Senate Bill S2480

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2480

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to directing the New York state energy research and
development authority to establish a pilot program to install a micro-
grid in Glenwood Houses

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

AN ACT in relation to directing the New York state energy and research
development authority to establish a pilot program to install a micro-
grid in Glenwood Houses

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: No later than one hundred eighty days after the effective
date of this act, the New York state energy and research development
authority shall establish, within amounts appropriated therefor, a pilot
program to install a microgrid in Glenwood Houses in Kings County. 5
Such a microgrid shall be used for local energy production and distrib-
              

ution which can function independently if disconnected from the main
electricity grid or a supplement for peaks in demand.  The microgrid
shall be powered by renewable energy sources including but not limited
to solar panels, hydrogen or wind, and energy efficient generators which
shall be combined with energy storage units such as batteries with low
environmental impacts.

Section 2: The authority shall provide an annual report on or before the
first day of January to the governor, the temporary president of the
senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate
and the minority leader of the assembly, on the pilot program and any
recommendations for expansion of such pilot program.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The creation of a Micro-Grid system at the Glenwood housing would give a
larger data study on the effectiveness of this system inside of a public
housing structure the feasibility of a financial build out into future
housing complexes/similar structures going forward and the ability to
aid in lowering utility cost and easing the stress on the providing
electrical provider during peak times meeting the requirements to
improve and implement energy distribution and storage.

*Energy Value (LBMP)

*Capacity Value (ICAP)

*Utility Value (E)

*Demand Reduction Value (DRV)

With the constant rise in Utility cost, output spikes in in energy
demands during regular and peak periods the micro-grid would be used as
a crucial tool to assist in one easing the energy output for each energy
provider while also moving away from higher emission admitting back up
generators that have been required for usage during outage, or low
supply times.
The micro-grid creation will also allow for the energy source to be a
more efficient option while also giving each area the opportunity to
find the most functional and financially feasible renewable energy would
be best to use and prioritize to sustain said housing. The Glenwood
Housing is the perfect structure to start this pilot program and will
then give way to the ability to apply real world data and development
into the mapping/study/research that would ideally lead to installation
structures like it.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2024:- S8189A- COMMITTED TO FINANCE

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.