NY State Senate Bill 2017-S2699

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018	referred to energy and telecommunications
Jan 17, 2017	referred to energy and telecommunications

2017-S2699 (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:: 2015-2016: S7533
2019-2020: S1611

2017-S2699 (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.

2017-S2699 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S2699

 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,
2018 to determine appropriate targets, if any, for each electric
utility corporation to procure viable and cost-effective energy
storage systems by December 31, 2021.

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, 2021 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 50t 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 :

2015-16: S.7533 - Referred to Energy and Telecommunications

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None to State

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This Act shall take effect immediately

2017-S2699 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2699
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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:
   § 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  EIGHTEEN,  THE COMMISSION SHALL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD07523-01-7

 S. 2699                             2
 
 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-ONE. IN REACHING A DETER-
 MINATION, THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIDER A VARIETY OF POLICIES TO ENCOUR-
 AGE 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.  THE COMMISSION SHALL ADOPT THE PROCUREMENT TARGETS, IF
 DETERMINED TO BE APPROPRIATE, NO LATER THAN DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND EIGHTEEN.
   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-ONE, EVERY ELECTRIC CORPORATION SHALL  SUBMIT  A  REPORT  TO  THE
 COMMISSION 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.
   §  2.  Sections 1020-ii, 1020-jj and 1020-kk of the public authorities
 law, as renumbered by chapter  388  of  2011,  are  renumbered  sections
 1020-jj,  1020-kk and 1020-ll and a new section 1020-ii is added to read
 as follows:
   § 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 EIGHTEEN, 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-

 S. 2699                             3
 
 CLE AND THE STATE FINANCE LAW, PROCURE SUCH ENERGY STORAGE  SYSTEMS,  NO
 LATER THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN.
   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.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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

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