Assembly Bill A2371

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the "New York grid modernization act"

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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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2015-A2371 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Energy Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-102, Energy L; add §66-o, amd §66, Pub Serv L; amd §1005, ren §§1020-ii, 1020-jj & 1020-kk to be §§1020-jj, 1020-kk & 1020-ll, add §1020-ii, Pub Auth L; ren Art 7 §§70 - 72 to be Art 8 §§80 - 82, add Art 7 §70, Rur Elec Coop L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7480
2019-2020: A185
2021-2022: A535
2023-2024: A7958

2015-A2371 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "New York grid modernization act" to address the aging infrastructure; establishes the grid modernization program; defines terms; creates the smart grid advisory council

2015-A2371 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2371

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Energy

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  energy  law, the public service law, the public
  authorities law and the rural electric cooperative law, in relation to
  establishing the "New York grid modernization act"

  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 grid modernization act".
  S 2. Legislative findings and purpose. The legislature finds that  the
widely acknowledged bottlenecks in the state's aging infrastructure have
resulted  in high delivery costs for the downstate region and struggling
power plants upstate. This outdated transmission system  is  leading  to
unnecessary  congestion costs. Additionally, increasingly frequent trau-
matic weather events have highlighted the unreliability and  uncertainty
of  our current system. Investments to modernize the state's infrastruc-
ture are needed to reach our energy goals as society's growing  reliance
on  electricity  along  with  advancements in smart grid technology have
made the old model obsolete.
  The legislature further finds and recognizes  that  as  the  available
resources  and technologies evolve, the design of the smart grid must be
capable of adapting to shifting conditions and priorities to meet utili-
ty and customer needs. In the short term, utilities should pursue estab-
lished and reliable technologies that can provide a  relatively  certain
return on investment.
  In  the  longer  term,  federal investment has provided for smart grid
projects nationwide, which will generate a significant base of knowledge
that will help identify technologies that are most effective.
  The legislature also finds that half of the current workforce involved
in the production and delivery of our electricity will be retired or  no
longer in that workforce by 2017. Workforce recruitment campaigns devel-
oped  by utilities, in conjunction with training facilities that provide
certification for skilled positions and offer tuition  assistance,  will

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

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