senate Bill S5200A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the mitigation of the severity of climate change; repealer

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 29, 2020 print number 5200a
May 29, 2020 amend and recommit to energy and telecommunications
Jan 08, 2020 referred to energy and telecommunications
Apr 16, 2019 referred to energy and telecommunications

Co-Sponsors

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S5200 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Energy Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3-101, 6-102, 6-104 & 6-106, rpld §3-101 sub 7, Energy L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S4527

S5200 - Summary

Relates to the mitigation of the severity of climate change; requires the state to create a binding plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by eighty-five percent, based on 1990 emissions levels, and meeting one hundred percent of electricity needs from fossil fuel-free resources by 2050.

S5200 - Sponsor Memo

S5200 - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5200

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 16, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- 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 mitigation of the
  severity of climate change; and to repeal certain  provisions  of  the
  energy law relating thereto

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited  as  the  "freedom
from fossil fuels act".
  §  2.  Subdivisions  1,  4  and  5 of section 3-101 of the energy law,
subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 253 of the laws of 2013 and subdivi-
sion 5 as amended by chapter 396 of the laws of  1978,  are  amended  to
read as follows:
  1.  to  obtain and maintain an adequate and continuous supply of safe,
dependable and economical energy for the people  of  the  state  and  to
accelerate  development  and  use  within  the state of renewable energy
sources, all in order TO MITIGATE THE SEVERITY  OF  CLIMATE  CHANGE,  to
promote  the  state's  economic  growth, to create employment within the
state, to protect [its] THE STATE'S environmental  values  and  agricul-
tural  heritage, to husband its resources for future generations, and to
promote the health and welfare of its people;
  4. to encourage transportation modes and equipment which conserve  the
use  of  energy  AND REDUCE AND/OR ELIMINATE EMISSIONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE
AND CO-POLLUTANTS;
  5. to foster, encourage and promote the prudent development  and  wise
use  of  [all  indigenous  state] THE STATE'S RENEWABLE energy resources
including, but not limited to, [on-shore oil and natural gas,  off-shore
oil  and natural gas, natural gas from Devonian shale formations,] small
head hydro, [wood,] solar, wind, solid waste, energy from biomass,  fuel
cells, GEOTHERMAL, OFFSHORE WIND and cogeneration; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

Co-Sponsors

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S5200A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Energy Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3-101, 6-102, 6-104 & 6-106, rpld §3-101 sub 7, Energy L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S4527

S5200A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the mitigation of the severity of climate change; requires the state to create a binding plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by eighty-five percent, based on 1990 emissions levels, and meeting one hundred percent of electricity needs from fossil fuel-free resources by 2050.

S5200A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S5200A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 5200--A

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 16, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. METZGER, BAILEY, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, JACKSON, MAY,
  RAMOS, SALAZAR, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and  when
  printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
  cations -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
  cations  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to  the  mitigation  of  the
  severity  of  climate  change; and to repeal certain provisions of the
  energy law relating thereto

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  This  act shall be known and may be cited as the "freedom
from fossil fuels act".
  § 2. Subdivisions 1, 4 and 5 of  section  3-101  of  the  energy  law,
subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 253 of the laws of 2013 and subdivi-
sion  5  as  amended  by chapter 396 of the laws of 1978, are amended to
read as follows:
  1. to obtain and maintain an adequate and continuous supply  of  safe,
dependable  and  economical  energy  for  the people of the state and to
accelerate development and use within  the  state  of  renewable  energy
sources,  all  in  order  TO MITIGATE THE SEVERITY OF CLIMATE CHANGE, to
promote the state's economic growth, to  create  employment  within  the
state,  to  protect  [its] THE STATE'S environmental values and agricul-
tural heritage, to husband its resources for future generations, and  to
promote the health and welfare of its people;
  4.  to encourage transportation modes and equipment which conserve the
use of energy AND REDUCE AND/OR ELIMINATE EMISSIONS  OF  CARBON  DIOXIDE
AND CO-POLLUTANTS;
  5.  to  foster, encourage and promote the prudent development and wise
use of [all indigenous state] THE  STATE'S  RENEWABLE  energy  resources

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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