The New York State Senate

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                                  7497

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 13, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  energy  law,  in relation to establishing a one
  hundred percent energy system by two thousand thirty

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 6-104 of the energy law, as added
by chapter 433 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1. The board shall adopt a state energy plan in  accordance  with  the
provisions of this article. (A) THE PLAN SHALL:
  (I)  ESTABLISH  A GOAL OF ACHIEVING A ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAN ENERGY
SYSTEM BY TWO THOUSAND THIRTY, WITH ZERO NET GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS;
  (II) PROVIDE FOR THE DISCONTINUANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER BY  TWO  THOUSAND
THIRTY;
  (III)  PROVIDE  FOR THE DISCONTINUANCE OF STATE INVESTMENT IN, AND THE
DEVELOPMENT OF, INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO THE DISTRIBUTION,  PROCESSING,
STORAGE,  OR  EXTRACTION  OF FOSSIL FUELS OR NEW PERMITS RELATED TO SUCH
USE;
  (IV) INCLUDE, IN FIVE YEAR INCREMENTS, DETAILED BENCHMARKS  AND  STEPS
REQUIRED  TO  ACHIEVE  THE GOAL OF A ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAN RENEWABLE
ENERGY SYSTEM BY TWO THOUSAND THIRTY; AND
  (V) INCORPORATE MEASURES RELATED TO REDUCTION IN ENERGY USE, INCREASED
ENERGY CONSERVATION, AND IMPROVEMENTS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
  (B) ANY PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER  RELATING  TO  THE  USE  OF  FOSSIL
FUELS,  NATURAL  GAS,  OIL,  COAL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SHALL BE IMPLE-
MENTED ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY INCORPORATE THE DISCONTINUED USE  OF
SUCH FUELS BY TWO THOUSAND THIRTY.
  (C)  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL SUPERSEDE ANY INCONSIST-
ENT PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing  the  date upon which it shall have become a law; provided, however,
that effective  immediately,  the  state  energy  planning  board  shall
conduct  a  study  to  determine the measures necessary to achieve a one
hundred percent clean energy system by two thousand thirty.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10657-01-5

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                                 7497--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, ORTIZ, MOSLEY, SKARTADOS, COOK, ROSENTHAL
  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BLAKE, GLICK, HOOPER, KEARNS, SIMON,
  THIELE  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy -- recom-
  mitted 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 committee

AN ACT to amend the energy  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  a  one
  hundred percent energy system by two thousand thirty-one

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 6-104 of the energy law, as  added
by chapter 433 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1.  The  board  shall adopt a state energy plan in accordance with the
provisions of this article. (A) THE PLAN SHALL:
  (I) ESTABLISH A GOAL OF ACHIEVING A ONE HUNDRED PERCENT  CLEAN  ENERGY
SYSTEM  BY  TWO  THOUSAND THIRTY-ONE, WITH ZERO NET GREENHOUSE GAS EMIS-
SIONS;
  (II) PROVIDE FOR THE DISCONTINUANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER BY  TWO  THOUSAND
THIRTY-ONE;
  (III)  PROVIDE  FOR THE DISCONTINUANCE OF STATE INVESTMENT IN, AND THE
DEVELOPMENT OF, INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO THE DISTRIBUTION,  PROCESSING,
STORAGE,  OR  EXTRACTION  OF FOSSIL FUELS OR NEW PERMITS RELATED TO SUCH
USE;
  (IV) INCLUDE, IN FIVE YEAR INCREMENTS, DETAILED BENCHMARKS  AND  STEPS
REQUIRED  TO  ACHIEVE  THE GOAL OF A ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAN RENEWABLE
ENERGY SYSTEM BY TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-ONE; AND
  (V) INCORPORATE MEASURES RELATED TO REDUCTION IN ENERGY USE, INCREASED
ENERGY CONSERVATION, AND IMPROVEMENTS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
  (B) ANY PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER  RELATING  TO  THE  USE  OF  FOSSIL
FUELS,  NATURAL  GAS,  OIL,  COAL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SHALL BE IMPLE-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10657-03-6

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MENTED ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY INCORPORATE THE DISCONTINUED USE  OF
SUCH FUELS BY TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-ONE.
  (C)  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL SUPERSEDE ANY INCONSIST-
ENT PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing  the  date upon which it shall have become a law; provided, however,
that effective  immediately,  the  state  energy  planning  board  shall
conduct  a  study  to  determine the measures necessary to achieve a one
hundred percent clean energy system by two thousand thirty-one.