Sponsor
Jefferson Van Drew
Representative · R-NJ
Representative · R-NJ
The bill increases state and utility flexibility and reduces near-term administrative burdens, but at the likely cost of slower, uneven EV charging rollout and greater uncertainty for manufacturers and investors.
State governments and utilities face reduced near-term administrative and compliance burdens because the bill removes federal transitional and timing requirements for EV charging programs.
State regulatory authorities and nonregulated utilities gain greater regulatory flexibility and local control over EV charging policy with the removal of a federal EV charging program standard.
EV owners — especially in rural and underserved urban communities — may face slower and more uneven deployment of public EV charging, reducing access and convenience.
Manufacturers, small charging providers, and investors face increased regulatory uncertainty without a uniform federal standard, which could raise costs or slow private investment and deployments of charging networks.
States with weaker policies may allow utilities to delay investments, which could reduce charging access, slow EV adoption, and shift longer-term costs onto taxpayers and consumers.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Removes the federal statutory EV charging programs standard under the public utility statute and deletes related timing and transitional rules tied only to that standard.
Repeals the federal statutory standard that created or directed electric-utility electric vehicle (EV) charging programs under PUHCA/PURPA and removes the special timing and transitional rules that applied only to that standard. The change deletes one listed regulatory standard from the federal statute and eliminates related statutory deadlines and grandfathering provisions tied to its enactment date, narrowing the set of federal directives that apply to utilities and EV charging programs.
Official title: To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to repeal the standard relating to electric vehicle charging programs, and for other purposes.
Introduced October 31, 2025 by Jefferson Van Drew · Last progress October 31, 2025