Montana Title 15. Taxation § 15-70-801. Definitions

(1) “Charging station” means equipment with a rated capacity greater than 25 kilowatts that is not installed at a residence or owned by an association of real property owners including a homeowners' association as defined in 70-17-901 that transfers electric current to the power system of an electric vehicle and the real property in which the equipment is affixed, and includes public charging stations and public legacy charging stations.

(2) “Charging station operator” means a person, firm, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other lawfully recognized business entity that operates a public charging station.

(3) “Public charging station” means a charging station that is a business using a metered system to deliver electric current to an electric vehicle and charges the customer either for the electricity transferred or for the duration of time during which the transfer of electricity takes place.

(4) “Public legacy charging station” means a public charging station operating before July 1, 2023, that has never had a metering system in place capable of measuring electricity transferred from the charging station to the vehicle or is incapable of measuring the time elapsed while actively charging a vehicle and placing a fee on the charging session.

(5) “Public utility” has the meaning as defined in 69-3-101.