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Senate Bill S2483

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the New York state energy research and development authority to increase clean energy distribution infrastructure

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2025-S2483 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 8 Title 9-D §§1920 & 1921, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8616

2025-S2483 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the New York state energy research and development authority to increase clean energy distribution infrastructure to allow the state to reach peak clean energy consumption and distribution goals.

2025-S2483 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2483 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2483
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public authorities law, in relation to increasing
   development of clean energy distribution infrastructure

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Article  8  of  the  public authorities law is amended by
 adding a new title 9-D to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 9-D
       CLEAN ENERGY DISTRIBUTION INSFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
 SECTION 1920. DEFINITIONS.
         1921. POWERS AND DUTIES.
   § 1920. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS TITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS  SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1.  "AUTHORITY"  SHALL  HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF
 SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   2. "RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS  RENEWA-
 BLE  ENERGY  SYSTEMS  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION SIXTY-SIX-P OF THE PUBLIC
 SERVICE LAW.
   § 1921. POWERS AND DUTIES. 1. THE AUTHORITY, IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE
 STATE  ENERGY PLANNING BOARD, SHALL INCREASE DEVELOPMENT OF CLEAN ENERGY
 DISTRIBUTION  INFRASTRUCTURE.  SUCH  INFRASTRUCTURE  DEVELOPMENT   SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, POWER LINE INSTALLATION.
   2. THE AMOUNT OF SUCH INCREASE SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:
   (A)  TWENTY PERCENT INCREASE DURING THE THREE YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING ON
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS TITLE.
   (B) FIVE PERCENT INCREASE DURING  EACH  YEAR  THEREAFTER,  UNTIL  PEAK
 CLEAN  ENERGY  CONSUMPTION  AND DISTRIBUTION GOALS, AS DETERMINED BY THE
 STATE ENERGY PLANNING BOARD, ARE REACHED.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06645-01-5
 S. 2483                             2

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