Sec. 3. Assessment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in urban areas
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The Secretary shall conduct an assessment of the state of, challenges to, and opportunities for the deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in urban areas, particularly in underserved or disadvantaged communities. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on the results of the assessment conducted under paragraph (1), which shall— describe the state of deployment with respect to electric vehicle charging infrastructure in major urban areas throughout the United States, particularly in underserved or disadvantaged communities, including— with respect to Level 2 charging stations and DC Fast charging stations— the number of existing and planned stations per capita for charging individually owned light-duty and medium-duty vehicles; the number of existing and planned stations for charging public and private fleet vehicles, rideshare vehicles, and medium-duty and heavy-duty equipment and vehicles; and the number of stations installed in multi-unit dwellings or available to occupants of multi-unit dwellings; ownership models for stations located in publicly owned and privately owned residential multi-unit dwellings, commercial buildings, public and private parking areas, and curbside locations; how such stations are financed; and the rates charged at such stations; and policies, plans, and programs that cities, States, utilities, and private entities are using to encourage greater deployment of electric vehicles and associated electric vehicle charging infrastructure; identify the current barriers to expanding deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in urban areas, particularly in underserved or disadvantaged communities, including any challenges relating to charging infrastructure deployment in publicly owned and privately owned multi-unit dwellings; identify and analyze the policies and procedures used by State and local governments and private entities to increase deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in urban areas, particularly in underserved or disadvantaged communities, including with respect to— public outreach and engagement strategy; and increasing deployment of charging infrastructure in publicly owned and privately owned multi-unit dwellings; identify the number of electric vehicle charging stations per capita at locations within each major urban area in the United States with detail at the level of zip codes and census tracts; and describe the methodology used to obtain the information in the report.
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall report to the Committee on Energy and Commerce in the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in the Senate on the methodology that will be used to conduct the assessment under paragraph
(1)and produce the report under paragraph (2). Not later than five years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall— update the assessment conducted under subsection (a)(1); and make public and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report, which shall— update the information described in subsection (a)(2); and include a description of case studies and key lessons learned after the report under subsection (a)(2) was submitted with respect to expanding the deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in urban areas, particularly in underserved or disadvantaged communities.