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                                  2720--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. CUSICK, LIFTON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Energy -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to directing the state ener-
   gy  planning  board  to  conduct a study of the technical and economic
   feasibility of a one hundred percent renewable  energy  system  and  a
   reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The energy law is amended by adding a new section 6-110  to
 read as follows:
   §  6-110. SUPPLEMENTAL STUDY ON THE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY
 OF A ONE HUNDRED PERCENT RENEWABLE ENERGY  SYSTEM  AND  A  REDUCTION  IN
 GREENHOUSE  GAS EMISSIONS. 1. ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY, AND EVERY FOUR YEARS THEREAFTER, THE BOARD SHALL  UNDERTAKE  AND
 UPDATE  A  COMPREHENSIVE  STUDY  TO DETERMINE THE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC
 FEASIBILITY OF MEETING THE FOLLOWING GOALS:
   (A) ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF  THE  ELECTRICITY  CONSUMED  IN  THE  STATE
 GENERATED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES BY THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND THIRTY,
 AND, ALTERNATIVELY, THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTY.
   (B)  REDUCING  GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM ALL ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES
 ONE HUNDRED PERCENT BELOW THE LEVELS OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN  THE
 YEAR  NINETEEN  HUNDRED  NINETY  BY THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTY, WITH AN
 INCREMENTAL TARGET OF AT LEAST A FIFTY PERCENT REDUCTION  IN  GREENHOUSE
 GAS  EMISSIONS  BELOW THE LEVELS OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN THE YEAR
 NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY BY THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND THIRTY.
   2. SUCH STUDY SHALL INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM, AN ASSESSMENT  OF  EACH  OF
 THE FOLLOWING:
   (A)  THE  TIMING,  COSTS, ECONOMIC IMPACTS, AND FEASIBILITY ASSOCIATED
 WITH PATHWAYS TO MEET THESE GOALS. IN TERMS OF THE EVALUATION OF  COSTS,
 THE STUDY SHALL:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (I) EVALUATE, USING THE BEST AVAILABLE ECONOMIC MODELS, EMISSION ESTI-
 MATION  TECHNIQUES  AND  OTHER  SCIENTIFIC  METHODS, THE TOTAL POTENTIAL
 COSTS AND POTENTIAL ECONOMIC AND NON-ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF MEETING  THESE
 GOALS;
   (II)  EVALUATE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MEETING THE GOALS ON THE STATE'S
 BUSINESSES, JOBS AND RESIDENTS ASSUMING:
   (A) THE RENEWABLE AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GOALS OF  OTHER  STATES
 AND  REGIONS  IN THE UNITED STATES ARE AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT LOWER THAN
 NEW YORK STATE'S GOALS;
   (B) THE RENEWABLE AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GOALS OF  OTHER  STATES
 AND REGIONS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE AS THOSE IN PLACE AS OF THE DATE OF
 THE STUDY;
   (C) THE EXISTENCE OF TECHNOLOGY IN PLACE AS OF THE DATE OF THE STUDY.
   (B) THE TECHNICAL AND COST IMPACT ON MAINTAINING ELECTRIC SYSTEM RELI-
 ABILITY,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE NEED FOR AND TYPE OF BACK-UP
 POWER SUPPLIES AND OF ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS TO MAINTAIN ELECTRIC SYSTEM
 RELIABILITY.
   (C) THE SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM ACTIONS TO FEASIBLY  MEET  THE  GOALS
 ACROSS  ALL  ECONOMIC SECTORS, INCLUDING INDUSTRY, TRANSPORTATION, AGRI-
 CULTURE, BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND ENERGY PRODUCTION, INCLUDING:
   (I) AN ANALYSIS  OF  THE  ANTICIPATED  EMISSION  REDUCTIONS,  AND  THE
 ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS THEREOF, AS A RESULT OF EACH ACTION.
   (II) IDENTIFICATION OF THE ANTICIPATED LIFE-CYCLE IMPLICATIONS, CONSE-
 QUENCES,  BENEFITS  AND  COSTS  OF  IMPLEMENTING  EACH ACTION, INCLUDING
 IMPLICATIONS, CONSEQUENCES, BENEFITS AND COSTS TO NEW YORK STATE,  LOCAL
 GOVERNMENTS,  BUSINESSES  AND  RESIDENTS  FROM  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  EACH
 ACTION.
   (D) ESTIMATED TIMELINES FOR CONSIDERING AND IMPLEMENTING SUCH ACTIONS.
   (E) EXPLORATION OF VARIOUS RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY  EFFICIENCY
 DEPLOYMENT SCENARIOS.
   (F) A REQUIREMENT FOR ANY NEW VEHICLES SOLD IN THE STATE TO BE POWERED
 BY  ELECTRICITY  GENERATED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES OR OTHERWISE TO
 BE FREE OF EMISSIONS.
   (G) PROPOSALS FOR NEW STRUCTURES CONSTRUCTED IN THE STATE  TO  BE  NET
 ZERO EMISSION STRUCTURES.
   (H) TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE HEATING AND COOLING PROVIDED BY HEAT PUMPS
 POWERED  BY  RENEWABLE  ENERGY RESOURCES OR OTHER MEANS RESULTING IN NET
 ZERO EMISSIONS.
   3. SUCH STUDY SHALL BUILD  UPON  RELEVANT  EXPERTISE  ALREADY  AT  THE
 BOARD'S  DISPOSAL,  INCLUDING  ANALYSES COMPLETED FOR THE NEW YORK STATE
 CLEAN ENERGY STANDARD, THE NEW YORK STATE GREENHOUSE GAS  INVENTORY  AND
 PATHWAYS  ANALYSIS,  AND  OTHER  RENEWABLE  ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY
 POTENTIAL STUDIES CONDUCTED BY THE NEW YORK STATE  ENERGY  RESEARCH  AND
 DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
   4.  THE  BOARD  MAY  CONTRACT  WITH  AN  INDEPENDENT AND COMPETITIVELY
 SELECTED CONTRACTOR TO UNDERTAKE SUCH STUDY.
   5. THE BOARD, AND ANY CONTRACTORS IT MAY  RETAIN  FOR  SUCH  PURPOSES,
 SHALL  CONSULT WITH ENTITIES THAT HAVE RESOURCES AND EXPERTISE TO ASSIST
 IN SUCH STUDY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ACADEMIC  PARTNERS,  ELEC-
 TRIC  CORPORATIONS,  ELECTRICITY  GENERATING  COMPANIES, TRADE ORGANIZA-
 TIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GROUPS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.
   6. THE BOARD SHALL PREPARE A REPORT  ON  SUCH  STUDY'S  FINDINGS.  THE
 BOARD  SHALL  TRANSMIT SUCH REPORT ALONG WITH THE STUDY TO THE GOVERNOR,
 THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE,  THE
 CHAIR  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY  ENERGY  COMMITTEE, AND THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE
 ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE.

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   7. THE LONG ISLAND POWER AUTHORITY AND  THE  POWER  AUTHORITY  OF  THE
 STATE  OF  NEW  YORK ARE AUTHORIZED, AS DEEMED FEASIBLE AND ADVISABLE BY
 THEIR RESPECTIVE BOARDS, TO MAKE A  VOLUNTARY  CONTRIBUTION  TOWARD  THE
 STUDY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

                            
 
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                                  2720--B
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CUSICK, LIFTON, ORTIZ, PAULIN, STERN, CRESPO,
   WALLACE, HUNTER,  SIMOTAS,  ROZIC,  SAYEGH,  L. ROSENTHAL,  PALMESANO,
   WALCZYK,  BLANKENBUSH  --  read  once and referred to the Committee on
   Energy -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended  and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said
   committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and  recommit-
   ted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to directing the state ener-
   gy  planning  board  to  conduct a study of the technical and economic
   feasibility of a one hundred percent renewable  energy  system  and  a
   reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The energy law is amended by adding a new section 6-110  to
 read as follows:
   §  6-110. SUPPLEMENTAL STUDY ON THE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY
 OF A ONE HUNDRED PERCENT RENEWABLE ENERGY  SYSTEM  AND  A  REDUCTION  IN
 GREENHOUSE  GAS EMISSIONS. 1. ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY, AND EVERY FOUR YEARS THEREAFTER, THE  BOARD  SHALL  PUBLISH  AND
 UPDATE  A  COMPREHENSIVE  STUDY  TO DETERMINE THE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC
 FEASIBILITY OF MEETING THE FOLLOWING GOALS:
   (A) ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF  THE  ELECTRICITY  CONSUMED  IN  THE  STATE
 GENERATED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES BY THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND THIRTY,
 AND, ALTERNATIVELY, THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTY.
   (B)  REDUCING  GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM ALL ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES
 ONE HUNDRED PERCENT BELOW THE LEVELS OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN  THE
 YEAR  NINETEEN  HUNDRED  NINETY  BY THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND FIFTY, WITH AN
 INCREMENTAL TARGET OF AT LEAST A FIFTY PERCENT REDUCTION  IN  GREENHOUSE
 GAS  EMISSIONS  BELOW THE LEVELS OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN THE YEAR
 NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY BY THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND THIRTY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   2. SUCH STUDY SHALL INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM, AN ASSESSMENT  OF  EACH  OF
 THE FOLLOWING:
   (A)  THE  TIMING,  COSTS, ECONOMIC IMPACTS, AND FEASIBILITY ASSOCIATED
 WITH PATHWAYS TO MEET THESE GOALS. IN TERMS OF THE EVALUATION OF  COSTS,
 THE STUDY SHALL:
   (I) EVALUATE, USING THE BEST AVAILABLE ECONOMIC MODELS, EMISSION ESTI-
 MATION  TECHNIQUES  AND  OTHER  SCIENTIFIC  METHODS, THE TOTAL POTENTIAL
 COSTS AND POTENTIAL ECONOMIC AND NON-ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF MEETING  THESE
 GOALS;
   (II)  EVALUATE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MEETING THE GOALS ON THE STATE'S
 BUSINESSES, JOBS, RATEPAYERS AND RESIDENTS ASSUMING:
   (A) THE RENEWABLE AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GOALS OF  OTHER  STATES
 AND  REGIONS  IN THE UNITED STATES ARE AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT LOWER THAN
 NEW YORK STATE'S GOALS;
   (B) THE RENEWABLE AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GOALS OF  OTHER  STATES
 AND REGIONS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE AS THOSE IN PLACE AS OF THE DATE OF
 THE STUDY;
   (C) THE EXISTENCE OF TECHNOLOGY IN PLACE AS OF THE DATE OF THE STUDY.
   (B) THE TECHNICAL AND COST IMPACT ON MAINTAINING ELECTRIC SYSTEM RELI-
 ABILITY,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE NEED FOR AND TYPE OF BACK-UP
 POWER SUPPLIES AND OF ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS TO MAINTAIN ELECTRIC SYSTEM
 RELIABILITY.
   (C) THE SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM ACTIONS TO FEASIBLY  MEET  THE  GOALS
 ACROSS  ALL  ECONOMIC SECTORS, INCLUDING INDUSTRY, TRANSPORTATION, AGRI-
 CULTURE, BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND ENERGY PRODUCTION, INCLUDING:
   (I) AN ANALYSIS  OF  THE  ANTICIPATED  EMISSION  REDUCTIONS,  AND  THE
 ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS THEREOF, AS A RESULT OF EACH ACTION.
   (II) IDENTIFICATION OF THE ANTICIPATED LIFE-CYCLE IMPLICATIONS, CONSE-
 QUENCES,  BENEFITS  AND  COSTS  OF  IMPLEMENTING  EACH ACTION, INCLUDING
 IMPLICATIONS, CONSEQUENCES, BENEFITS AND COSTS TO NEW YORK STATE,  LOCAL
 GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, RATEPAYERS AND RESIDENTS FROM IMPLEMENTATION OF
 EACH ACTION.
   (D) ESTIMATED TIMELINES FOR CONSIDERING AND IMPLEMENTING SUCH ACTIONS.
   (E)  EXPLORATION OF VARIOUS RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY
 DEPLOYMENT SCENARIOS.
   (F) A REQUIREMENT FOR ANY NEW VEHICLES SOLD IN THE STATE TO BE POWERED
 BY ELECTRICITY GENERATED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES OR  OTHERWISE  TO
 BE FREE OF EMISSIONS.
   (G)  PROPOSALS  FOR  NEW STRUCTURES CONSTRUCTED IN THE STATE TO BE NET
 ZERO EMISSION STRUCTURES.
   (H) TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE HEATING AND COOLING PROVIDED BY HEAT PUMPS
 POWERED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES OR OTHER MEANS  RESULTING  IN  NET
 ZERO EMISSIONS.
   (I)  THE  ECONOMIC  AND  SOCIAL  BENEFITS  OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
 REDUCTIONS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE FEDERAL SOCIAL COST OF  CARBON,  ANY
 OTHER TOOLS THAT THE BOARD DEEMS USEFUL AND PERTINENT FOR THIS ANALYSIS,
 AND  ANY  ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC HEALTH CO-BENEFITS (SUCH AS
 THE REDUCTION OF CO-POLLUTANTS AND THE DIVERSIFICATION OF ENERGY  SOURC-
 ES).
   3.  SUCH  STUDY  SHALL  BUILD  UPON  RELEVANT EXPERTISE ALREADY AT THE
 BOARD'S DISPOSAL.
   4. THE BOARD  MAY  CONTRACT  WITH  AN  INDEPENDENT  AND  COMPETITIVELY
 SELECTED CONTRACTOR TO UNDERTAKE SUCH STUDY.
   5.  THE  BOARD,  AND  ANY CONTRACTORS IT MAY RETAIN FOR SUCH PURPOSES,
 SHALL CONSULT WITH ENTITIES THAT HAVE RESOURCES AND EXPERTISE TO  ASSIST
 IN  SUCH  STUDY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ACADEMIC PARTNERS, ELEC-

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 TRIC CORPORATIONS, ELECTRICITY  GENERATING  COMPANIES,  TRADE  ORGANIZA-
 TIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GROUPS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.
   6.  THE  BOARD  SHALL  PREPARE A REPORT ON SUCH STUDY'S FINDINGS.  THE
 BOARD SHALL TRANSMIT SUCH REPORT ALONG WITH THE STUDY TO  THE  GOVERNOR,
 THE  SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE
 CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY ENERGY COMMITTEE, AND  THE  CHAIR  OF  THE  SENATE
 ENERGY  AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE NO LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER
 THE STUDY'S COMPLETION.
   7. THE LONG ISLAND POWER AUTHORITY AND  THE  POWER  AUTHORITY  OF  THE
 STATE  OF  NEW  YORK ARE AUTHORIZED, AS DEEMED FEASIBLE AND ADVISABLE BY
 THEIR RESPECTIVE BOARDS, TO MAKE A  VOLUNTARY  CONTRIBUTION  TOWARD  THE
 STUDY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.