NY State Senate Bill 2019-S1611

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020	referred to energy and telecommunications
Jan 15, 2019	referred to energy and telecommunications

2019-S1611 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §74, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S7533
2017-2018: S2699

2019-S1611 (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; and establishes additional reporting requirements.

2019-S1611 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1611

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public service 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 attends 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 corpo-
ration 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 La'' to add new L7 1020-LL to
reuuire the Long. Island Power Authority to develop energy storage
system procurement targets consistent with Public Service Law -f 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 tower arc intermittent sources, only providinc:
power when the sun is shining Cr- the wind is blowing, there are chal-
lenges to adopting these technologies as the State's primary power
sources. Energy storage systems help address the intermittencr.. issue
br. storing the energy produced by renewables for use at any tire.

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 hew they
use and purchase enGrgy. 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 he 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 invest-
ment in conventional assets that sit idle for significant periods of
time. Ac 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:

2017/18: S.2699 - Energy and Telecommunications

2015-18: S.7533 - Referred to Energy and Telecommunications

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to State

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This Act shall take effect immediately

2019-S1611 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1611
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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, 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. Section 74 of the public service law, as amended by chapter
 417 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   §  74.  Energy  storage  deployment policy. 1. 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 using mechanical,  chemi-
 cal, or thermal processes to store energy that was generated at one time
 for  use  at  a later time.   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  GENER-
 ATION,  TRANSMISSION,  OR  DISTRIBUTION  ASSETS, OR IMPROVE THE RELIABLE
 OPERATION OF THE ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION GRID.
   2. By December thirty-first, two  thousand  eighteen,  the  commission
 shall,  in  consultation  with  the  New  York state energy research and
 development authority, the Long Island power authority, and  the  feder-
 ally  designated electric bulk system operator for New York state, after
 a hearing held on notice, establish by  order,  rules  and  regulations,
 both  a  two  thousand  thirty  energy  storage goal for the state and a
 deployment policy to support that goal. The  energy  storage  deployment
 policy shall assist with and take the following into consideration:
   (a)  avoided  or deferred costs associated with transmission, distrib-
 ution, and/or generation capacity;
   (b) minimization of peak load in constrained areas;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD07519-01-9

 S. 1611                             2
 
   (c) systems that are connected to customer facilities and systems that
 are directly connected to transmission and distribution facilities;
   (d) cost-effectiveness;
   (e) the integration of variable-output energy resources;
   (f) reducing emissions of greenhouse gases;
   (g) reducing demand for peak electrical generation;
   (h) improving the reliable operation of the electrical transmission or
 distribution systems; and
   (i) such other issues deemed appropriate by the commission.
   3. (A) To the extent that the energy storage deployment policy directs
 the  procurement  of qualified energy storage systems to encourage their
 deployment, such procurements shall be  awarded  through  a  competitive
 process.
   (B) ON OR BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, THE COMMISSION SHALL
 COMMENCE  A  PROCEEDING  TO  DETERMINE  APPROPRIATE TARGETS, IF ANY, FOR
 ELECTRIC CORPORATIONS TO PROCURE  VIABLE  AND  COST-EFFECTIVE  QUALIFIED
 ENERGY  STORAGE  SYSTEMS. ANY OUTCOME OF THIS PROCEEDING SHALL BE IMPLE-
 MENTED NO LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE. IN REACH-
 ING A DETERMINATION, THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIDER A VARIETY OF POLICIES
 TO ENCOURAGE THE COST-EFFECTIVE DEPLOYMENT OF QUALIFIED  ENERGY  STORAGE
 SYSTEMS, INCLUDING REFINEMENT OF EXISTING PROCUREMENT METHODS TO PROPER-
 LY  VALUE QUALIFIED ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS AND USING ALTERNATIVE COMPLI-
 ANCE 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 TWENTY.
   (C) AFTER ISSUING A DETERMINATION  IN  THE  QUALIFIED  ENERGY  STORAGE
 SYSTEMS  PROCEEDING, THE COMMISSION SHALL, NO LESS THAN ONCE EVERY THREE
 YEARS, REEVALUATE THE PROCUREMENT TARGETS.
   4. (A) Annual reports on the achievements  and  effectiveness  of  the
 policy  shall  be  submitted to the governor, the temporary president of
 the senate, and the speaker of the assembly.
   (B) NO LATER THAN JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE,  EVERY
 ELECTRIC CORPORATION SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE COMMISSION DEMONSTRAT-
 ING THAT THE ELECTRIC CORPORATION HAS COMPLIED WITH THE QUALIFIED ENERGY
 STORAGE  SYSTEM  PROCUREMENT TARGETS AND POLICIES ADOPTED BY THE COMMIS-
 SION. 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. 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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