Senate Bill S7318A

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the energy storage deployment policy

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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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2017-S7318 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8921
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §74, Pub Serv L; amd §1020-ii, Pub Auth L

2017-S7318 - Summary

Establishes the energy storage deployment policy.

2017-S7318 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7318 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7318
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law and the public  authorities  law,
   in relation to establishing the energy storage deployment policy
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 74 of the public service law, as added by a chapter
 of the laws of 2017 amending the  public  service  law  and  the  public
 authorities  law  relating to establishing the energy storage deployment
 program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5190 and  A.  6571,
 is amended to read as follows:
   §  74. Energy storage deployment [program] POLICY. 1. [(a)] As used in
 this section "qualified 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[. A qualified
 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)  A  qualified  energy  storage  system shall do one or more of the
 following: (i) use] USING 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 mechanical, chemical, or thermal processes to store energy
 generated from mechanical processes that would otherwise be  wasted  for
 delivery at a later time].
   2.  [Within  ninety  days  of  the effective date of this section, the
 commission shall commence a proceeding to establish the  energy  storage
 deployment  program  to  encourage  the installation of qualified energy

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

2017-S7318A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8921
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §74, Pub Serv L; amd §1020-ii, Pub Auth L

2017-S7318A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the energy storage deployment policy.

2017-S7318A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7318A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7318--A
     Cal. No. 46
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- reported  favora-
   bly from said committee, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate,
   vote  reconsidered,  restored  to  third  reading, amended and ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the public service law and the public  authorities  law,
   in relation to establishing the energy storage deployment policy
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 74 of the public service law, as added  by  chapter
 415 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   §  74. Energy storage deployment [program] POLICY. 1. [(a)] As used in
 this section "qualified 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[. A qualified
 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)  A  qualified  energy  storage  system shall do one or more of the
 following: (i) use] USING 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 mechanical, chemical, or thermal processes to store energy
 generated from mechanical processes that would otherwise be  wasted  for
 delivery at a later time].
   2.  [Within  ninety  days  of  the effective date of this section, the
 commission shall commence a proceeding to establish the  energy  storage
 deployment  program  to  encourage  the installation of qualified energy

              

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