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S01549 Summary:

BILL NOS01549
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORPARKER
 
COSPNSRHOYLMAN-SIGAL, MATTERA
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §§66-x & 66-y, Pub Serv L
 
Establishes a program for eligible zero emissions energy systems to promote private sector investment for the purpose of meeting the target that by the year two thousand forty the statewide electrical demand system will be zero emissions.
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S01549 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1549
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 10, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER,  HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MATTERA -- read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Energy and Telecommunications
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the public service law, in relation to establishing a
          program for eligible zero emissions energy systems

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
     2  66-x to read as follows:
     3    § 66-x. Establishment of a zero emissions energy systems  program.  1.
     4  As used in this section:
     5    (a)  "zero emissions energy systems" means systems, other than renewa-
     6  ble energy systems, that generate electricity or thermal energy  through
     7  the use of technologies that do not lead to a net increase in greenhouse
     8  gas emissions into the atmosphere at any time in the process of generat-
     9  ing electricity;
    10    (b)  "renewable  energy  systems"  shall  have the meaning provided in
    11  section sixty-six-p of this article; and
    12    (c) "greenhouse gas"  shall  have  the  meaning  provided  in  section
    13  75-0101 of the environmental conservation law.
    14    2. No later than one year from the effective date of this section, the
    15  commission  shall  establish  a  competitive  program to promote private
    16  sector investment in a minimum of one gigawatt of installed capacity  of
    17  zero  emissions  energy  systems that use eligible technologies that the
    18  commission has determined, after notice and provision for  the  opportu-
    19  nity  to  comment,  are  operationally  capable by the year two thousand
    20  thirty of providing the operating flexibility and  longer-term  perform-
    21  ance  that the electric grid system will require.  The commission shall:
    22  (a) establish a competitive program, after notice and provision for  the
    23  opportunity  to  comment,  for  the purpose of meeting the target estab-
    24  lished pursuant to section sixty-six-p of this article that by the  year
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04528-01-5

        S. 1549                             2
 
     1  two  thousand  forty the statewide electrical demand system will be zero
     2  emissions; (b) commence the implementation of the program no later  than
     3  two  years from the effective date of this section; and (c) require that
     4  zero  emissions energy systems subject to the provisions of this section
     5  shall commence commercial operation by the year two thousand thirty.
     6    3. The commission may temporarily modify the obligations under such  a
     7  program upon its finding that the program: impedes the provision of safe
     8  and  adequate  electric  services;  is  likely to impair obligations and
     9  agreements; and/or results in  a  significant  increase  in  arrears  or
    10  service disconnections that the commission determines are related to the
    11  program.
    12    4.  No  later than three years from the effective date of this section
    13  and every two years thereafter, or upon modification of the  obligations
    14  under  the  program, the commission shall conduct a comprehensive review
    15  and issue a written assessment of the program to determine, among  other
    16  matters, progress in meeting the target for the deployment of zero emis-
    17  sions energy systems.
    18    § 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 66-y to
    19  read as follows:
    20    §  66-y.  Requirements  for  zero emissions energy systems. 1. For the
    21  purposes of this section, "zero emissions energy systems" shall have the
    22  same meaning as in paragraph (a) of subdivision one  of  section  sixty-
    23  six-v  of  this  article and as determined by the commission pursuant to
    24  subdivision two of section sixty-six-x of this article.
    25    2. As part of the competitive program the commission  establishes  and
    26  implements pursuant to section sixty-six-x of this article, the owner of
    27  the zero emissions energy system, or a third party acting on the owner's
    28  behalf,  as  an  ongoing condition of any agreement with a public entity
    29  that implements the provisions of section sixty-six-x of  this  article,
    30  shall  comply with the provisions of section sixty-six-r of this article
    31  and section two hundred twenty-four-d of the labor law.
    32    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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