Senate Bill S402A

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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    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-S402 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1235
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1879-a, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8200
2021-2022: S3166, A8058

2023-S402 - 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-S402 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S402 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    402
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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  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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2023-S402A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1235
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1879-a, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8200
2021-2022: S3166, A8058

2023-S402A (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-S402A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S402A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  402--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations  --  recommitted  to  the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
   cations in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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