Assembly Bill A1235A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Creates a revolving loan fund authority for the purpose of building renewable energy storage systems scaled to function as microgrids to power housing owned by the New York city housing authority

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2023-A1235 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S402
Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1879-a, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8200
2021-2022: A8058, S3166

2023-A1235 - Summary

Creates a revolving loan fund through the New York state energy research and development authority for the purpose of building renewable energy storage systems scaled to function as microgrids to power housing owned by the New York city housing authority.

2023-A1235 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1235
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the public  authorities  law  and  the  energy  law,  in
   relation  to creating a revolving loan fund through the New York state
   energy research and development authority for the purpose of  building
   renewable  and energy storage systems scaled to function as microgrids
   to power housing owned by the New York city housing authority
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as the "NYCHA
 microgrids development and revolving loan act".
   § 2. The public authorities law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
 1879-a to read as follows:
   §  1879-A.  NYCHA  MICROGRID  LOAN PROGRAM. 1. THE AUTHORITY IS HEREBY
 AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH A REVOLVING LOAN FUND IN  ORDER  TO
 PROVIDE ZERO-PERCENT INTEREST LOANS TO THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHOR-
 ITY  TO  FINANCE  ENERGY  SERVICES  FROM RENEWABLE SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS,
 BATTERY OR OTHER ZERO EMISSION TECHNOLOGY  STORAGE  SYSTEMS  AND/OR  ANY
 OTHER  RENEWABLE GENERATION SYSTEMS AS DEFINED IN SECTION SIXTY-SIX-P OF
 THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPLEMENTING ANY  STATE  CLEAN
 ENERGY  STANDARD,  ALL OF WHICH ARE SCALED TO FUNCTION AS MICROGRIDS FOR
 HOUSING OWNED BY THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY. THE AUTHORITY,  IN
 COOPERATION WITH THE NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY, SHALL ISSUE A COMPETITIVE
 REQUEST  FOR  PROPOSALS  FROM PROJECT DEVELOPERS THAT ARE NOT SUBJECT TO
 COST OF SERVICE RATEMAKING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF  THE
 RENEWABLE SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS, BATTERY OR OTHER ZERO EMISSION TECHNOLO-
 GY  STORAGE  SYSTEMS  AND/OR  ANY  OTHER RENEWABLE GENERATION SYSTEMS AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION SIXTY-SIX-P OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW THAT ARE SCALED
 TO FUNCTION AS MICROGRIDS FOR NEW YORK CITY HOUSING  AUTHORITY  HOUSING.
 SUCH  MICROGRID SYSTEMS FUNDED THROUGH THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED
 WITH CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO INCREASING THE DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY CAUSED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01174-01-3
              

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2023-A1235A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S402
Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1879-a, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8200
2021-2022: A8058, S3166

2023-A1235A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a revolving loan fund through the New York state energy research and development authority for the purpose of building renewable energy storage systems scaled to function as microgrids to power housing owned by the New York city housing authority.

2023-A1235A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1235--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Energy -- recommitted to the Committee on  Energy  in
   accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee

 AN  ACT  to  amend the public authorities law, in relation to creating a
   revolving loan fund through the New York  state  energy  research  and
   development authority for the purpose of building renewable and energy
   storage  systems  scaled  to  function  as microgrids to power housing
   owned by the New York city housing authority
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as the "NYCHA
 microgrids development and revolving loan act".
   § 2. The public authorities law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
 1879-a to read as follows:
   §  1879-A.  NYCHA  MICROGRID  LOAN PROGRAM. 1. THE AUTHORITY IS HEREBY
 AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH A REVOLVING LOAN FUND,  SUBJECT  TO
 AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUCH PURPOSE, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ZERO-PER-
 CENT  INTEREST  LOANS  TO THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY TO FINANCE
 ENERGY SERVICES FROM RENEWABLE SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS,  BATTERY  OR  OTHER
 ZERO  EMISSION  TECHNOLOGY  STORAGE  SYSTEMS  AND/OR ANY OTHER RENEWABLE
 GENERATION SYSTEMS AS DEFINED  IN  SECTION  SIXTY-SIX-P  OF  THE  PUBLIC
 SERVICE LAW FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPLEMENTING ANY STATE CLEAN ENERGY STAN-
 DARD,  ALL  OF  WHICH  ARE  SCALED TO FUNCTION AS MICROGRIDS FOR HOUSING
 OWNED BY THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY. THE AUTHORITY, IN  COOPER-
 ATION  WITH  THE  NEW  YORK  POWER  AUTHORITY, SHALL ISSUE A COMPETITIVE
 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FROM PROJECT DEVELOPERS THAT ARE  NOT  SUBJECT  TO
 COST  OF SERVICE RATEMAKING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF THE
 RENEWABLE SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS, BATTERY OR OTHER ZERO EMISSION TECHNOLO-
 GY STORAGE SYSTEMS AND/OR ANY  OTHER  RENEWABLE  GENERATION  SYSTEMS  AS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01174-03-4
              

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