NY State Senate Bill 2019-S296

Senate Bill S296

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires general purpose lights used in all public buildings to meet certain energy efficiency standards

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2019-S296 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Energy Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §8-103, Energy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S1983
2013-2014: S569
2015-2016: S2458
2017-2018: S3133
2021-2022: S165

2019-S296 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires general purpose lights used in all public buildings to meet certain energy efficiency standards; provides that such standards increase over time.

2019-S296 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S296

SPONSOR: GIANARIS
 
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 gener-
al 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 incandes-

cent 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
shall achieve 50 lumens per watt.

(4) By January 1, 2026, for a lamp with a lumen output of between 729
and 340 (lumen output from a 40 watt standard incandescent), the lamp
shall achieve 40 lumens per watt.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

According to the United States Department of Energy, energy consumption
for all lighting in the U.S. is estimated to be about 220 of the total
electricity generated. Energy efficient lighting alternatives can use
significantly less energy and therefore lower air emissions. An example
provided on the U.S.D.O.E. website indicates that using a 60 watt incan-
descent light bulb for 1,200 hours consumes approximately 72 kilowatt
hours (kwh) of energy while the lumen output equivalent compact fluores-
cent light bulb would use only 20 kwh. Requiring lighting that meets
energy efficiency standards to be used in public buildings will reduce
energy usage, lower carbon emissions, and lower energy costs to state
and local governments and school districts.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2018: Died in Energy and Telecommunications
2017: Died in Energy and Telecommunications
2016: Died in Energy and Telecommunications
2015: Died in Energy and Telecommunications
2014: Senate Bill 569A (Gianaris) - Died in Infrastructure & Capital
Investment Committee
2013: Senate Bill 569 (Gianaris) - Died in Infrastructure & Capital
Investment Committee
2012: Senate Bill 1983-A (Gianaris) - Died in Senate Energy & Telecommu-
nications Committee

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Significant savings for state and local governments and school districts
could be realized by using more energy efficient lighting in public
buildings.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act would take effect on the first of January next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become law.

2019-S296 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    296
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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 NINETEEN  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-TWO, 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.
                                                            LBD04000-01-9

 S. 296                              2
 
   (B) BY JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, FOR  A  LAMP  WITH  A
 LUMEN  OUTPUT  OF  BETWEEN FOURTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE AND ONE THOUSAND
 TEN, THE LAMP SHALL ACHIEVE FIFTY LUMENS PER WATT.
   (C)  BY  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, FOR A LAMP WITH A
 LUMEN OUTPUT OF BETWEEN ONE THOUSAND NINE AND SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY,  THE
 LAMP SHALL ACHIEVE FIFTY LUMENS PER WATT.
   (D)  BY  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT, FOR A LAMP WITH A
 LUMEN OUTPUT OF BETWEEN SEVEN  HUNDRED  TWENTY-NINE  AND  THREE  HUNDRED
 FORTY, THE LAMP SHALL ACHIEVE FORTY LUMENS PER WATT.
   3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) "GENERAL SERVICE LAMP" MEANS A STANDARD TYPE LAMP THAT IS INTENDED
 FOR GENERAL SERVICE APPLICATIONS AND HAS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (I) A MEDIUM SCREW BASE;
   (II) A WATTAGE RATING OF NO LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE WATTS AND NO GREATER
 THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY WATTS;
   (III)  A  A-15,  A-19, A-21, A-23, A-25, PS-25, PS-30, BT-14.5, BT-15,
 CP-19, TB-19, CA-22, OR EQUIVALENT SHAPE  AS  DEFINED  IN  THE  AMERICAN
 NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE C78.20-2003; AND
   (IV) A BULB FINISH OF FROSTED, CLEAR, OR SOFT WHITE TYPE.
   A GENERAL SERVICE LAMP DOES NOT INCLUDE AN APPLIANCE LAMP, BLACK LIGHT
 LAMP,  BUG  LAMP,  COLORED  LAMP, ENHANCED SPECTRUM LAMP, INFRARED LAMP,
 LEFT-HAND TREAD LAMP, MARINE LAMP,  MARINE  SIGNAL  SERVICE  LAMP,  MINE
 SERVICE  LAMP,  PLANT LIGHT, REFLECTOR LAMP, ROUGH SERVICE LAMP, SHATTER
 RESISTANT LAMP, SIGN SERVICE LAMP,  SILVER  BOWL  LAMP,  SHOWCASE  LAMP,
 THREE-WAY  LAMP,  TRAFFIC  SIGNAL LAMP OR VIBRATION SERVICE OR VIBRATION
 RESISTANT LAMP.
   (B) "PUBLIC BUILDING" SHALL MEAN ALL BUILDINGS INCLUDING  GROUNDS  AND
 PREMISES  ADJACENT OR APPURTENANT THERETO OR CONNECTED THERETO BELONGING
 TO THE STATE, COUNTY, TOWN, VILLAGE, SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ANY OTHER  POLI-
 TICAL OR CIVIL SUBDIVISION OF STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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