Requires piping supplies expenses to be included as an acceptable expense for purposes of calculating a financial benefit, tax credit or other incentive to an owner of real property to improve energy efficiency to a building or structure pursuant to any energy efficiency program overseen by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A1163
SPONSOR: Kim TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring
piping supplies expenses to be included as an acceptable expense for
purposes of any energy efficiency program overseen by the New York State
Energy Research and Development Authority
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To include piping expenses as acceptable expenses for NYSERDA energy
efficiency program benefits.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends the public authorities' law to include a new section
1872-B to include piping expenses as qualifiable expenses in NYSERDA
weatherization and assistance, clean energy, or comparable programs, and
rendering the provisioning of tax credits or other financial benefits
for such fixtures.
Section 2 provides the effective date.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):
JUSTIFICATION:
A significant part of New York State's ability to decarbonize rests on
the quantity of money and resources funneled to retrofitting buildings.
According to the Mayor's Office of Sustainability, in New York City
alone, 73 percent of citywide emissions are due to buildings alone. One
2021. study from the Oslo Metropolitan University and the Norwegian
University of Science and Technology concluded that as much as 52
percent of carbon-equivalent emissions could be reduced from building
retrofitting alone. By facilitating spending on retrofitting buildings
with piping for hydronic and radiant heating systems, New York can be a
pioneer in the Nation's efforts for decarbonizing and combatting the
climate crisis.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-2024: A8100/Kim, Referred to Corporations, Authorities & Commis-
sions
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately upon passage
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1163
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring
piping supplies expenses to be included as an acceptable expense for
purposes of any energy efficiency program overseen by the New York
State Energy Research and Development Authority
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new
2 section 1872-b to read as follows:
3 § 1872-b. Piping to be included as a permissible expense. 1. As part
4 of the weatherization and assistance program, clean energy program, or
5 any other program of a similar nature and intent however identified,
6 where the purpose is to provide a financial benefit, tax credit or other
7 incentive to an owner of real property to construct, reconstruct,
8 upgrade, retrofit, alter, provide additional equipment or fixtures, or
9 in any other manner improve energy efficiency to a building or struc-
10 ture, as part of the includable expenses, any cost or expense, including
11 but not limited to labor, supplies, estimating, planning and actually
12 and physically providing the finished product incurred in connection
13 with the system of pipes used to convey fluids (liquids and gasses) from
14 one location to another or the interconnection of pipes, plumbing
15 requirements incurred in the project shall be included in calculating
16 the dollar benefit to be provided in the same manner as any other
17 expense so incurred. Where a benefit is calculated as a partial benefit,
18 or a percentage benefit, the percentage for piping and plumbing shall be
19 at the same benefit amount, or percentage as the highest benefit or
20 percentage allowed for any other portion of the project.
21 2. The provisions of this section shall control the calculation of
22 financial benefit, the tax credit, or other incentive, notwithstanding
23 the provisions of any other law previously enacted, or any rule or regu-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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A. 1163 2
1 lation promulgated by the authority or any participant working in
2 collaboration with the authority in overseeing, conducting or offering
3 an energy efficiency benefit.
4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
