(2) The Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall invite the Governor of each State to submit to the Secretary a State plan within one year after the effective date of the regulations issued under paragraph (1). Such plan shall include
(A) provisions designed to result in scheduled progress toward, and achievement of, the goal of introducing substantial numbers of alternative fueled vehicles in such State by the year 2000; and
(B) a detailed description of the requirements, including the estimated cost of implementation, of such plan.
(3) Each proposed State plan, in order to be eligible for Federal assistance under this section, shall describe the manner in which coordination shall be achieved with Federal and local governmental entities in implementing such plan, and shall include an examination of
(A) exemption from State sales tax or other State or local taxes or surcharges (other than such taxes or surcharges which are dedicated for transportation purposes) with respect to alternative fueled vehicles, alternative fuels, or alternative fueling facilities;
(B) the introduction of alternative fueled vehicles into State-owned or operated motor vehicle fleets;
(C) special parking at public buildings and airport and transportation facilities;
(D) programs of public education to promote the use of alternative fueled vehicles;
(E) the treatment of sales of alternative fuels for use in alternative fueled vehicles;
(F) methods by which State and local governments might facilitate
(i) the availability of alternative fuels; and
(ii) the ability to recharge electric motor vehicles at public locations;
(G) allowing public utilities to include in rates the incremental cost of
(i) new alternative fueled vehicles;
(ii) converting conventional vehicles to operate on alternative fuels; and
(iii) installing alternative fuel fueling facilities,
but only to the extent that the inclusion of such costs in rates would not create competitive disadvantages for other market participants, and taking into consideration the effect inclusion of such costs would have on rates, service, and reliability to other utility customers;
(H) such other programs and incentives as the State may describe;
(I) whether accomplishing any of the goals in this subsection would require amendment to State law or regulation, including traffic safety prohibitions;
(J) services provided by municipal, county, and regional transit authorities; and
(K) effects of such plan on programs authorized by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 and amendments made by that Act.