Senate Bill S24

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the state's electric system energy efficiency framework

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S24 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §66-p, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6771
2021-2022: S3296
2023-2024: S2625

2019-S24 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the state's electric system energy efficiency framework; establishes a program for energy efficient development.

2019-S24 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S24 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    24
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the state's elec-
   tric system energy efficiency framework

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "New York Electric Efficiency Jobs Act".
   § 2. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby finds and
 determines:
   1.  New  York  has  long  held  a  leadership role among the states in
 achieving efficiency savings in its electricity sector. Yet, its current
 electric energy efficiency achievements are inadequate to  generate  the
 amount  of  savings  necessary  to  achieve the state's clean energy and
 climate goals in as cost-effective a manner as possible, to  reduce  the
 cost  of energy for the state's energy customers. New York's most recent
 state energy plan calls for the achievement of several  goals  by  2030,
 including  a  twenty-three  percent  decrease in energy consumption from
 buildings, fifty percent renewable  energy  supply,  and  forty  percent
 reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels. If New York does
 not  significantly  increase  the  amount of savings it achieves through
 electric energy efficiency, reaching these goals will  be  significantly
 more  difficult, if not impossible. As the Public Service Commission has
 recognized, energy efficiency "is the cheapest and most effective manner
 to reduce carbon emissions in the energy sector." It also reduces  over-
 all capacity charges and helps avoid the need for costly utility infras-
 tructure upgrades. In other words, New York's current underinvestment in
 energy  efficiency  results in higher utility bills for New Yorkers than
 is necessary. Public utilities and other market  participants  have  not

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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