STATE OF NEW YORK
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5527
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 14, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
cations
AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to establishing a one
hundred percent energy system by two thousand thirty
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 6-104 of the energy law, as added
2 by chapter 433 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
3 1. The board shall adopt a state energy plan in accordance with the
4 provisions of this article. (a) The plan shall:
5 (i) establish a goal of achieving a one hundred percent clean energy
6 system by two thousand thirty, with zero net greenhouse gas emissions;
7 (ii) provide for the discontinuance of nuclear power by two thousand
8 thirty;
9 (iii) provide for the discontinuance of state investment in, and the
10 development of, infrastructure related to the distribution, processing,
11 storage, or extraction of fossil fuels or new permits related to such
12 use;
13 (iv) include, in five year increments, detailed benchmarks and steps
14 required to achieve the goal of a one hundred percent clean renewable
15 energy system by two thousand thirty; and
16 (v) incorporate measures related to reduction in energy use, increased
17 energy conservation, and improvements in energy efficiency.
18 (b) Any provisions of this chapter relating to the use of fossil
19 fuels, natural gas, oil, coal and petroleum products shall be imple-
20 mented only to the extent that they incorporate the discontinued use of
21 such fuels by two thousand thirty.
22 (c) The provisions of this subdivision shall supersede any inconsist-
23 ent provisions contained in this section.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
2 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law; provided, however,
3 that effective immediately, the state energy planning board shall
4 conduct a study to determine the measures necessary to achieve a one
5 hundred percent clean energy system by two thousand thirty.
