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Assembly Bill A9297

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the homegrown energy act

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2025-A9297 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 12 §§250 - 252, Pub Serv L; add §1854-e, Pub Auth L; add §99-tt, St Fin L

2025-A9297 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires hyperscale data centers to offset their electricity demand by funding household electrification measures.

2025-A9297 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9297
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. TAPIA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, the public authorities  law  and
   the  state  finance law, in relation to enacting the "homegrown energy
   act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "homegrown energy act".
   § 2. Legislative findings  and  intent.  The  legislature  finds  that
 hyperscale   data   centers--while  economically  beneficial--contribute
 significantly to increased electricity demand, which strains grid  reli-
 ability  and raises utility costs for residential customers. As New York
 state pursues its climate goals under the climate leadership and  commu-
 nity  protection  act (CLCPA), it is essential to ensure that energy-in-
 tensive developments contribute equitably to the  state's  clean  energy
 transition.
   To  that  end,  this  act  ensures that new or significantly expanding
 hyperscale data centers offset their energy  footprint  by  funding  the
 installation  of  energy-saving  heat  pumps, rooftop solar, and battery
 storage in New York homes, particularly those with outdated  or  ineffi-
 cient  systems.  These  investments shall be coordinated with NYSERDA to
 ensure effectiveness, equity, and alignment with state climate goals.
   § 3. The public service law is amended by adding a new article  12  to
 read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 12
                    CLEAN HOME ENERGY OFFSET OBLIGATION
 SECTION 250. DEFINITIONS.
         251. OFFSET OBLIGATION; SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION.
         252. COMPLIANCE REPORTING AND ENFORCEMENT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13988-01-5
 A. 9297                             2
              

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