NY State Senate Bill S6497A

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Jan 11, 2022	reported and committed to finance
Jan 05, 2022	referred to energy and telecommunications returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 09, 2021	referred to energy delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1699 committee discharged and committed to rules
May 21, 2021	print number 6497a
May 21, 2021	amend and recommit to finance
May 19, 2021	reported and committed to finance
May 04, 2021	referred to energy and telecommunications

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Jan 11, 2022 - Energy and Telecommunications committee Vote

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S6497 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8094
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§66-s & 66-t, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S2585

S6497 - Summary

Establishes a program for eligible zero emissions energy systems to promote private sector investment for the purpose of meeting the target that by the year two thousand forty the statewide electrical demand system will be zero emissions.

S6497 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S6497

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public service law, in relation to establishing a
program for eligible zero emissions energy systems

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The bill would have the Public Service Commission (PSC) create a program
to foster private sector innovation and investment in "zero emissions
energy systems," in order to meet the targets of the Climate Leadership
and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), Chapter 106 of the Laws of 2019,
while maintaining electric system reliability.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: The bill includes definitions for the following terms:  "zero
emissions energy systems" means systems, other than renewable energy
systems, that generate electricity or thermal energy through the use of
technologies that do not increase the concentration of greenhouse gas in

the atmosphere in the process of generating electricity; "renewable
energy systems" and "greenhouse gas" have the meanings as defined within
the CLCPA.

Within one year of the bill's effective date, the PSC would establish a
competitive program to attract private sector investment in a minimum of
one gigawatt of zero emissions energy systems. The PSC would determine,
with public input, which technologies would be technically feasible by
2030 and therefore eligible for the program, in order to meet the
CLCPA's target of having statewide electrical demand system be zero
emissions by 2040. The PSC would start to implement the program within
two years of the bill's effective date.  Zero emissions energy systems
under the program would commence commercial operation by 2030.

Consistent with the provisions of the CLCPA, the PSC would be able to
temporarily suspend or modify the program, if electric system reliabil-
ity would be impeded or if consumer costs increase significantly. Also,
within three years of the bill's effective date, the PSC would review
the program to determine if the target for the deployment of zero emis-
sions energy systems is being met.

Section 2: The effective date is immediate upon enactment.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Climate Action Council, established pursuant to the CLCPA, has
received information from studies on emissions reduction pathways needed
to reach the CLCPA goals, while maintaining reliability and reducing
costs to consumers. All scenarios that achieve carbon neutrality share
significant progress on: energy efficiency and end-use electrification;
switching to low-carbon fuels; decarbonizing the electricity supply; and
the use of negative emissions measures and carbon capture technologies.

The studies, commissioned by the New York Independent System Operator
and New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA),
indicate that upwards of 20 gigawatts of dispatchable and emissions-free
resources will be needed to balance the electric power system by 2040 as
the economy electrifies and reliance on intermittent renewable and dura-
tion limited resources increases. Those resources must be significant in
capacity, able to operate continuously over many hours or days, and
flexible enough to meet rapid, steep ramping needs. The studies further
find that battery storage resources help address shorter duration vari-
ability from renewable resources but, based on current technology, do
not provide the long duration power generation that is necessary over
seasonal periods of reduced renewable generation.

The CLCPA requires that 70 percent of electricity be renewable by 2030.
The bill is intended ultimately to create a market for the kind of tech-
nologies that will comprise the remaining 30 percent of power generation
technology needed to maintain reliability as progress is made toward
achieving the goal of a zero emissions power system by 2040.

The language of the CLCPA has created a cloud of investment uncertainty
that this bill would help clear. The CLCPA prohibits power plant owners
from using technologies that are defined to be part of the offsets
program, such as: carbon capture and sequestration; anaerobic digesters,
which would involve renewable natural gas; and biofuels. As part of the
Climate Action Council process, the New York State Department of Envi-
ronmental Conservation (DEC) has interpreted the CLCPA to mean that, as
long as the DEC does not establish an offsets program, these technolo-
gies are available for the use of the generation sector. This bill would
help remove uncertainty and promote the development of a market to
foster the investment needed to meet the CLCPA's goals reliably.

For example, green hydrogen, produced by carbon-free means as required
by the CLCPA, and captured biogas that would otherwise escape into the
atmosphere, can be valuable in the energy mix of a decarbonizing economy
by providing generators with a dispatchable, carbon-free fuel to backup
renewable generation and energy storage.

Consistent with the CLCPA's goals, fostering private sector investment
in at least one gigawatt of electricity generated by zero emissions
energy systems by 2030 that can provide the operating flexibility and
longer duration generation that intraday battery storage systems cannot
is in the public interest, in order to develop a market for these
resources. This program also could implement the recommendations of the
Climate Action Council for how to meet the CLCPA's goals.

Under the bill, the PSC could decide to establish the program for "zero
emissions energy systems," in a manner consistent with NYSERDA's
programs for research, development and demonstration of innovative tech-
nologies to meet the goals of the CLCPA while maintaining reliability.

There is no impact upon, or conflict with, renewable energy and energy
storage technologies, as the definition of zero emissions exempts renew-
able energy systems under the PSC's section of the CLCPA and those
renewables have their own program with their own funding. Other programs
such as offshore wind and energy storage also have their own goals and
are separately funded.

The PSC also could decide whether retrofitting existing facilities would
qualify under the program. The bill would send a market signal for need-
ed technologies and associated fuels to be developed in a commercially
available and cost-effective way.

The costs of the program are addressed by the language that allows the
PSC to modify the program, if costs become too high. The PSC would
decide program parameters that would be best for the public interest and
reaching the goals of the CLCPA in a cost-effective way. The source of
funding for the program would be decided by the PSC, depending on how
the Commission decides to structure the program.

The definition of "zero emissions energy systems" states that greenhouse
gases, which are defined by the CLCPA to include carbon dioxide, meth-
ane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexaf-
luoride, and any other air emission that impacts climate change, would
not be increased. The CLCPA also defines "co-pollutants" to mean hazard-
ous air pollutants produced by greenhouse gas emissions sources. The
DEC's Air Toxics Program already includes requirements for hazardous air
pollutants. Emissions of nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide already are
being reduced by emission control technologies that are commercially
available and cost-effective.

New York's power sector has reduced the emission rates of nitrogen
oxides by 92 percent and sulfur dioxide by 99 percent. The electric
generation sector has decreased greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 55
percent, the most of any other sector of the economy.

New York State should become a national leader in the use of zero emis-
sions systems, while maintaining reliability, improving the economies
and health of local communities, and increasing affordability.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This legislation is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S6497 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6497
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 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 establishing a
   program for eligible zero emissions energy systems

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 66-s to read as follows:
   § 66-S. ESTABLISHMENT OF A ZERO EMISSIONS ENERGY SYSTEMS  PROGRAM.  1.
 AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "ZERO EMISSIONS ENERGY SYSTEMS" MEANS SYSTEMS, OTHER THAN RENEWA-
 BLE ENERGY SYSTEMS, THAT GENERATE ELECTRICITY OR THERMAL ENERGY  THROUGH
 THE USE OF TECHNOLOGIES THAT DO NOT LEAD TO A NET INCREASE IN GREENHOUSE
 GAS EMISSIONS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THEIR FULL LIFECYCLE IN THE PROC-
 ESS OF GENERATING ELECTRICITY;
   (B)  "RENEWABLE  ENERGY  SYSTEMS"  SHALL  HAVE THE MEANING PROVIDED IN
 SECTION SIXTY-SIX-P OF THIS ARTICLE; AND
   (C) "GREENHOUSE GAS"  SHALL  HAVE  THE  MEANING  PROVIDED  IN  SECTION
 75-0101 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
   2. NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE
 COMMISSION  SHALL  ESTABLISH  A  COMPETITIVE  PROGRAM TO ATTRACT PRIVATE
 SECTOR INVESTMENT IN A MINIMUM OF ONE GIGAWATT OF INSTALLED CAPACITY  OF
 ZERO  EMISSIONS  ENERGY  SYSTEMS THAT USE ELIGIBLE TECHNOLOGIES THAT THE
 COMMISSION HAS DETERMINED, AFTER NOTICE AND PROVISION FOR  THE  OPPORTU-
 NITY TO COMMENT, ARE TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE BY THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND THIR-
 TY  OF  PROVIDING  THE OPERATING FLEXIBILITY AND LONGER-TERM PERFORMANCE
 THAT THE ELECTRIC GRID SYSTEM WILL REQUIRE.  THE COMMISSION  SHALL:  (A)
 ESTABLISH  A  COMPETITIVE  PROGRAM,  AFTER  NOTICE AND PROVISION FOR THE
 OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF  MEETING  THE  TARGET  ESTAB-
 LISHED  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIXTY-SIX-P OF THIS ARTI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11223-01-1

 S. 6497                             2
 
 CLE THAT BY THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND FORTY THE STATEWIDE ELECTRICAL  DEMAND
 SYSTEM  WILL  BE  ZERO EMISSIONS; (B) COMMENCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
 PROGRAM NO LATER THAN TWO YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION;
 AND  (C)  REQUIRE  THAT ZERO EMISSIONS ENERGY SYSTEMS THAT ARE INSTALLED
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL COMMENCE COMMERCIAL OPERATION BY THE YEAR
 TWO THOUSAND THIRTY.
   3. THE COMMISSION MAY TEMPORARILY SUSPEND OR  MODIFY  THE  OBLIGATIONS
 UNDER  SUCH  PROGRAM  UPON  ITS  FINDING  THAT  THE PROGRAM: IMPEDES THE
 PROVISION OF SAFE AND ADEQUATE ELECTRIC SERVICE;  IS  LIKELY  TO  IMPAIR
 OBLIGATIONS  AND AGREEMENTS IN EXISTENCE AT THE TIME OF THE ENACTMENT OF
 THIS SECTION; AND/OR RESULTS IN A SIGNIFICANT  INCREASE  IN  ARREARS  OR
 SERVICE DISCONNECTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION DETERMINES ARE RELATED TO THE
 PROGRAM.
   4.  NO  LATER THAN THREE YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION
 AND EVERY TWO YEARS THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSION SHALL ISSUE A  COMPREHEN-
 SIVE  REVIEW  OF THE PROGRAM TO DETERMINE, AMONG OTHER MATTERS, PROGRESS
 IN MEETING THE TARGET  FOR  THE  DEPLOYMENT  OF  ZERO  EMISSIONS  ENERGY
 SYSTEMS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

S6497A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8094
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§66-s & 66-t, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S2585

S6497A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S6497A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S6497A

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public service law, in relation to establishing a
program for eligible zero emissions energy systems

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The bill would have the Public Service Commission (PSC) create a program
to foster private sector innovation and investment in "zero emissions
energy systems," in order to meet the targets of the Climate Leadership
and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), Chapter 106 of the Laws of 2019,
while maintaining electric system reliability.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

66-s of the public service law:

Section 1: The bill includes definitions for the following terms:  "zero
emissions energy systems" means systems, other than renewable energy

systems, that generate electricity or thermal energy through the use of
technologies that do not increase the concentration of greenhouse gas in
the atmosphere in the process of generating electricity; "renewable
energy systems" and "greenhouse gas" have the meanings as defined within
the CLCPA.

Section 2. Within one year of the bill's effective date, the PSC would
establish a competitive program to attract private sector investment in
a minimum of one gigawatt of zero emissions energy systems. The PSC
would determine, with public input, which technologies would be techni-
cally feasible by 2030 and therefore eligible for the program, in order
to meet the CLCPA's target of having statewide electrical demand system
be zero emissions by 2040. The PSC would start to implement the program
within two years of the bill's effective date.  Zero emissions energy
systems under the program would commence commercial operation by 2030.

Section 3. Consistent with the provisions of the CLCPA, the PSC would be
able to temporarily modify the program, if electric system reliability
would be impeded or if consumer costs increase significantly.

Section 4. Within three years of the bill's effective date, the PSC
would review the program to determine if the target for the deployment
of zero emissions energy systems is being met.

66-t of the public service law:

Section 2. References the definition for "zero emissions energy systems"
provides the commission with establishes and implements section 66-s of
this article, along with the owner of the zero emissions energy system,
it a third party acting on the owner's behalf, as an ongoing agreement
with a public entity that implements section 66-s of this article,
comply with 66-4 of this article and section 224-d of the labor law.

Section 3: The effective date is immediate upon enactment.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Climate Action Council, established pursuant to the CLCPA, has
received information from studies on emissions reduction pathways needed
to reach the CLCFA goals, while maintaining reliability and reducing
costs to consumers. All scenarios that achieve carbon neutrality share
'significant progress on: energy efficiency and end-use electrification;
switching to low-carbon fuels; decarbonizing the electricity supply; and
the use of negative emissions measures and carbon capture technologies.

The studies, commissioned by the New York Independent System Operator
and New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA),
indicate that upwards of 20 gigawatts of dispatchable and emissions-free
resources will be needed to balance the electric power system. by 2040
as the economy electrifies and reliance on intermittent renewable and
duration limited resources increases.  Those resources Must be signif-
icant in capacity, able to operate continuously over many hours or days,
and flexible enough to meet rapid, steep ramping needs. The studies
further find that battery storage resources help address shorter dura-
tion variability from renewable resources but, based on current technol-
ogy, do not provide the long duration power generation that is necessary
over seasonal periods of reduced renewable generation.

The CLCPA requires that 70 percent of electricity be renewable by 2030.
The bill is intended ultimately to create a market for the kind of tech-
nologies that will comprise the remaining 30 percent of power generation
technology needed to maintain reliability as progress is made toward
achieving the aoal of a zero emissions power system by 2040.

The language of the CLCPA has created a cloud of investment uncertainty
that this bill would help clear. The CLCPA prohibits power plant owners
from using technologies that are defined to be part of the offsets
program, such as: carbon capture and sequestration; anaerobic digesters,
which would involve renewable natural gas; and biofuels. As part of the
Climate Action Council process, the New York State Department of Envi-
ronmental Conservation (DEC) has interpreted the CLCPA to mean that, as
long as the DEC does not establish an offsets program, these technolo-
gies are available for the use of the generation sector. This bill would
help remove uncertainty and promote the development of a market to
foster the investment needed to meet the CLCPA's goals reliably.

For example, green hydrogen, produced by carbon-free means as required
by the CLCPA, and captured biogas that would otherwise escape into the
atmosphere, can be valuable in the energy mix of a decarbonizing economy
by providing generators with a dispatchable, carbon-free fuel to backup
renewable generation and energy storage. Consistent with the CLCPA's
goals, fostering private sector investment in at least one aigawatt of
electricity generated by zero emissions energy systems by 2030 that can
provide the operating flexibility and longer duration aeneration that
intraday battery storage systems cannot is in the public interest, in
order to develop a market for these resources. This program also could
implement the recommendations of the Climate Action Council for how to
meet the CLCPA's goals.

Under the bill, the PSC could decide to establish the program for "zero
emissions energy systems," in a. manner consistent with NYSERDA's
programs for research, development and demonStration of innovative tech-
nologies to meet the goals of the CLCPA while maintaining reliability.


There is no impact upon, or conflict with, renewable energy and energy
storage technologies, as the definition of zero emissions exempts renew-
able energy systems under the PSC's section-of the CLCPA and those
renewables have their own program with their own funding. Other programs
such as offshore wind and energy storage also have their own goals and
are separately funded. The PSC also could decide whether retrofitting
existing facilities would qualify under the program. The bill would send
a market signal for needed technologies and associated fuels to be
developed in a commercially available and cost-effective way.

The costs of the program are addressed by the language that allows the
PSC to modify the program, if costs become too high. The PSC would
decide program parameters that would be best for the public interest and
reaching the goals of the CLCPA in a cost-effective way. The source of
funding for the program would be decided by the PSC, depending on how
the Commission decides to structure the program. The definition of "zero
emissions energy systems" states that greenhouse gases, which are
defined by the CLCPA to include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide,
hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride, and any other
air emission that impacts climate change, would not be increased. The
CLCPA also defines "co-pollutants" to mean hazardous air pollutants
produced by greenhouse gas emissions sources. The DEC's Air Toxics
Program already includes requirements for hazardous air pollutants.
Emissions of nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide already are being
reduced by emission control technologies that are commercially available
and cost-effective.

New York's power sector has reduced the emission rates of nitrogen
oxides by 92 percent and sulfur dioxide by 99 percent. The electric
generation sector has decreased greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 55
percent, the most of any other sector of the economy. New York State
should become a national. leader in the use. of zero emissions systems,
while maintaining reliability, improving the economies and health of
local communities, and increasing affordability.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021/22: S6497 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS REPORTED AND
COMMITTED TO FINANCE

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S6497A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6497--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the
   Committee  on  Finance  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation  to  establishing  a
   program for eligible zero emissions energy systems
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a  new  section
 66-s to read as follows:
   §  66-S.  ESTABLISHMENT OF A ZERO EMISSIONS ENERGY SYSTEMS PROGRAM. 1.
 AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A) "ZERO EMISSIONS ENERGY SYSTEMS" MEANS SYSTEMS, OTHER THAN  RENEWA-
 BLE  ENERGY SYSTEMS, THAT GENERATE ELECTRICITY OR THERMAL ENERGY THROUGH
 THE USE OF TECHNOLOGIES THAT DO NOT LEAD TO A NET INCREASE IN GREENHOUSE
 GAS EMISSIONS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AT ANY TIME IN THE PROCESS OF GENERAT-
 ING ELECTRICITY;
   (B) "RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS" SHALL  HAVE  THE  MEANING  PROVIDED  IN
 SECTION SIXTY-SIX-P OF THIS ARTICLE; AND
   (C)  "GREENHOUSE  GAS"  SHALL  HAVE  THE  MEANING  PROVIDED IN SECTION
 75-0101 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
   2. NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE
 COMMISSION SHALL ESTABLISH A  COMPETITIVE  PROGRAM  TO  PROMOTE  PRIVATE
 SECTOR  INVESTMENT IN A MINIMUM OF ONE GIGAWATT OF INSTALLED CAPACITY OF
 ZERO EMISSIONS ENERGY SYSTEMS THAT USE ELIGIBLE  TECHNOLOGIES  THAT  THE
 COMMISSION  HAS  DETERMINED, AFTER NOTICE AND PROVISION FOR THE OPPORTU-
 NITY TO COMMENT, ARE OPERATIONALLY CAPABLE  BY  THE  YEAR  TWO  THOUSAND
 THIRTY  OF  PROVIDING THE OPERATING FLEXIBILITY AND LONGER-TERM PERFORM-
 ANCE THAT THE ELECTRIC GRID SYSTEM WILL REQUIRE.  THE COMMISSION  SHALL:
 (A)  ESTABLISH A COMPETITIVE PROGRAM, AFTER NOTICE AND PROVISION FOR THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11223-03-1

 S. 6497--A                          2
 
 OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF  MEETING  THE  TARGET  ESTAB-
 LISHED  PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-SIX-P OF THIS ARTICLE THAT BY THE YEAR
 TWO THOUSAND FORTY THE STATEWIDE ELECTRICAL DEMAND SYSTEM WILL  BE  ZERO
 EMISSIONS;  (B) COMMENCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM NO LATER THAN
 TWO YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION; AND (C) REQUIRE  THAT
 ZERO  EMISSIONS ENERGY SYSTEMS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
 SHALL COMMENCE COMMERCIAL OPERATION BY THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND THIRTY.
   3. THE COMMISSION MAY TEMPORARILY MODIFY THE OBLIGATIONS UNDER SUCH  A
 PROGRAM UPON ITS FINDING THAT THE PROGRAM: IMPEDES THE PROVISION OF SAFE
 AND  ADEQUATE  ELECTRIC  SERVICES;  IS  LIKELY TO IMPAIR OBLIGATIONS AND
 AGREEMENTS; AND/OR RESULTS IN  A  SIGNIFICANT  INCREASE  IN  ARREARS  OR
 SERVICE DISCONNECTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION DETERMINES ARE RELATED TO THE
 PROGRAM.
   4.  NO  LATER THAN THREE YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION
 AND EVERY TWO YEARS THEREAFTER, OR UPON MODIFICATION OF THE  OBLIGATIONS
 UNDER  THE  PROGRAM, THE COMMISSION SHALL CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
 AND ISSUE A WRITTEN ASSESSMENT OF THE PROGRAM TO DETERMINE, AMONG  OTHER
 MATTERS, PROGRESS IN MEETING THE TARGET FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF ZERO EMIS-
 SIONS ENERGY SYSTEMS.
   § 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 66-t to
 read as follows:
   §  66-T.  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  ZERO EMISSIONS ENERGY SYSTEMS. 1. FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "ZERO EMISSIONS ENERGY SYSTEMS" SHALL HAVE THE
 SAME MEANING AS IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  SECTION  SIXTY-
 SIX-S  OF  THIS  ARTICLE AND AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIXTY-SIX-S OF THIS ARTICLE.
   2. AS PART OF THE COMPETITIVE PROGRAM THE COMMISSION  ESTABLISHES  AND
 IMPLEMENTS PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-SIX-S OF THIS ARTICLE, THE OWNER OF
 THE ZERO EMISSIONS ENERGY SYSTEM, OR A THIRD PARTY ACTING ON THE OWNER'S
 BEHALF,  AS  AN  ONGOING CONDITION OF ANY AGREEMENT WITH A PUBLIC ENTITY
 THAT IMPLEMENTS THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIXTY-SIX-S OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
 SHALL  COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIXTY-SIX-R OF THIS ARTICLE
 AND SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR-D OF THE LABOR LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Jun 9, 2021 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jun 9, 2021

May 19, 2021 - Energy and Telecommunications committee Vote

Committee Vote: May 19, 2021

Bill Amendments

S6497 - Details

S6497 - Summary

S6497 - Sponsor Memo

S6497 - Bill Text download pdf

S6497A (ACTIVE) - Details

S6497A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S6497A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S6497A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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