assembly Bill A4393

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes a one hundred percent clean renewable energy system for electricity by two thousand thirty

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Feb 14, 2023 referred to energy

A4393 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2007
Law Section:
Energy Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-104, Energy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7755, S5519
2021-2022: A313, S2834

A4393 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing a one hundred percent clean renewable energy system for electricity by two thousand thirty-four; such energy system shall include solar, wind, geothermal and tidal sources.

A4393 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4393
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the energy  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  a  one
   hundred  percent  clean renewable energy system for electricity by two
   thousand thirty
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative intent. New York state has a goal to transition
 away  from  fossil fuels to clean renewable energy. Since New York state
 is facing a climate emergency, it shall set  a  goal  of  achieving  one
 hundred  percent  clean renewable energy for electricity by two thousand
 thirty for the purpose of  creating  jobs,  promoting  economic  growth,
 improving  public  health,  protecting  the  environment,  and  to avoid
 climate catastrophe.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 6-104 of the energy  law,  as  added  by
 chapter 433 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  board  shall adopt a state energy plan in accordance with the
 provisions of this article.  SUCH PLAN SHALL ESTABLISH A GOAL OF ACHIEV-
 ING A ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM FOR  ELECTRICITY
 BY  TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-FOUR, WITH ZERO NET GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. AS
 USED IN THIS SECTION, "CLEAN  RENEWABLE  ENERGY"  SHALL  INCLUDE  ENERGY
 DERIVED  FROM  SOLAR,  WIND, GEOTHERMAL, AND TIDAL SOURCES, BUT DOES NOT
 INCLUDE NUCLEAR POWER, NATURAL GAS, BIOMASS, OR FOSSIL FUELS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05466-01-3