Requires the New York state energy research and development authority conduct a study on the feasibility, storing and transferring of hydrogen energy to residential and commercial structures in cities and towns with a population greater than twenty thousand.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10617
IN ASSEMBLY
June 20, 2024
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Santabar-
bara) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy
AN ACT directing the New York state energy research and development
authority study the feasibility of creating, storing and transferring
hydrogen energy to residential and commercial structures
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. For the purposes of this act, "municipality" shall mean any
2 city or town with a population greater than 20,000.
3 § 2. The New York state energy research and development authority is
4 authorized and directed to study the feasibility of creating, storing
5 and transferring hydrogen energy to residential and commercial struc-
6 tures in municipalities. Such study shall include, but not be limited
7 to:
8 (a) the ability of municipalities to power residential and commercial
9 structures via hydrogen power;
10 (b) the effectiveness of hydrogen power in supplementing or supplant-
11 ing the electrical grids of municipalities;
12 (c) the cost of building hydrogen power plants in municipalities;
13 (d) the cost of storing power generated by hydrogen power; and
14 (e) the cost of transferring hydrogen power to residential and commer-
15 cial structures in municipalities.
16 § 3. The New York state energy research and development authority
17 shall make a report to the governor and the legislature of its findings,
18 conclusions, and recommendations no later than 15 months after the
19 effective date of this act and shall submit with this report such legis-
20 lative proposals as it deems necessary to implement its recommendations.
21 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14028-01-4
