Directs the public service commission to develop and implement a plan making the sources of all energy generation in the state renewable sources by 2052.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6694
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 15, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, LAWRENCE, FAHY,
SIMON, ROSENTHAL, SKARTADOS, ARROYO, JAFFEE, McDONOUGH, HOOPER --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BLAKE, CAHILL, RIVERA -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Energy
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to directing the
public service commission to establish and implement a plan to make
the state solely reliant on renewable sources of energy by January 1,
2052
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 5 of the public service law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
3 7. The commission shall develop and implement a plan whereby all
4 sources of energy generation in this state shall be renewable sources on
5 or before January first, two thousand fifty-two.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03895-01-7
