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A02596 Summary:

BILL NOA02596
 
SAME ASSAME AS S02085
 
SPONSORBarrett
 
COSPNSRAnderson, Clark, Conrad, Dilan, Mamdani, Santabarbara, Shrestha, Stern, Hunter, Rosenthal, Steck, Colton, Simone, Jacobson, Rajkumar, Shimsky, Epstein, Lunsford, Seawright, Forrest, Taylor, Carroll R, Lavine, Cunningham, Eachus, Magnarelli, Sayegh, Otis, De Los Santos, Woerner, Reyes, Raga, Benedetto, Simon, Stirpe, Zaccaro, Jackson, Meeks, Pheffer Amato, Bores, Lee, Bronson, Davila, Fall, Williams, Paulin, Bichotte Hermelyn, Burdick, Gallagher, Alvarez, Rozic, Kelles, Walker, Bendett, DeStefano, Slater, McDonald, Levenberg
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §§137 & 66-p, Pub Serv L; amd §75-0103, En Con L
 
Establishes new targets for offshore wind electricity generation; includes the requirements that there is at least 15 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2040, at least 18 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2045 and at least 20 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2050.
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A02596 Actions:

BILL NOA02596
 
01/21/2025referred to energy
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A02596 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A2596
 
SPONSOR: Barrett
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public service law and the environmental conserva- tion law, in relation to establishing new targets for offshore wind electricity generation   PURPOSE OF THE BILL: This bill establishes new ambitious offshore wind electricity generation targets: 15 gigawatts by 2040, 18 gigawatts by 2045, and 20 gigawatts by 2050.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: § 1 - Amends subdivision 1 of Section 137 of the Public Service Law, as added by section 11 of part 0 of chapter 58 of the Laws of 2024, to establish three additional offshore wind electricity generation targets: 15 gigawatts by 2040, 18 gigawatts by 2045, and 20 gigawatts by 2050. § 2 - Amends subdivision 5 of Section 66-p of the Public Service Law, as added by chapter 106 of the Laws of 2019, to establish three additional offshore wind electricity generation targets: 15 gigawatts by 2040, 18 gigawatts by 2045, and 20 gigawatts by 2050. § 3 - Amends paragraph e of subdivision 13 of Section 75-0103 of the Environmental Conservation Law, as added by Chapter 106 of the Laws of 2019, to establish three additional offshore wind electricity generation targets: 15 gigawatts by 2040, 18 gigawatts by 2045, and 20 gigawatts by 2050. § 4 - Effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: In 2019, New York State enacted the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), the nation's most comprehensive climate legis- lation. In 2020, the State enacted specific statutory CLCPA targets for renewable energy generation, including a requirement that the State procure a minimum of 9 gigawatts (GW) of electricity generated by offshore wind by 2035. Since then, the State has worked diligently toward achieving this target, with the nation's first utility sized offshore wind project, South Fork Wind, coming online in March of 2024, providing 132 MW of power, enough to serve 70,000 Long Island households. Two additional projects, Empire Wind 1 and Sunrise Wind, are in active development and, when completed, are expected to generate over 1,700 MW with additional solicitations from NYSERDA expected to be released in 2025. New York's efforts are also supported by large investments to fund offshore and onshore transmission expansion, port upgrades; manufacturing, and supply chain infrastructure, while prioritizing prevailing wages and labor agreements, to create excellent career opportunities and the skilled workforce that will be necessary for greater expansion for many years to come. The prospects of offshore wind development have been boosted further by auctions for wind energy lease areas proximate to New York conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, federal incen- tives, and large-scale investments by the private sector. There is a growing consensus that the State should formally adopt more ambitious and longer-term targets to reflect the progress made to date and the promise that offshore wind holds to help achieve New York's aspirations on climate change. The CLCPA established the Climate Action Council, which was tasked with creating a Scoping Plan that serves as a blueprint for how the State will cut greenhouse gasses and achieve net-zero emissions, increase the use of renewable energy sources, and ensure climate justice. The Council reviewed various scenarios for meeting the State's climate targets and deemed it to be ambitious but feasible and cost-effective to assume that just under 10 GW of offshore wind energy can be generated by 2035, just under 16 can be generated, by 2040, and a little more than 18 can be generated by 2045. (These figures appear in the Council's Scoping Plan in Appendix G, "Capacity and Generation Results: Scenario 4.") In Decem- ber 2022, a broad coalition of stakeholders representing the renewable energy sector, environmental advocates, labor, and business concluded that it is feasible and desirable to adopt a target of 20 GW by 2050. This bill, by setting a series of ambitious targets for offshore wind electricity generation that can be achieved between now and 2050, will help ensure that we stay on track to meet the challenges posed by climate change and make New York a national model for renewable energy generation, while ushering in a far more environmentally sustainable, healthy, affordable, and economically secure future for all New Yorkers.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2023-2024: A.7407/S.6327-A   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: To be determined.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 137 of the public service law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
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A02596 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2596
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 21, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT, ANDERSON, CLARK, CONRAD, DILAN, MAMDANI,
          SANTABARBARA,  SHRESTHA,  STERN,  HUNTER,  ROSENTHAL,  STECK,  COLTON,
          SIMONE, JACOBSON, RAJKUMAR,  SHIMSKY,  EPSTEIN,  LUNSFORD,  SEAWRIGHT,
          FORREST,  TAYLOR,  R. CARROLL, LAVINE, CUNNINGHAM, EACHUS, MAGNARELLI,
          SAYEGH, OTIS, DE LOS SANTOS, WOERNER, REYES, RAGA,  BENEDETTO,  SIMON,
          STIRPE,  ZACCARO,  JACKSON, MEEKS, PHEFFER AMATO, BORES, LEE, BRONSON,
          DAVILA, FALL, WILLIAMS, PAULIN, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, BURDICK, GALLAGHER,
          ALVAREZ, ROZIC, KELLES, WALKER, BENDETT,  DeSTEFANO,  SLATER  --  read
          once and referred to the Committee on Energy
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the public service law and the environmental conserva-
          tion law, in relation to establishing new targets  for  offshore  wind
          electricity generation
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 137 of the public service law,  as
     2  added  by  section  11  of  part O of chapter 58 of the laws of 2024, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    1. "CLCPA targets" shall mean the public policies established  in  the
     5  climate  leadership  and community protection act enacted in chapter one
     6  hundred six of the laws of two  thousand  nineteen,  including  but  not
     7  limited  to  the  requirement  that  a minimum of seventy percent of the
     8  statewide electric generation be produced by renewable energy systems by
     9  two thousand thirty, that by the year two thousand forty  the  statewide
    10  electrical  demand system will generate zero emissions, and the procure-
    11  ment of at least nine gigawatts of offshore wind electricity  generation
    12  by two thousand thirty-five, at least fifteen gigawatts of offshore wind
    13  electricity  generation  by  two thousand forty, at least eighteen giga-
    14  watts of offshore wind electricity generation  by  two  thousand  forty-
    15  five,  at least twenty gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation
    16  by two thousand fifty, six gigawatts of photovoltaic solar generation by
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00195-03-5

        A. 2596                             2
 
     1  two thousand twenty-five and to support  three  gigawatts  of  statewide
     2  energy storage capacity by two thousand thirty.
     3    § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 66-p of the public service law, as added
     4  by chapter 106 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     5    5.  No later than July first, two thousand twenty-four, the commission
     6  shall establish programs to require the procurement by the state's  load
     7  serving entities of at least nine gigawatts of offshore wind electricity
     8  generation  by  two  thousand thirty-five, at least fifteen gigawatts of
     9  offshore wind electricity generation by two  thousand  forty,  at  least
    10  eighteen  gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by two thou-
    11  sand forty-five, at least twenty gigawatts of offshore wind  electricity
    12  generation  by  two  thousand  fifty,  and six gigawatts of photovoltaic
    13  solar generation by two thousand twenty-five, and to support three giga-
    14  watts of statewide energy storage capacity by two thousand thirty.
    15    § 3. Paragraph e of subdivision 13 of section 75-0103 of the  environ-
    16  mental conservation law, as added by chapter 106 of the laws of 2019, is
    17  amended to read as follows:
    18    e.  Measures  to  achieve  six  gigawatts  of distributed solar energy
    19  capacity installed in the state by two thousand twenty-five, nine  giga-
    20  watts  of  offshore wind capacity installed by two thousand thirty-five,
    21  at least fifteen gigawatts of offshore wind  electricity  generation  by
    22  two thousand forty, at least eighteen gigawatts of  offshore wind  elec-
    23  tricity   generation   by   two  thousand forty-five and at least twenty
    24  gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by two thousand fifty,
    25  a statewide energy efficiency goal of one hundred  eighty-five  trillion
    26  British thermal units energy reduction from the two thousand twenty-five
    27  forecast;  and  three  gigawatts of statewide energy storage capacity by
    28  two thousand thirty.
    29    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    30  the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 137 of the public service law
    31  made  by  section  one  of  this act shall not affect the repeal of such
    32  section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
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