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Senate Bill S8648

Signed By Governor

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to redefining the term covered renewable energy system

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2021-S8648 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9598
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §224-d, Lab L

2021-S8648 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Redefines the term "covered renewable energy system" to mean a renewable energy system with a capacity of one or more megawatts alternating current.

2021-S8648 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8648 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8648
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 24, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor  law,  in  relation  to  redefining  the  term
   "covered renewable energy system"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 224-d of the labor law,  as  added
 by section 2 of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2021, is amended to
 read as follows:
   1.  For  purposes of this section, a "covered renewable energy system"
 means a renewable energy system, as such  term  is  defined  in  section
 sixty-six-p  of the public service law, with a capacity of [greater than
 five megawatts] ONE OR MORE  MEGAWATTS  alternating  current  and  which
 involves the procurement of renewable energy credits by a public entity,
 or  a third party acting on behalf and for the benefit of a public enti-
 ty.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15058-01-2

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