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Conference draft updated to reflect ChargePoint request and longer review period for condo charger approvals
Summary
Staff said ChargePoint asked to delay a public EV‑charger reporting deadline to Jan. 1, 2027, and conferees agreed to language extending common‑interest community review timelines from 60 to 90 days; members questioned how the 90‑day change was submitted to the draft.
Staff told conferees that after the Senate version passed, ChargePoint requested the public, real‑time EV‑charger reporting deadline be pushed from Sept. 30, 2026 to Jan. 1, 2027; staff said the committee was asked to include that change in the draft.
Separately, staff described a requested change to extend the approval timeline for charger installations in common‑interest communities from 60 to 90 days, explaining the longer period would reflect review challenges for small boards. Committee members probed who requested the 90‑day change and how it arrived in the conference draft; staff said the change emerged from morning discussions with Representative Court Grama and Senator Westman and from an email from an attorney representing several communities.
Some conferees expressed discomfort with how the 90‑day language was presented to the conference committee and asked for clarity about origin and sponsorship before finalizing the provision. Staff also noted that several technical corrections requested by the Public Utility Commission were narrowed and that log‑drive provisions were being repealed at the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation’s request.
Next steps: staff will retain the proposed timing changes in the working draft but conferees asked for clearer trackback on who submitted the 90‑day change before the committee finalizes that timeline.
