NY State Senate Bill 2023-S8504

Senate Bill S8504

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing the New York state energy research and development authority to administer a program to provide grants related to enabling fuel-switching

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

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Feb 06, 2024	referred to energy and telecommunications

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2023-S8504 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8595
Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1854, Pub Auth L

2023-S8504 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to administer a program to provide grants, loans or other services for the costs related to enabling fuel-switching for residences with propane or fuel-oil heating systems to efficient electric heat pumps.

2023-S8504 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8504

SPONSOR: HARCKHAM
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to authorizing
the New York state energy research and development authority to adminis-
ter a program to provide grants related to enabling fuel-switching

 
PURPOSE:

Authorizes NYSERDA to establish and implement a Delivered Fuels Replace-
ment Program to provide grants, loans and other support for residential
homes to transition from delivered fuels heating to efficient electric
heat pumps.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 creates a new subdivision 27 to section 1854 of the public
service law to authorize NYSERDA established and implement a Delivered
Fuels Replacement Program to provide grants, loans and other support to
transition delivered fuels from residential homes to efficient electric

heat pumps.

Section 2 states the effective Date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Approximately 1.8 million New York households use delivered fuels,
including fuel oil and propane furnaces, and water heaters. New York
state residents consume more heating oil than any other state in the
country. Transitioning homes on delivered fuels to electrified ones will
yield significant economic, health, and environmental benefits.

98% of New York households on delivered fuels would save money by elec-
trifying space heating, with the average household saving $1,451 per
year, representing $3 billion in potential savings every year.

Electrifying delivered fuel space heating is the highest impact residen-
tial decarbonization action New York can take; doing so would eliminate
34-55% more carbon pollution than electrifying the same number of gas
furnaces.

This legislation will authorize NYSERDA to establish and implement a
program focused on providing grants, loans, and other support for resi-
dential homes to transition from delivered fuels to efficient electric
heat pumps.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

TBD

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S8504 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8504
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 6, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to authorizing
   the New York state energy research and development authority to admin-
   ister a program to provide grants related to enabling fuel-switching

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  1854 of the public authorities law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 27 to read as follows:
   27. TO ADMINISTER A PROGRAM, USING FUNDS PROVIDED FOR SUCH PURPOSE, TO
 PROVIDE GRANTS, LOANS OR OTHER SERVICES, BASED ON STANDARDS  AND  GUIDE-
 LINES  ESTABLISHED  BY  THE AUTHORITY, FOR THE COSTS RELATED TO ENABLING
 FUEL-SWITCHING FOR RESIDENCES WITH PROPANE OR FUEL-OIL  HEATING  SYSTEMS
 TO  EFFICIENT  ELECTRIC  HEAT PUMPS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CLEAN
 ENERGY MEASURES, ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES, RESILIENCY MEASURES,  HEAT-
 ING AND COOLING, HEALTH AND SAFETY AND OTHER RELATED ENERGY IMPROVEMENTS
 AND EXPENSES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13583-01-3

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