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Jan 19, 2017 |
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Senate Bill S3133
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 12th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
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2017-S3133 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S3133 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3133 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the energy law, in relation to the use of general purpose lights in public buildings PURPOSE OF THE BILL : The purpose of the bill is to increase energy efficiency in the lighting used in public buildings in the state. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : This bill would establish minimum energy efficiency standards for general purpose lights with wattage rating from 25 to 150 watts used in all public buildings. Following is the schedule of the standards: (1) By January 1, 2020, for a lamp with a lumen output of between 2690 and 1490 (approx: lumen output from a 100 to 150 watt standard incandescent bulb), the lamp shall achieve 50 lumens per watt. (2) By January 1, 2021, for a lamp with a lumen output of between 1489 and 1010 (lumen output from a 75 watt standard incandescent), the lamp shall achieve 50 lumens per watt. (3) By January 1, 2022, for a lamp with a lumen output of between 1009 and 730 (lumen output from a 60 watt standard incandescent), the lamp
2017-S3133 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3133 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 19, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni- cations AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to the use of general purpose lights in public buildings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 8-103 of the energy law, as amended by chapter 744 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as follows: § 8-103. Application. 1. On or before April first, nineteen hundred eighty, the commissioner shall promulgate, and thereafter may amend from time to time, standards relating to the lighting of all existing build- ings, or classes of such buildings, for purposes of minimizing the consumption of energy and providing for the efficient utilization of the energy expended for lighting in the use and occupancy of such buildings. Such standards shall be cost effective and shall not impair the health and safety of the occupants of the property. The standards shall be deemed cost effective if the cost of implementing them would be equal to or less than the present value of energy and maintenance savings that would be expected over a seven-year period in a building to which the standards are applicable. PROVIDED HOWEVER, ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN WHICH AMENDED THIS SECTION, ALL GENERAL PURPOSE LIGHTS USED IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN THIS STATE SHALL MEET THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION. 2. THE MINIMUM ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR A GENERAL SERVICE LAMP USED IN A PUBLIC BUILDING IN THE STATE SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS: (A) BY JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, FOR A LAMP WITH A LUMEN OUTPUT OF BETWEEN TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED NINETY AND FOURTEEN HUNDRED NINETY, THE LAMP SHALL ACHIEVE FIFTY LUMENS PER WATT. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07019-01-7
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