Senate Bill S4566

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Maintains the continued viability of the state's existing biomass facility which is located within a military installation

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S4566 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4585
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Services
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S8360, A9127

2023-S4566 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Maintains the continued viability of the state's existing biomass facility which is located within a military installation by deeming such facility a renewable energy system within the renewable energy program established by the public service commission by its order adopting or modifying the clean energy standard.

2023-S4566 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4566 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4566
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and  Tele-
   communications
 
 AN ACT to maintain the continued viability of the state's existing biom-
   ass facility which is located within a military installation

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings and  intent.  The  legislature  hereby
 finds and determines that:
   Since  the  inception of New York's renewable energy policy, beginning
 with the Public Service Commission's order approving the Renewable Port-
 folio Standard (RPS) in 2004, biomass has been  considered  a  renewable
 resource  and  has  been  helping New York advance towards its renewable
 energy targets for nearly two decades;
   To date, New York's renewable energy programs have supported two biom-
 ass projects totaling 69.3 megawatts;
   To further promote and incentivize the development of renewable  ener-
 gy, New York state recently adopted the Climate Leadership and Community
 Protection  Act  (CLCPA),  which,  among other things, mandates that, by
 2030, 70% of electricity consumed in the state will come from  renewable
 energy systems and 100% of such electricity be zero-emitting by 2040;
   Unlike  the  state's  previous  programs, the CLCPA excluded bioenergy
 from the definition of  "renewable  energy  systems,"  thus  eliminating
 financial  program  support  for  biomass  facilities upon expiration of
 existing contracts;
   Today, while the Climate Action Council, as established by the  CLCPA,
 continues  to  debate  the role of bioenergy in New York's policies, New
 York's last remaining utility-scale biomass facility, located  within  a
 military  installation,  faces  closure  in  2023 upon expiration of the
 current Renewable Energy Credit (REC) contract with the New  York  State
 Energy Research and Development Authority;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07855-01-3
              

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