Assembly Bill A10082

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   10082
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2026
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 Introduced  by M. of A. BOLOGNA -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   renewable  energy  projects;  to  amend the administrative code of the
   city of New York, the energy law, the general municipal law, the labor
   law, the public authorities law, the public  health  law,  the  public
   service  law,  the  state finance law and the town law, in relation to
   making conforming changes; and to repeal  certain  provisions  of  the
   environmental conservation law, the public service law, chapter 355 of
   the laws of 2014, constituting the community risk  and resiliency act,
   and   chapter 106 of the laws of 2019, constituting the New York state
   climate leadership and community protection act, relating thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Article  75  of  the  environmental  conservation  law is
 REPEALED.
   § 2. Paragraphs g, h and i of subdivision 1 of section 54-1523 of  the
 environmental  conservation  law, as amended by section 1 of part KKK of
 chapter 58 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   g. climate change adaptation planning and supporting studies,  includ-
 ing  but  not  limited  to vulnerability assessment and risk analysis of
 municipal drinking water, wastewater, and transportation infrastructure;
 AND
   h. [to establish  and  implement  easily-replicated  renewable  energy
 projects, including solar arrays, heat pumps and wind turbines in public
 low-income housing in suburban, urban and rural areas; and
   i.]  land  acquisition,  including but not limited to flood mitigation
 and coastal riparian resiliency; provided, however, no monies  shall  be
 expended for acquisition by eminent domain.
   § 3. Section 66-p of the public service law is REPEALED.
   §  4.  Sections  17-1  and  17-b of   chapter 355 of the laws of 2014,
 constituting the community risk and resiliency act are REPEALED.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 5. Sections 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of  chapter  106
 of  the laws of 2019, constituting the New York state climate leadership
 and community protection act are REPEALED.
   §  6.  Subdivision  c of section 4-207.1 of the administrative code of
 the city of New York as added by local law number 99 of the city of  New
 York for the year 2024,  is amended to read as follows:
   c.  In  meeting the requirements of subdivision b of this section, the
 department shall prioritize the installation of photovoltaic systems  in
 disadvantaged  communities,  as defined by FORMER section 75-0101 of the
 environmental conservation law.
   § 7. The third undesignated paragraph  of  subdivision  a  of  section
 25-120  of  the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by
 local law number 172 of the city of New York for  the  year  2023,    is
 amended to read as follows:
   Disadvantaged  community.  The  term "disadvantaged community" means a
 disadvantaged community identified pursuant to FORMER section 75-0111 of
 the environmental conservation law.
   § 8. Subdivision 18-a of section 16-102 of the energy law, as added by
 chapter 374 of the laws of 2022,  is amended to read as follows:
   18-a. "Greenhouse gas" means "greenhouse gas" as defined  in  subdivi-
 sion  seven  of FORMER section 75-0101 of the environmental conservation
 law.
   § 9. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 16-106  of  the  energy
 law,  as added by chapter 374 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (d) To adopt regulations to achieve the purposes of this article. Such
 regulations shall ensure that compliance therewith will not result in  a
 net  increase  in co-pollutant emissions or otherwise disproportionately
 burden disadvantaged communities [as identified by the  climate  justice
 working  group  established  under  section 75-0111 of the environmental
 conservation law]. In order to increase public participation and improve
 the efficacy of any efficiency standards adopted pursuant to subdivision
 (b) or (c) of this section, the president shall, before publication of a
 notice of proposed rule making, conduct public meetings to provide mean-
 ingful opportunities for public comment from all segments of  the  popu-
 lation that would be impacted by the standards or regulations, including
 persons  living  in  disadvantaged  communities  [as  identified  by the
 climate justice working group established under section 75-0111  of  the
 environmental conservation law];
   §  10.  Subdivision 9 of section 8-0105 of the environmental conserva-
 tion law, as added by chapter 840 of the laws of  2022,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   9.  "Disadvantaged  community" shall have the same meaning as subdivi-
 sion five of FORMER section 75-0101 of this chapter.
   § 11. Subdivisions 32 and 33 of section 27-1405 of  the  environmental
 conservation  law, as added by section 1 of part LL of chapter 58 of the
 laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   32. "Disadvantaged community" shall mean a community that  is  identi-
 fied pursuant to FORMER section 75-0111 of this chapter.
   33.  "Renewable  energy  facility  site" shall mean real property: (a)
 that is used for a renewable energy system, as defined in FORMER section
 sixty-six-p of the public service law;  or  (b)  any  co-located  system
 storing  energy  generated  from such a renewable energy system prior to
 delivering it to the bulk transmission,  sub-transmission,  or  distrib-
 ution system.
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   §  12. Subdivision 3 of section 54-1511 of the environmental conserva-
 tion law, as amended by section 1 of part S of chapter 58 of the laws of
 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  State  assistance  payments  shall not exceed fifty percent of the
 project cost or two million dollars, whichever is less, provided however
 if a municipality meets criteria established by the department  relating
 to  either  financial  hardship or disadvantaged communities pursuant to
 FORMER section 75-0101 of this chapter, the commissioner  may  authorize
 state assistance payments of up to eighty percent of the project cost or
 two  million dollars, whichever is less. Such costs are subject to final
 computation and determination by the commissioner upon completion of the
 project, and shall not exceed the maximum eligible cost set forth in the
 contract. A determination of financial hardship shall be based on crite-
 ria that clearly indicates that the municipality is experiencing signif-
 icant and widespread  financial  distress,  with  primary  consideration
 given  to  whether  a  municipality  has a median household income at or
 below eighty percent of the state median household income.
   § 13. Subdivision 4 of section 58-0101 of the environmental  conserva-
 tion  law, as added by section 2 of part OO of chapter 58 of the laws of
 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   4. "Disadvantaged communities" shall mean a community that is  identi-
 fied pursuant to FORMER section 75-0111 of this chapter.
   §  14. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 and paragraph (a) of subdivision
 5 of section 70-0118 of the environmental  conservation  law,  paragraph
 (a)  of  subdivision  1 as amended and paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 as
 added by chapter 49 of the laws of 2023, are amended to read as follows:
   (a) "Disadvantaged communities" shall have the same meaning as  subdi-
 vision five of FORMER section 75-0101 of this chapter.
   (a)  relevant  baseline data on existing burdens, including from rele-
 vant criteria used to designate the particular disadvantaged communities
 pursuant to subdivision one of FORMER section 75-0111 of this chapter;
   § 15. Subdivisions 8 and 15 of section 76-0101  of  the  environmental
 conservation  law,  as  amended  by chapter 100 of the laws of 2025, are
 amended to read as follows:
   8. "Covered greenhouse gas emissions" means, with respect to any enti-
 ty, the total quantity of greenhouse gas emissions, expressed in  metric
 tons  of carbon dioxide equivalent, as defined in FORMER section 75-0101
 of this chapter, attributable  to  the  total  amount  of  fossil  fuels
 extracted by that entity during the covered period, as well as the total
 amount  of  crude  oil refined by that entity during the covered period.
 For the purposes of  this  article,  covered  greenhouse  gas  emissions
 include  those  emissions attributable to all fossil fuel extraction and
 refining worldwide by such entity and are not limited to such  emissions
 within the state.
   15.  "Greenhouse  gas"  shall  have  the  same definition as in FORMER
 section 75-0101 of this chapter.
   § 16. Paragraph g of subdivision 2,  paragraph  h  of  subdivision  6,
 subdivision  7,  and  clause  1  of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph a of
 subdivision 10 of section 76-0103 of the environmental conservation law,
 paragraph g of subdivision 2, paragraph h of subdivision 6, and clause 1
 of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph a of subdivision 10  as  amended  and
 subdivision  7  as added by chapter 100 of the laws of 2025, are amended
 to read as follows:
   g. To allocate funds in such a way as to achieve a goal that at  least
 forty  percent  of  the qualified expenditures from the program, but not
 less than thirty-five percent of such expenditures, shall go to  climate
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 change  adaptive  infrastructure  projects  that  benefit  disadvantaged
 communities as defined in FORMER section 75-0101 of this chapter.
   h.  provide  opportunities for public engagement in all regions of the
 state, including by holding at least two public hearings, one  in-person
 and  one  virtual,  with  meaningful opportunities for participation and
 public comment from all segments of the  population,  including  persons
 living  in  disadvantaged  communities  as identified pursuant to FORMER
 section 75-0111 of this chapter, a minimum of sixty days' public  notice
 in  compliance  with the provisions of article seven of the public offi-
 cers law, on a draft of the plan, a summary and analysis of  the  public
 comments  and a description of any changes made to the plan based on the
 public comments received.
   7. Total qualifying expenditures shall be allocated in such a  way  as
 to  achieve a goal that at least forty percent of the qualified expendi-
 tures from the program, but not less than thirty-five  percent  of  such
 expenditures,   shall  go  to  climate  change  adaptive  infrastructure
 projects that benefit disadvantaged communities  as  defined  in  FORMER
 section 75-0101 of this chapter.
   (1)  expenditures that benefit disadvantaged communities as defined in
 FORMER section 75-0101 of this chapter;
   § 17. Subdivision 21 of section 854 of the general municipal  law,  as
 added  by  section  5  of  part  X of chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (21) "Renewable energy project" shall mean any project and  associated
 real property on which the project is situated, that utilizes any system
 or  equipment  as  set forth in section four hundred eighty-seven of the
 real property tax law or as defined pursuant to paragraph b of  subdivi-
 sion  one  of  FORMER  section  sixty-six-p of the public service law as
 added by chapter one hundred six of the laws of two thousand nineteen.
   § 18. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 224-d of the labor law, subdivi-
 sion 1 as amended by section 31 of part O of chapter 58 of the  laws  of
 2024 and subdivision 2 as added by section 2 of part AA of chapter 56 of
 the laws of 2021, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  For  purposes of this section, a "covered renewable energy system"
 means (a) a renewable energy system, as such term is defined  in  FORMER
 section sixty-six-p of the public service law, with a capacity of one or
 more megawatts alternating current and which involves the procurement of
 renewable energy credits by a public entity, or a company or corporation
 provided  in subdivisions twenty-three and twenty-four of section two of
 the public service law, or a third party acting on behalf  and  for  the
 benefit  of a public entity; (b) any "thermal energy network" as defined
 by subdivision twenty-nine of section two of the public service law; (c)
 any offshore wind supply chain project, including  but  not  limited  to
 port infrastructure, primary component manufacturing, finished component
 manufacturing, subassembly manufacturing, subcomponent manufacturing, or
 raw  material producers, or a combination thereof receiving direct fund-
 ing from the New York state energy research  and  development  authority
 pursuant to an award under a New York state energy research and develop-
 ment authority solicitation; or (d) a "major utility transmission facil-
 ity" as such term is defined by section one hundred twenty of the public
 service law.
   2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section two hundred twenty-four-a
 of  this  article, a covered renewable energy system shall be subject to
 prevailing wage requirements in accordance  with  sections  two  hundred
 twenty and two hundred twenty-b of this article. Provided that a renewa-
 ble  energy  system  defined in FORMER section sixty-six-p of the public
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 service law which is not considered to be covered by this  section,  may
 still  otherwise  be  considered a "covered project" pursuant to section
 two hundred twenty-four-a of this article if it meets such definition.
   §  19.  Subparagraphs (iv)   and (vii) of paragraph (i) of subdivision
 27-a, paragraph (a) and subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (c)  of  subdivi-
 sion  27-b, and paragraph (a) of subdivision 27-c of section 1005 of the
 public authorities law, subparagraphs (iv) and (vii) of paragraph (i) of
 subdivision 27-a as added by section 1, paragraph (a)  and  subparagraph
 (iv)  of  paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision 27-b as added by section 2 and
 paragraph (a) of subdivision 27-c as added by section 5 of  part  QQ  of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, are amended to read as follows:
   (iv) "Disadvantaged communities" has the meaning ascribed to that term
 by  subdivision  five  of  FORMER  section  75-0101 of the environmental
 conservation law.
   (vii) "Renewable energy system" has the same meaning as FORMER section
 sixty-six-p of the public service law.
   (a) Definitions. For purposes of this subdivision, the following terms
 shall have the following meanings:
   (i) "bill credit" means a monthly monetary credit which is  funded  by
 the  authority,  as  further determined by the public service commission
 and appears on the utility bill of a low-income or moderate-income  end-
 use  electricity  consumer  located  in  a  disadvantaged community, for
 renewable  energy  produced  by  renewable  energy  systems   developed,
 constructed,  owned,  or  contracted  for  by the power authority of the
 state of New York and  injected  into  a  distribution  or  transmission
 facility  at  one  or  more  points in New York state, together with any
 enhanced incentive  payments  for  a  community  distributed  generation
 project  serving a disadvantaged community provided for in paragraph (b)
 of subdivision seven of FORMER section sixty-six-p of the public service
 law, together with any other funding made available by the authority for
 such purposes;
   (ii) "disadvantaged community" means a community defined as  a  disad-
 vantaged  community in accordance with article seventy-five of the envi-
 ronmental conservation law;
   (iii) "jurisdictional load serving entity" has  the  same  meaning  as
 defined   in   paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  one  of  FORMER  section
 sixty-six-p of the public service law;
   (iv) "low-income or moderate-income end-use consumer" shall mean  end-
 use  customers of electric corporations and combination gas and electric
 corporations regulated by the public service commission whose income  is
 found to be below the state median income based on household size;
   (v) "renewable energy" means electrical energy produced by a renewable
 energy system;
   (vi)  "renewable  energy  systems"  has the same meaning as defined in
 paragraph (b) of subdivision one of FORMER section  sixty-six-p  of  the
 public service law; and
   (vii)  "qualified  energy  storage  system"  has  the  same meaning as
 defined in subdivision one of section seventy-four of the public service
 law.
   (iv) enter into contracts for purposes of implementing REACH,  includ-
 ing  but not limited to agreements with developers, owners and operators
 of renewable energy systems, and  agreements  with  jurisdictional  load
 serving  entities  and  the  Long Island power authority, or its service
 provider, to provide for bill credits to end-use  electricity  consumers
 in  disadvantaged communities for renewable energy produced by renewable
 energy systems, upon terms and conditions approved by the public service
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 commission pursuant to subdivisions seven and eight  of  FORMER  section
 sixty-six-p of the public service law.
   (a)  Within  two  years of the effective date of this subdivision, the
 authority shall publish a plan providing for the proposed phase out,  by
 December  thirty-first,  two thousand thirty, of the production of elec-
 tric energy from its small natural gas  power  plants.  The  plan  shall
 include  a  proposed  strategy  to replace, where appropriate, the small
 natural gas power plants with renewable energy systems,  as  defined  in
 FORMER  section sixty-six-p of the public service law, including renewa-
 ble energy generating projects authorized pursuant to subdivision  twen-
 ty-seven-a  of  this section provided such projects shall be included in
 the strategic plan established pursuant to subdivision twenty-seven-a of
 this section. By December thirty-first, two thousand thirty, the author-
 ity shall cease production of electricity at each of its  small  natural
 gas  power  plants  should  the  authority  determine that such plant or
 plants, or the electricity production therefrom are not needed  for  any
 of the following purposes: (i) emergency power service; or (ii) electric
 system  reliability,  including but not limited to, operating facilities
 to maintain power system requirements for facility thermal limits, volt-
 age limits, frequency limits, fault  current  duty  limits,  or  dynamic
 stability limits, in accordance with the system reliability standards of
 the  North  American  electric  reliability corporation, criteria of the
 northeast power coordinating council, rules of the New York state  reli-
 ability  council, and as applicable, reliability rules of the utility in
 whose service territory a small natural  gas  power  plant  is  located.
 Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, the authority may
 continue  to  produce  electric  energy  at any of the small natural gas
 power plants if existing or proposed  replacement  generation  resources
 would  result  in  more  than  a de minimis net increase of emissions of
 carbon dioxide or criteria air pollutants within a disadvantaged  commu-
 nity  as  defined  in  subdivision five of FORMER section 75-0101 of the
 environmental conservation law. The authority  shall  file  deactivation
 notices  with the federally designated electric bulk system operator for
 the state of New York for the purpose of ceasing electricity  production
 from  the  small  natural  gas power plants in a timeframe sufficient to
 facilitate the cessation of  electricity  production  pursuant  to  this
 paragraph.
   §  20. Subdivision 24, the opening paragraph of subdivision 25 and the
 opening paragraph of subdivision  26  of  section  1854  of  the  public
 authorities  law,  as added by section 1 of part TT of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2023, are amended to read as follows:
   24. All revenues generated pursuant to regulations or actions taken by
 the department, the authority or any other  state  entity,  pursuant  to
 FORMER  sections  75-0107  and 75-0109 of the environmental conservation
 law, shall be placed into a segregated authority funding account, estab-
 lished pursuant to section eighteen hundred fifty-nine  of  this  title,
 prior  to  programmatic  or  administrative allocation, and shall not be
 commingled with other authority funds.
   Within thirty days following receipt of revenues generated pursuant to
 regulations or actions taken by the department,  the  authority  or  any
 other  state  entity  pursuant to FORMER sections 75-0107 and 75-0109 of
 the environmental conservation law, the authority shall make the follow-
 ing transfers from such segregated authority funding account:
   Climate affordability study. The authority and the department of envi-
 ronmental conservation, in consultation with the division of the budget,
 the department of public service, and the  department  of  taxation  and
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 finance,  shall  conduct a study and issue a report with recommendations
 for the use of moneys transferred to the consumer climate action account
 established pursuant to section ninety-nine-qq of the state finance law.
 Such  report shall be guided by the final scoping plan prepared pursuant
 to FORMER section 75-0103 of  the  environmental  conservation  law  and
 shall  consider,  among  other things: (a) structure and distribution of
 benefits in an equitable manner,  accounting  for  potential  dispropor-
 tionate  impacts to low-income households and disadvantaged communities;
 (b) implementation of a variety of mechanisms to meet the  varied  needs
 of the people of the state, which may include direct payments, tax cred-
 its,  transit  vouchers, utility assistance, or other financial benefits
 that are reasonable and practicable; (c) financial benefits that  ensure
 that  individuals  receiving  means-tested government assistance receive
 benefits that will not  constitute  income  for  purposes  of  any  such
 means-tested  government  assistance  programs; and (d) benefit programs
 that limit the administrative effort required of recipients. Such  study
 shall  be  completed  by the first of January, two thousand twenty-four,
 and shall be delivered to the governor and the legislature.
   § 21. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 1911 of the  public  authorities
 law,  subdivision  3  as  added  by  chapter 759 of the laws of 2023 and
 subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 106 of the laws of 2024, are amended
 to read as follows:
   3. "Disadvantaged communities" shall have the same meaning as  defined
 in  subdivision  five  of  FORMER  section  75-0101 of the environmental
 conservation law.
   4. "Renewable energy" shall have the same meaning as defined in FORMER
 section sixty-six-p of the public service law.
   § 22. Paragraph (s) of subdivision 1 of  section  207  of  the  public
 health  law,  as added by chapter 294 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (s) Promoting public awareness of the dangers of fatal  and  non-fatal
 drowning, including but not limited to the unique risk factors and expo-
 sures  associated  with infant and early drowning, childhood and teenage
 drowning and adult drowning, the disparate risk of drowning in disadvan-
 taged communities identified pursuant to FORMER section 75-0111  of  the
 environmental  conservation law and with individuals with a mental disa-
 bility as defined by subdivision three of section  1.03  of  the  mental
 hygiene  law, and methods to reduce the risks of drowning, including but
 not limited to water safety instruction, swim lessons, and awareness  of
 water based risks.
   §  23.  Subdivision  1  of  section 66-r of the public service law, as
 added by section 2-a of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws  of  2021,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  For  the  purposes  of  this  section, a "covered renewable energy
 system" means a renewable energy system, as  such  term  is  defined  in
 FORMER  section  sixty-six-p of this article, with a capacity of greater
 than five megawatts alternating current and which involves the  procure-
 ment  of  renewable  energy credits by a public entity, or a third party
 acting on behalf and for the benefit of a public entity.
   § 24. Subdivision 2 of section 66-t of  the  public  service  law,  as
 added by chapter 375 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Within three months of the effective date of this section, each of
 the seven largest gas, electric, or combination gas and electric  corpo-
 rations  shall submit to the commission for review and approval at least
 one and as many as five proposed pilot thermal energy network  projects.
 In developing the pilot project proposals, at least one pilot project in
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 each utility territory shall be proposed in a disadvantaged community as
 defined  in  subdivision  five of FORMER section 75-0101 of the environ-
 mental conservation law, and if a utility proposes four  or  more  pilot
 projects,  at  least two shall be proposed in disadvantaged communities.
 Each utility shall coordinate with other utility participants,  the  New
 York  state  energy  research and development authority, and consultants
 with expertise on successful pilot projects to  ensure  that  the  pilot
 projects  are  diverse and designed to inform the commission's decisions
 in the proceeding on the various ownership, market, and rate  structures
 for  thermal  energy networks. The pilot project proposals shall include
 specific customer protection plans and shall be made publicly  available
 on  the  commission's  website  and shall be subject to a public comment
 period of no less than thirty days.  Within six months of the  effective
 date  of  this  section, the commission shall determine whether it is in
 the public interest to approve  or  modify  such  pilot  thermal  energy
 network  projects  and shall issue an order directing each gas, electric
 or combination gas and electric corporation to implement  such  proposed
 or modified pilot thermal energy network projects. In considering wheth-
 er pilot thermal energy network projects are in the public interest, the
 commission  shall consider whether the pilot project will develop infor-
 mation useful for the commission's promulgation of regulations governing
 thermal energy networks, whether the pilot project furthers the  climate
 justice  and/or  emissions  reduction mandates of the climate leadership
 and community protection act, whether the pilot project advances  finan-
 cial and technical approaches to equitable and affordable building elec-
 trification, and whether the pilot project creates benefits to customers
 and  society  at large, including but not limited to public health bene-
 fits in areas  with  disproportionate  environmental  or  public  health
 burdens, job retention/creation, reliability, and increased affordabili-
 ty of renewable thermal energy options.
   § 25. Subdivision 4 of section 137 of the public service law, as added
 by section 11 of part O of chapter 58 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
 read as follows:
   4.  "Major  renewable  energy  facility"  means  any  renewable energy
 system, as such term is defined in FORMER section  sixty-six-p  of  this
 chapter,  with  a  nameplate generating capacity of twenty-five thousand
 kilowatts or more, and any co-located system  storing  energy  generated
 from  such  a renewable energy system prior to delivering it to the bulk
 transmission system, including all associated appurtenances to  electric
 plants,  including  electric transmission facilities less than ten miles
 in length in order to provide access  to  load  and  to  integrate  such
 facilities into the state's bulk electric transmission system.
   §  26.  Paragraph  (c)  of subdivision 3 of section 99-qq of the state
 finance law, as added by section 2 of part TT of chapter 56 of the  laws
 of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   (c)  The New York climate action fund climate investment account shall
 consist of moneys received by the state pursuant  to  paragraph  (c)  of
 subdivision  twenty-five  of  section eighteen hundred fifty-four of the
 public authorities law, and all other moneys appropriated, credited,  or
 transferred  thereto  from  any  other  fund  or source pursuant to law.
 Moneys of the account shall  be  made  available  for  the  purposes  of
 assisting  the  state in transitioning to a less carbon intensive econo-
 my[, including but not limited to: (i)  purposes  which  are  consistent
 with  the  general  findings  of  the  scoping plan prepared pursuant to
 section 75-0103 of the environmental conservation law; (ii)  administra-
 tive and implementation costs, auction design and support costs, program
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 design, evaluation, and other associated costs; and (iii) measures which
 prioritize  disadvantaged  communities  by supporting actions consistent
 with the requirements of paragraph d of  subdivision  three  of  section
 75-0109  and  of  section 75-0117 of the environmental conservation law,
 identified through  community  decision-making  and  stakeholder  input,
 including  early  action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in disadvan-
 taged communities].
   § 27. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of section 64-e of the town  law,
 as  added  by  chapter  666  of  the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (f) "Disadvantaged communities" shall mean a community that is identi-
 fied pursuant to FORMER section 75-0111 of the  environmental  conserva-
 tion law.
   §  28.  Nothing  in  this  act shall be construed to impair, limit, or
 affect the validity of any contract, permit, or license lawfully entered
 into prior to the effective date of this act; provided, however, that no
 further rights, obligations, or enforcement authority shall accrue under
 the repealed provisions after the effective date of this act.
   § 29. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that:
   (a) the amendments to subdivisions 3 and 4  of  section  1911  of  the
 public  authorities  law made by section twenty-one of this act shall be
 subject to the expiration and repeal of such section  and  shall  expire
 and be deemed repealed therewith; and
   (b)  the  amendments  to  subdivision  4  of section 137 of the public
 service law made by section twenty-five of this act shall be subject  to
 the expiration and repeal of such section and shall expire and be deemed
 repealed therewith.