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Assembly Bill A11582

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Bolsters the use of hydrogen in relation to the state energy plan

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2025-A11582 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Energy Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-104, Energy L; add §1886, amd §§1884 & 1005, Pub Auth L; add §201-b, Exec L; amd §56-0603, En Con L

2025-A11582 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Bolsters the use of hydrogen in relation to the state energy plan; directs various agencies to develop and implement plans for the use of hydrogen power.

2025-A11582 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11582
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 5, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Jensen) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the energy law, the public authorities law,  the  execu-
   tive  law  and  the  environmental  conservation  law,  in relation to
   bolstering the use of hydrogen in relation to the state energy plan

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds that the
 state of New York must roll back its climate and energy goals, in  keep-
 ing  with the looming grid reliability crisis, while maintaining a heal-
 thy mix of energy sources. To that  end,  and  given  the  abundance  of
 opportunities in the sphere of alternative energy sources, it is prudent
 to  implement  the use of hydrogen, at the very least, in the context of
 energy storage and as a transportation fuel source, in keeping with  the
 state  energy plan, which dubs hydrogen a "clean energy source available
 to New York".   The New  York  state  energy  research  and  development
 authority  echoes  the  sentiment,  emphasizing  that  this fuel source,
 amongst others, is "expected to play a targeted role in  specific  parts
 of  the power generation system". The feasibility of both modular trans-
 port of hydrogen and the on-site storage thereof comprises  another  set
 of considerations.  And in terms of fuel, the first place hydrogen vehi-
 cles  should  be  used  is in state fleets, per the governor's executive
 order 22 of 2022.  Thereafter, use could trickle down to passenger vehi-
 cles, buses, and trucks, as well  as  the  aviation  industry,  maritime
 shipping,  ferry  transportation, heavy-duty trucking, and high-tempera-
 ture industrial processes. It is relatively feasible to put in a  hydro-
 gen  refueling  hub for fleet vehicles that return to a home base at the
 end of the day, or a shift.  It is prudent to expand  hydrogen  sourcing
 beyond  electrolysis,  at the suggestion of the state energy plan, while
 actively encouraging the use of electrolysis methods that are more ener-
 gy-efficient.
   § 2. Subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision  2  of
 section  6-104  of the energy law, as amended by chapter 195 of the laws
 of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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