Establishes the climate leadership and community protection act cost task force to study the impact on taxpayers and ratepayers of the implementation of the mandates set forth by the climate leadership and community protection act.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1173
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
cations
AN ACT in relation to establishing the climate leadership and community
protection act cost task force
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Climate leadership and community protection act cost task
2 force. 1. There is hereby created, within the New York state energy
3 research and development authority, a climate leadership and community
4 protection act cost task force, which shall consist of fourteen members
5 to be appointed as follows:
6 (a) The president of the New York state energy research and develop-
7 ment authority or their designee;
8 (b) The commissioner of environmental conservation or their designee;
9 (c) The commissioner of the department of public service or their
10 designee;
11 (d) The president of the New York power authority or their designee;
12 (e) One member to be appointed by the governor;
13 (f) One member to be appointed by the temporary president of the
14 senate;
15 (g) One member to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
16 (h) One member to be appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
17 (i) One member to be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly;
18 (j) One member to be appointed by the New York energy coalition;
19 (k) One member to be appointed by the independent power producers of
20 New York;
21 (l) One member to be appointed by the New York independent system
22 operator;
23 (m) One member to be appointed by the business council of New York
24 state; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (n) One member to be appointed by the largest group representing rate-
2 payers.
3 2. The at-large members shall have expertise in one or more of the
4 following areas: utility management, electrical engineering, economics,
5 finance, electrical infrastructure development, or power production.
6 3. Task force members shall receive no compensation for their services
7 but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in
8 the performance of their duties.
9 4. The chairperson of the task force shall be voted on by the task
10 force members. The task force shall meet no less than six times and at
11 other times at the call of the chairperson.
12 5. All members shall be appointed no later than sixty days following
13 the effective date of this act. Any vacancies on the task force shall be
14 filled in the manner provided for in the initial appointment.
15 6. The task force shall be authorized to hold public hearings and
16 meetings to enable it to accomplish its duties.
17 7. The task force may consult with any organization, educational
18 institution, other government entity or agency or person in the develop-
19 ment of its report required by subdivision 10 of this section.
20 8. The New York state energy research and development authority shall
21 provide the task force with such facilities, assistance and data as will
22 enable the task force to carry out its powers and duties. Additionally,
23 all other agencies of the state or subdivisions thereof shall, at the
24 request of the chairperson, provide the task force with such facilities,
25 assistance, and data as will enable the task force to carry out its
26 powers and duties.
27 9. The purpose of the climate leadership and community protection act
28 cost task force shall be to study the impact on taxpayers and ratepayers
29 of the implementation of the mandates set forth by the climate leader-
30 ship and community protection act (CLCPA) including, but not limited to:
31 (a) the impact on monthly bills for ratepayers;
32 (b) the total cost of spending by the state of New York to meet CLCPA
33 mandates;
34 (c) the total cost of any tax credits to state revenues;
35 (d) the cost to municipalities for infrastructure development needed
36 to meet electrification requirements;
37 (e) the cost for businesses to convert manufacturing processes to meet
38 emissions goals; and
39 (f) the cost to school districts to convert school buses to electric
40 and to adopt renewable energy power sources.
41 10. No later than December 31, 2026 the task force shall submit to the
42 governor and the legislature a report detailing its findings and provide
43 recommendations for legislation to implement its recommendations.
44 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
