Directs the public service commission to modify the objectives of the Clean Energy Fund for reductions of air pollution including oxides of nitrogen, sulfur dioxide and particulate matter; relates to the value of distributed energy resources.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A7751
SPONSOR: Walker TITLE OF BILL:
An act directing the public service commission to modify the objectives
of the Clean Energy Fund for reductions of air pollution including
oxides of nitrogen, sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, and relating
to the value of distributed energy resources
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL::
Directs the public service commission to modify the objectives of the
Clean Energy Fund for reductions of air pollution, and relating to the
value of distributed energy resources.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS::
Section 1: The public service commission shall modify the stated objec-
tives of the Clean Energy Fund
Section 2: The public service commission shall, in consultation with the
department of environmental conservation, establish appropriate compen-
sation for reductions of air pollution.
Section 3: The Long Island power authority shall establish appropriate
compensation for reductions of air pollution.
Section 4: Effective Date
JUSTIFICATION:
Local air pollution is a real problem that people aren't addressing, or
even talking about. More than 8 million people died in 2018 from fossil
fuel pollution, significantly higher than previous research suggested,
according to new research from Harvard University. Researchers esti-
mated that exposure to particulate matter from fossil fuel emissions
accounted for 18 percent of total global deaths in 2018 - a little less
than 1 out of 5. Regions with the highest concentrations of fossil fuel-
related air pollution - including Eastern North America, Europe, and
South-East Asia - have the highest rates of mortality, according to the
study published in the journal Environmental Research.
This bill will direct the Public Service Commission to modify the objec-
tives of the Clean Energy Fund to address pollution from fossil fuels.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::
2023-2024: A1981 - Referred to Energy
2021-2022: A7406 - Referred to Energy
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS::
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:: : :
This act will take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7751
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Energy
AN ACT directing the public service commission to modify the objectives
of the Clean Energy Fund for reductions of air pollution including
oxides of nitrogen, sulfur dioxide and particulate matter, and relat-
ing to the value of distributed energy resources
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Within one hundred eighty days of the effective date of
2 this act, the public service commission shall modify the stated objec-
3 tives of the Clean Energy Fund established by the January 21, 2016 order
4 of the commission in case 14-M-0094 for reductions of air pollution
5 including oxides of nitrogen, sulfur dioxide, and particulate matter, as
6 measured in tons of pollution reduced.
7 § 2. Within one hundred twenty days of the effective date of this act
8 the public service commission shall, in consultation with the department
9 of environmental conservation, establish appropriate compensation under
10 the "Value Stack", as adopted by the commission in case 15-E-0751, for
11 reductions of air pollution including oxides of nitrogen, sulfur diox-
12 ide, and particulate matter.
13 § 3. Within one hundred eighty days of the effective date of this act,
14 the Long Island power authority shall establish appropriate compensation
15 under the "Value Stack", as adopted in the authority's Value of Distrib-
16 uted Energy Resources tariff, for reduction of air pollution including
17 oxides of nitrogen, sulfur dioxide, and particulate matter.
18 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06857-01-5
