastructure for transportation vehicles, such as schoolbuses, owned by a school district, county office of education, private school, or other educational institution. By December 31, 2018, the commission shall review, modify if appropriate, and decide whether to approve a pilot program proposal filed by an electrical corporation.
(c) A school district, county office of education, private school, or other educational institution choosing to participate in the program shall have the authority to establish guidelines for use of the charging stations installed pursuant to the approved program, which may include use by faculty, students, and parents, before, during, and after school hours at those times that the school facilities or other educational institutions are operated for purposes of providing education or school-related activities, including, but not limited to, parent-teacher conferences, clubs, theater, and athletic events, and by any other persons present for those activities and events.
(d) Construction and maintenance of the charging stations and infrastructure shall be managed in coordination with the school district, county office of education, private school, or other educational institution.
(e) The approved pilot program shall include a reasonable mechanism for cost recovery by the electrical corporation if the commission finds all of the following are true:
(1) The costs to be recovered are consistent with a cost limitation approved by the commission for the pilot program.
(2) The pilot program seeks to minimize overall costs and maximize overall benefits.
(3) The pilot program does not unfairly compete with nonutility enterprises as required under Section 740.3.
(4) The pilot program includes performance accountability measures.
(5) The pilot program is in the interests of ratepayers, as defined in Section 740.8.
(f) Charging stations installed pursuant to a pilot program approved by the commission pursuant to this section shall be installed and maintained by the utility workforce, or by workers who are paid the prevailing wage for all program-related work. The Director of Industrial Relations shall determine the prevailing wage in accordance with the standards set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 1770) of Chapter 1 of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code. A nonutility enterprise installing or maintaining charging stations and infrastructure pursuant to a pilot program approved by the commission shall submit wage schedules to the commission as part of its application and shall make all payroll records available to the commission for enforcement purposes pursuant to this part. Certified payrolls submitted to the commission shall be public records.
(g) A school facility or other educational institution receiving charging stations pursuant to the approved pilot program shall participate in a time-variant rate approved by the commission. A school district, county office of education, private school, or other educational institution may require users of the charging stations to pay electricity costs.
(h) An electrical corporation shall prioritize in its proposal school facilities and other educational institutions located in disadvantaged communities. For these purposes, “disadvantaged communities” means communities identified by the California Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investment Plan and Communities Revitalization Act (Chapter 4.1 (commencing with Section 39710) of Part 2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code).
(i) Participation in the approved pilot program shall not prevent a school district, county office of education, private school, or other educational institution from participating in other transportation electrification programs. After a school district, county office of education, private school, or other educational institution has participated in the program for eight years, the school district, county office of education, private school, or other educational institution may cease participation in the pilot program and request removal of the charging station by providing 180-day notice to the electrical corporation.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 637, Sec. 2. (AB 1082) Effective January 1, 2018.)