Assembly Bill A7779

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires an annual report on appliance and equipment energy efficiency standards and resulting energy and utility bill savings

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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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2019-A7779 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5866
Law Section:
Energy Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §16-106, Energy L

2019-A7779 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires an annual report on appliance and equipment energy efficiency standards and resulting energy and utility bill savings.

2019-A7779 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7779
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the energy law,  in  relation  to  requiring  an  annual
   report  on  appliance  and  equipment  energy efficiency standards and
   resulting energy and utility bill savings; and providing for repeal of
   such provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 16-106 of the energy law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4.  BEGINNING  IN  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, BY MARCH FIFTEENTH OF EACH
 YEAR, THE SECRETARY SHALL PRODUCE A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE  SPEAKER
 OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE CHAIR OF THE
 ASSEMBLY  COMMITTEE  ON  ENERGY AND THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON
 ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ON THE STATUS OF REGULATIONS  ESTABLISHING
 ENERGY  EFFICIENCY PERFORMANCE STANDARDS PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, WHICH
 SHALL INDICATE FOR EACH PRODUCT ENUMERATED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION
 16-104 OF THIS ARTICLE WHETHER SUCH PERFORMANCE STANDARDS HAVE BEEN  (A)
 ADOPTED,  (B)  PROPOSED,  OR  (C)  DETERMINED TO BE PREEMPTED BY FEDERAL
 GOVERNMENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS. FOR ANY  PRODUCT  THAT  HAS  NOT
 BEEN  DETERMINED  BY THE SECRETARY TO BE PREEMPTED BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS AND FOR WHICH REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING ENER-
 GY EFFICIENCY PERFORMANCE STANDARDS HAVE NOT BEEN PROPOSED,  THE  REPORT
 SHALL SET FORTH THE REASONS THAT NO STANDARDS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED. BEGIN-
 NING  IN  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, SUCH REPORT SHALL ALSO SET FORTH THE
 ESTIMATED POTENTIAL ANNUAL REDUCTIONS IN ENERGY USE AND POTENTIAL UTILI-
 TY BILL SAVINGS RESULTING FROM ADOPTED  PERFORMANCE  STANDARDS  FOR  THE
 YEARS  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE  AND  TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-FIVE AND THE
 POTENTIAL CUMULATIVE REDUCTIONS IN ENERGY USE THROUGH THE YEAR TWO THOU-
 SAND THIRTY-FIVE. THE SECRETARY SHALL  CONSULT  WITH  THE  PRESIDENT  IN
 PREPARING  SUCH  ESTIMATES. SUCH REPORT SHALL BE UPDATED EACH YEAR AND A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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