STATE OF NEW YORK
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7318--A
Cal. No. 46
IN SENATE
January 5, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- reported favora-
bly from said committee, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate,
vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered
reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the public service law and the public authorities law,
in relation to establishing the energy storage deployment policy
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 74 of the public service law, as added by chapter
2 415 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 74. Energy storage deployment [program] policy. 1. [(a)] As used in
4 this section "qualified energy storage system" shall mean commercially
5 available technology that is capable of absorbing energy, storing it for
6 a period of time, and thereafter dispatching the energy[. A qualified
7 energy storage system shall be cost-effective and either assist the
8 integration of variable energy resources, reduce emissions of greenhouse
9 gases, reduce demand for peak electrical generation, defer or substitute
10 for an investment in generation, transmission, or distribution assets,
11 or improve the reliable operation of the electrical transmission or
12 distribution grid.
13 (b) A qualified energy storage system shall do one or more of the
14 following: (i) use] using mechanical, chemical, or thermal processes to
15 store energy that was generated at one time for use at a later time[;
16 (ii) store thermal energy for direct use for heating or cooling at a
17 later time in a manner that avoids the need to use electricity at that
18 later time; (iii) use mechanical, chemical, or thermal processes to
19 store energy generated from renewable resources for use at a later time;
20 or (iv) use mechanical, chemical, or thermal processes to store energy
21 generated from mechanical processes that would otherwise be wasted for
22 delivery at a later time].
23 2. [Within ninety days of the effective date of this section, the
24 commission shall commence a proceeding to establish the energy storage
25 deployment program to encourage the installation of qualified energy
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 storage systems. No later than January first, two thousand eighteen, the
2 commission shall make a determination establishing a target for the
3 installation of qualified energy storage systems to be achieved through
4 two thousand thirty and programs that will enable the state to meet such
5 target. The commission shall consult with the New York state energy
6 research and development authority and the Long Island power authority
7 in the preparation of such determination.] By December thirty-first, two
8 thousand eighteen, the commission shall, in consultation with the New
9 York state energy research and development authority and the Long Island
10 power authority, after a hearing held on notice, establish by order,
11 rules and regulations, both a two thousand thirty energy storage goal
12 for the state and a deployment policy to support that goal. The [deter-
13 mination] energy storage deployment policy shall include the following:
14 (a) [The creation of the energy storage deployment program to be
15 administered by the New York state energy research and development
16 authority and the Long Island power authority;
17 (b) Estimated annual expenditures associated with the program for each
18 year commencing with calendar year two thousand eighteen and continuing
19 through calendar year two thousand thirty;
20 (c) Program designs that take the following into consideration:
21 (1)] avoided or deferred costs associated with transmission, distrib-
22 ution, [and/or] or generation capacity;
23 [(2)] (b) minimization of peak load in constrained areas; [and
24 (3)] (c) systems that are connected to customer facilities and systems
25 that are directly connected to transmission and distribution facilities;
26 (d) cost-effectiveness;
27 (e) assisting the integration of variable-output energy resources;
28 (f) reducing emissions of greenhouse gases;
29 (g) reducing demand for peak electrical generation; and
30 (h) improving the reliable operation of the electrical transmission or
31 distribution systems;
32 (i) Annual reports on the achievements and effectiveness of the
33 [program] policy to be submitted to the governor, the temporary presi-
34 dent of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly; and
35 [(e)] (j) Such other issues deemed appropriate by the commission.
36 § 2. Section 1020-ii of the public authorities law, as added by chap-
37 ter 415 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
38 § 1020-ii. Energy storage deployment [program] policy. The authority
39 shall encourage the installation of qualified energy storage systems in
40 its service territory through implementation of the energy storage
41 deployment [program] policy as set forth and defined in section seven-
42 ty-four of the public service law.
43 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
