Assembly Bill A11402

                             
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                                   11402
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 15, 2026
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 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Barrett) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation  to  establishing  a
   long-duration energy storage procurement target in New York state
 
   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-i to read as follows:
   §  66-I. LONG-DURATION ENERGY STORAGE PROCUREMENT TARGET. 1.  LEGISLA-
 TIVE FINDINGS AND DECLARATION. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS AND DECLARES THAT:
   (A) LONG-DURATION ENERGY STORAGE  ("LDES")  IS  CRITICAL  TO  ENABLING
 AFFORDABILITY  FOR  RATEPAYERS,  MAINTAINING  GRID RELIABILITY, REDUCING
 SYSTEM-WIDE COSTS, STRENGTHENING ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND ECONOMIC DEVEL-
 OPMENT, SUPPORTING RESILIENCE TO EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, AND INTEGRATING
 RENEWABLE RESOURCES.
   (B) ACHIEVING THE STATE'S CLEAN ENERGY GOALS AT LEAST COST,  INCLUDING
 ONE  HUNDRED  PERCENT  ZERO-EMISSION  ELECTRICITY BY TWO THOUSAND FORTY,
 REQUIRES DEPLOYMENT OF A PORTFOLIO OF  ENERGY  STORAGE  TECHNOLOGIES  OF
 DIFFERENT DURATIONS.
   (C)  A  STATEWIDE  PROCUREMENT TARGET FOR LDES WILL PROVIDE REGULATORY
 CERTAINTY, ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT, AND SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF
 TECHNOLOGIES THAT ENABLE RELIABLE, LOW-COST POWER.
   2. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION,  THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "LONG-DURATION  ENERGY  STORAGE"  OR "LDES" SHALL MEAN ANY ENERGY
 STORAGE SYSTEM CAPABLE OF STORING AND DISCHARGING ELECTRICITY FOR TEN OR
 MORE HOURS AT NAMEPLATE CAPACITY,  INCLUDING  BOTH  INTER-DAY  LDES  AND
 MULTI-DAY LDES.
   (B)  "INTER-DAY  LDES" SHALL MEAN ANY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM CAPABLE OF
 STORING AND DISCHARGING ELECTRICITY FOR A DURATION BETWEEN TEN AND TWEN-
 TY-FOUR HOURS AT NAMEPLATE CAPACITY.
   (C) "MULTI-DAY LDES" SHALL MEAN ANY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM  CAPABLE  OF
 STORING  AND  DISCHARGING  ELECTRICITY  FOR TWENTY-FOUR OR MORE HOURS AT
 NAMEPLATE CAPACITY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (D) "PROCUREMENT TARGET" SHALL MEAN THE AMOUNT OF INCREMENTAL LONG-DU-
 RATION ENERGY STORAGE CAPACITY CONTRACTED BY THE AUTHORITY  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS SECTION.
   (E)  "AUTHORITY"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND
 DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
   3. LONG-DURATION ENERGY STORAGE PROCUREMENT TARGET.  (A)  BY  DECEMBER
 THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY, THE AUTHORITY SHALL CONTRACT AT LEAST
 THREE  THOUSAND  MEGAWATTS  OF  INCREMENTAL LONG-DURATION ENERGY STORAGE
 CAPACITY, INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE  THOUSAND  FIVE  HUNDRED  MEGAWATTS  OF
 INTER-DAY  LDES  AND  AT  LEAST  ONE  THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED MEGAWATTS OF
 MULTI-DAY LDES.
   (B) NO LATER THAN JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN,  THE  COMMIS-
 SION,  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE AUTHORITY, SHALL PUBLISH AN LDES ROADMAP
 THAT ESTABLISHES A PLAN AND TIMELINE TO ACHIEVE THE  PROCUREMENT  TARGET
 ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION. SUCH ROADMAP SHALL DESCRIBE, BUT
 SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO, COMPETITIVE SOLICITATIONS, INCENTIVE  PROGRAMS,
 OR  OTHER  PROCUREMENT MECHANISMS TO ACHIEVE THE PROCUREMENT TARGET, AND
 COORDINATE STRATEGIES WITH RELEVANT AGENCIES TO ENSURE TIMELY PERMITTING
 AND INTERCONNECTION TO ACHIEVE THE PROCUREMENT TARGET.
   (C) THE COMMISSION SHALL ADOPT ONE OR  MORE  PROCUREMENT  PROGRAMS  TO
 ACHIEVE  THE  PROCUREMENT  TARGET  AND  ENSURE  SUCH PROGRAM OR PROGRAMS
 COMMENCE NO LATER THAN JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT.
   (D) THE PROCUREMENT TARGET SHALL NOT LIMIT ANY ADDITIONAL LDES DEPLOY-
 MENT BEYOND THE REQUIRED THREE THOUSAND MEGAWATTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.