Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 13, 2024 |
signed chap.87 delivered to governor |
Feb 06, 2024 |
returned to senate passed assembly |
Feb 05, 2024 |
ordered to third reading cal.295 substituted for a8565 |
Jan 23, 2024 |
referred to environmental conservation delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jan 08, 2024 |
ordered to third reading cal.48 |
Jan 05, 2024 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S8060
Signed By Governor2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 40th Senate District
Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2023-S8060 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8565
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1, Chap of 2023 (as proposed in S.6604 & A.6949); amd §§23-0305 & 23-1903, En Con L
2023-S8060 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8060 SPONSOR: HARCKHAM TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law and a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the environmental conservation law relating to exempting certain geothermal boreholes at depths beyond five hundred feet from certain requirements, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6604 and A. 6949, in relation to regulation of certain closed-loop boreholes installed for the purpose of facilitating a geothermal heating or cooling system PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to provisions of Chapter 483 of the laws of 2023 to provide the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) with the authority to regulate closed-loop geothermal boreholes over 500 feet deep in a manner more consistent with industry standards. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
2023-S8060 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8060 I N S E N A T E January 5, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the environmental conservation law relating to exempting certain geothermal boreholes at depths beyond five hundred feet from certain requirements, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6604 and A. 6949, in relation to regulation of certain closed-loop boreholes installed for the purpose of facilitating a geothermal heating or cooling system THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 4 and 5 of section 1 of a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the environmental conservation law relating to exempt- ing certain geothermal boreholes at depths beyond five hundred feet from certain requirements, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6604 and A. 6949, are amended to read as follows: 4. [Extension of the] APPROPRIATE permitting rules [currently applied to closed-loop geothermal systems less than five hundred feet deep to] FOR closed-loop geothermal boreholes deeper than five hundred feet will reduce the cost of meeting New York state's building decarbonization requirements by nearly $9.9 billion by 2050; reduce the cost of meeting the state's goal of electrifying one million homes by 2030 by approxi- mately $900 million; and reduce the cost of electrifying 85% of the state's building stock by approximately $9 billion between 2030 and 2050, in 2023 dollars. In nominal dollars, the total cost savings increase to $16.3 billion by 2050. 5. [Extension of the] APPROPRIATE permitting rules [currently applied to closed-loop geothermal systems less than five hundred feet deep to such] FOR FACILITATING CLOSED-LOOP GEOTHERMAL boreholes deeper than five hundred feet will obviate unnecessary technical and permitting barriers, open new markets to clean heating and cooling technologies in densely populated regions, and enable drastically increased leverage of federal funding to meet New York state's emissions reductions targets. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10951-03-4
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