STATE OF NEW YORK
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5866
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 15, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- 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 requiring an annual
report on appliance and equipment energy efficiency standards and
resulting energy and utility bill savings; and providing for repeal of
such provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 16-106 of the energy law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
3 4. Beginning in two thousand twenty-one, by March fifteenth of each
4 year, the secretary shall produce a report to the governor, the speaker
5 of the assembly, the temporary president of the senate, the chair of the
6 assembly committee on energy and the chair of the senate committee on
7 energy and telecommunications on the status of regulations establishing
8 energy efficiency performance standards pursuant to this article, which
9 shall indicate for each product enumerated in subdivision one of section
10 16-104 of this article whether such performance standards have been (a)
11 adopted, (b) proposed, or (c) determined to be preempted by federal
12 government energy efficiency standards. For any product that has not
13 been determined by the secretary to be preempted by federal government
14 energy efficiency standards and for which regulations establishing ener-
15 gy efficiency performance standards have not been proposed, the report
16 shall set forth the reasons that no standards have been proposed. Begin-
17 ning in two thousand twenty-two, such report shall also set forth the
18 estimated potential annual reductions in energy use and potential utili-
19 ty bill savings resulting from adopted performance standards for the
20 years two thousand twenty-five and two thousand thirty-five and the
21 potential cumulative reductions in energy use through the year two thou-
22 sand thirty-five. The secretary shall consult with the president in
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 preparing such estimates. Such report shall be updated each year and a
2 copy shall also be posted by March fifteenth on the websites of the
3 authority and the department of state.
4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
5 deemed repealed December 31, 2030.
