NY State Senate Bill 2015-S7533

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May 09, 2016	referred to energy and telecommunications

2015-S7533 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Add §74, Pub Serv L; ren §§1020-ii, 1020-jj & 1020-kk to be §§1020-jj, 1020-kk & 1020-ll, add §1020-ii, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S2699
2019-2020: S1611

2015-S7533 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to energy storage systems; requires the public service commission and the Long Island Power Authority to consider a variety of policies to encourage the cost-effective deployment of energy storage systems.

2015-S7533 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S7533

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the public service law and the
public authorities law, in relation to energy storage systems

 PURPOSE :

To establish energy storage system procurement targets for electric
utility corporations and the Long Island Power Authority

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1 defines "energy storage system"

Section 2 amends the Public Service Law to add a new article to
require the Public Service Commission to open a proceeding by July 1,
2017 to determine appropriate targets, if any, for each electric
utility corporation to procure viable and cost-effective energy
storage systems by December 31, 2020.

The bill requires the Public Service Commission to adopt such energy
storage system procurement targets no later than December 31, 2017.
The Commission shall reevaluate the procurement targets at least once
every three years.

The bill requires electric utility corporations to submit a report no

later than January 1, 2020 demonstrating that it has complied with the
energy storage system procurement targets and policies adopted by the
Public Service Commission.

Section 3 amends the Public Authorities Law to add new § 1020-LL to
require the Long Island Power Authority to develop energy storage
system procurement targets consistent with Public Service Law § 54.

 JUSTIFICATION :

New York has set forth an ambitious goal of 50% renewables by 2020.
Energy storage systems are a key component to achieving that goal,
while providing other benefits to the grid and New York's economy.

Since solar and wind power are intermittent sources, only providing
power when the sun is shining or the wind is blowing, there are
challenges to adopting these technologies as the State's primary power
sources. Energy storage systems help address the intermittency issue
by storing the energy produced by renewables for use at any time.

Storage can also provide vital backup power to customers and critical
facilities when the grid goes down. When the grid is functioning, it
gives customers and businesses additional flexibility to choose how
they use and purchase energy. This allows customers and businesses to
manage their energy costs now and in the future.

Storage can provide valuable services at the utility and wholesale
levels, as well. It can be used to avoid or defer costly investments
in generation and transmission assets. Many of these assets are needed
to serve the State's growing peak load, which leads to inefficient
investment in conventional assets that sit idle for significant
periods of time. As estimated in the Department of Public Service's
Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) proposal, New York could avoid up to
$1.7 billion annually by flattening the top 100 hours of peak load.
Storage can play a vital role in more efficiently using existing
resources to avoid these costs.

New York's clean energy economy has undergone substantial growth in
recent years. The solar industry alone added more than 1,000 jobs to
New York's economy in 2015. This legislation will help the energy
storage industry build on this success in creating jobs, bringing
business to New York, and significantly reducing costs of storage in
the future.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New Bill

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None to State

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This Act shall take effect immediately

2015-S7533 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7533

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 9, 2016
                               ___________

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 and the public authorities law,
  in relation to energy storage systems

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
74 to read as follows:
  S 74. ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. 1. ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM DEFINED. (A) AS
USED IN THIS SECTION "ENERGY STORAGE  SYSTEM"  SHALL  MEAN  COMMERCIALLY
AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS CAPABLE OF ABSORBING ENERGY, STORING IT FOR
A PERIOD OF TIME, AND THEREAFTER DISPATCHING THE ENERGY. AN ENERGY STOR-
AGE  SYSTEM SHALL BE COST EFFECTIVE AND EITHER ASSIST THE INTEGRATION OF
VARIABLE ENERGY RESOURCES, REDUCE EMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSE GASES,  REDUCE
DEMAND  FOR  PEAK  ELECTRICAL  GENERATION,  DEFER  OR  SUBSTITUTE FOR AN
INVESTMENT IN  GENERATION,  TRANSMISSION,  OR  DISTRIBUTION  ASSETS,  OR
IMPROVE  THE  RELIABLE  OPERATION  OF  THE  ELECTRICAL  TRANSMISSION  OR
DISTRIBUTION GRID.
  (B) AN ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM SHALL DO ONE OR MORE  OF  THE  FOLLOWING:
(I)  USE MECHANICAL, CHEMICAL, OR THERMAL PROCESSES TO STORE ENERGY THAT
WAS GENERATED AT ONE TIME FOR USE AT A LATER TIME;  (II)  STORE  THERMAL
ENERGY FOR DIRECT USE FOR HEATING OR COOLING AT A LATER TIME IN A MANNER
THAT  AVOIDS  THE  NEED TO USE ELECTRICITY AT THAT LATER TIME; (III) USE
MECHANICAL, CHEMICAL, OR THERMAL PROCESSES  TO  STORE  ENERGY  GENERATED
FROM  RENEWABLE  RESOURCES  FOR USE AT A LATER TIME; OR (IV) USE MECHAN-
ICAL, CHEMICAL, OR THERMAL PROCESSES  TO  STORE  ENERGY  GENERATED  FROM
MECHANICAL  PROCESSES  THAT  WOULD OTHERWISE BE WASTED FOR DELIVERY AT A
LATER TIME.
  2. PROCUREMENT OF ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS BY ELECTRIC CORPORATIONS.  ON
OR  BEFORE  JULY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN, THE COMMISSION SHALL
COMMENCE A PROCEEDING TO DETERMINE  APPROPRIATE  TARGETS,  IF  ANY,  FOR
ELECTRIC  CORPORATIONS TO PROCURE VIABLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE ENERGY STOR-
AGE SYSTEMS. ANY OUTCOME OF THIS  PROCEEDING  SHALL  BE  IMPLEMENTED  NO
LATER  THAN  JANUARY  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY. IN REACHING A DETERMI-
NATION, THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIDER A VARIETY OF POLICIES TO ENCOURAGE
THE COST-EFFECTIVE  DEPLOYMENT  OF  ENERGY  STORAGE  SYSTEMS,  INCLUDING

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15298-01-6

S. 7533                             2

REFINEMENT  OF  EXISTING  PROCUREMENT  METHODS  TO PROPERLY VALUE ENERGY
STORAGE SYSTEMS AND USING ALTERNATIVE  COMPLIANCE  PAYMENTS  TO  DEVELOP
PILOT  PROGRAMS.  THE COMMISSION SHALL ADOPT THE PROCUREMENT TARGETS, IF
DETERMINED  TO  BE APPROPRIATE, NO LATER THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND SEVENTEEN.
  3. SUBSEQUENT EVALUATION. AFTER ISSUING A DETERMINATION IN THE  ENERGY
STORAGE  SYSTEMS  PROCEEDING,  THE  COMMISSION  SHALL, NO LESS THAN ONCE
EVERY THREE YEARS, REEVALUATE THE PROCUREMENT TARGETS.
  4. REPORTING AND PLANNING. NO LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
TWENTY,  EVERY ELECTRIC CORPORATION SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE COMMIS-
SION DEMONSTRATING THAT THE ELECTRIC CORPORATION HAS COMPLIED  WITH  THE
ENERGY  STORAGE  SYSTEM  PROCUREMENT TARGETS AND POLICIES ADOPTED BY THE
COMMISSION. EACH ELECTRIC  CORPORATION  SHALL  PRUDENTLY  PLAN  FOR  AND
PROCURE  RESOURCES THAT ARE ADEQUATE TO MEET ITS PLANNING RESERVE MARGIN
AND PEAK DEMAND AND OPERATING RESERVES, SUFFICIENT TO  PROVIDE  RELIABLE
ELECTRIC SERVICE TO ITS CUSTOMERS.
  S  2.  Sections 1020-ii, 1020-jj and 1020-kk of the public authorities
law are renumbered sections 1020-jj,  1020-kk  and  1020-ll  and  a  new
section 1020-ii is added to read as follows:
  S  1020-II.  ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. 1. ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM DEFINED.
(A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION "ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM" SHALL  MEAN  COMMER-
CIALLY AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS CAPABLE OF ABSORBING ENERGY, STORING
IT  FOR  A  PERIOD  OF  TIME, AND THEREAFTER DISPATCHING THE ENERGY.  AN
ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM SHALL BE COST  EFFECTIVE  AND  EITHER  ASSIST  THE
INTEGRATION OF VARIABLE ENERGY RESOURCES, REDUCE EMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSE
GASES, REDUCE DEMAND FOR PEAK ELECTRICAL GENERATION, DEFER OR SUBSTITUTE
FOR  AN  INVESTMENT IN GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, OR DISTRIBUTION ASSETS,
OR IMPROVE THE RELIABLE OPERATION  OF  THE  ELECTRICAL  TRANSMISSION  OR
DISTRIBUTION GRID.
  (B)  AN  ENERGY  STORAGE SYSTEM SHALL DO ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:
(I) USE MECHANICAL, CHEMICAL, OR THERMAL PROCESSES TO STORE ENERGY  THAT
WAS  GENERATED  AT  ONE TIME FOR USE AT A LATER TIME; (II) STORE THERMAL
ENERGY FOR DIRECT USE FOR HEATING OR COOLING AT A LATER TIME IN A MANNER
THAT AVOIDS THE NEED TO USE ELECTRICITY AT THAT LATER  TIME;  (III)  USE
MECHANICAL,  CHEMICAL,  OR  THERMAL  PROCESSES TO STORE ENERGY GENERATED
FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCES FOR USE AT A LATER TIME; OR  (IV)  USE  MECHAN-
ICAL,  CHEMICAL,  OR  THERMAL  PROCESSES  TO STORE ENERGY GENERATED FROM
MECHANICAL PROCESSES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE WASTED FOR  DELIVERY  AT  A
LATER TIME.
  2. PROCUREMENT OF ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. ON OR BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN,  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL CONDUCT A STUDY TO DETERMINE
POTENTIAL BENEFITS FOR PROCURING VIABLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE ENERGY  STOR-
AGE  SYSTEMS.  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL  CONSIDER  A VARIETY OF POLICIES TO
ENCOURAGE THE  COST-EFFECTIVE  DEPLOYMENT  OF  ENERGY  STORAGE  SYSTEMS,
INCLUDING  REFINEMENT  OF EXISTING PROCUREMENT METHODS TO PROPERLY VALUE
ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS AND  USING  ALTERNATIVE  COMPLIANCE  PAYMENTS  TO
DEVELOP  PILOT  PROGRAMS. IF THE STUDY RESULTS IN IDENTIFYING BENEFICIAL
ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS, THE AUTHORITY SHALL, CONSISTENT WITH THIS  ARTI-
CLE  AND  THE STATE FINANCE LAW, PROCURE SUCH ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS, NO
LATER THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN.
  3. SUBSEQUENT EVALUATION. AFTER ISSUING A DETERMINATION OF THE  ENERGY
STORAGE  SYSTEMS  STUDY,  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL, NO LESS THAN ONCE EVERY
THREE YEARS, REEVALUATE THE PROCUREMENT TARGETS AND DETERMINE WHETHER IT
IS APPROPRIATE TO PROCURE ADDITIONAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S7533

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

2015-S7533 (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S7533 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S7533 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7533 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Kevin S. Parker

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

2015-S7533 (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S7533 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S7533 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7533 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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