Assembly Bill A8614

                             
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                                   8614
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2024
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 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, the environmental  conservation  law,
   and  the  public  service law, in relation to increasing the statewide
   energy storage capacity
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 94-c of the exec-
 utive  law,  as added by section 4 of part JJJ of chapter 58 of the laws
 of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) "CLCPA targets" shall mean the public policies established in  the
 climate  leadership  and community protection act enacted in chapter one
 hundred six of the laws of two thousand nineteen, including the require-
 ment that a minimum of seventy percent of the statewide electric  gener-
 ation  be  produced  by renewable energy systems by two thousand thirty,
 that by the year two thousand  forty  the  statewide  electrical  demand
 system will generate zero emissions and the procurement of at least nine
 gigawatts  of offshore wind electricity generation by two thousand thir-
 ty-five, six gigawatts of photovoltaic solar generation by two  thousand
 twenty-five  and  to  support  [three] SIX gigawatts of statewide energy
 storage capacity by two thousand thirty.
   § 2. Paragraph e of subdivision 13 of section 75-0103 of the  environ-
 mental conservation law, as added by chapter 106 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   e.  Measures  to  achieve  six  gigawatts  of distributed solar energy
 capacity installed in the state by two thousand twenty-five, nine  giga-
 watts of offshore wind capacity installed by two thousand thirty-five, a
 statewide  energy  efficiency  goal  of one hundred eighty-five trillion
 British thermal units energy reduction from the two thousand twenty-five
 forecast; and [three] SIX gigawatts of statewide energy storage capacity
 by two thousand thirty.
   § 3. Subdivision 5 of section 66-p of the public service law, as added
 by chapter 106 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   5. No later than July first, two thousand twenty-four, the  commission
 shall  establish programs to require the procurement by the state's load
 serving entities of at least nine gigawatts of offshore wind electricity
 generation by two thousand thirty-five and six gigawatts of photovoltaic
 solar generation by two thousand twenty-five, and to support [three] SIX
 gigawatts of statewide energy storage capacity by two thousand thirty.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, that the amend-
 ments  to  section 94-c of the executive law made by section one of this
 act shall not affect the repeal of such  section  and  shall  be  deemed
 repealed therewith.