senate Bill S1694

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the New York state grid modernization commission

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 31, 2023 reported and committed to finance
Jan 13, 2023 referred to energy and telecommunications

Votes

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Jan 31, 2023 - Energy and Telecommunications committee Vote

S1694
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committee
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Aye
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Nay
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Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
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Excused
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Abstained
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Energy and Telecommunications Committee Vote: Jan 31, 2023

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S1694 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6253
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §66-u, Pub Serv L; amd §6-104, Energy L

S1694 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the New York state grid modernization commission; provides the commission shall conduct a study of research, development and demonstrations of electric grid modernization and shall issue such report to the state energy planning board for consideration in the state energy plan.

S1694 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1694 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1694
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 service law and the energy law, in relation
   to establishing the New York state grid modernization commission

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 66-u to read as follows:
   § 66-U. NEW YORK STATE GRID MODERNIZATION COMMISSION.  1.  WITHIN  ONE
 HUNDRED  EIGHTY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE NEW YORK
 STATE GRID MODERNIZATION COMMISSION SHALL BE ESTABLISHED. THE  CHAIR  OF
 THE  COMMISSION,  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, THE
 COMMISSIONER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  TRANSPORTA-
 TION,  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  LABOR, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF
 HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, THE COMMISSIONER  OF  AGRICUL-
 TURE AND MARKETS, THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND
 THE  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  NEW  YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
 AUTHORITY SHALL EACH APPOINT TWO MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE GRID MODERNIZA-
 TION COMMISSION. THE GOVERNOR, TEMPORARY PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE  AND
 SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY SHALL EACH APPOINT ONE ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
 TO  SERVE  ON  THE GRID MODERNIZATION COMMISSION. THE GRID MODERNIZATION
 COMMISSION SHALL CONSIST OF MEMBERS FROM COMMUNITIES OF  COLOR,  LOW-IN-
 COME COMMUNITIES, AND COMMUNITIES BEARING DISPROPORTIONATE POLLUTION AND
 CLIMATE  CHANGE  BURDENS, OR SHALL BE REPRESENTATIVES OF COMMUNITY-BASED
 ORGANIZATIONS WITH EXPERIENCE AND A HISTORY OF ADVOCACY ON ENVIRONMENTAL
 JUSTICE ISSUES, AND SHALL INCLUDE AT LEAST TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM  NEW
 YORK  CITY  COMMUNITIES, TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM RURAL COMMUNITIES, AND
 TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK URBAN COMMUNITIES. MEMBERS  OF
 THE GRID MODERNIZATION COMMISSION SHALL SERVE WITHOUT COMPENSATION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05756-01-3
 S. 1694                             2

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