Assembly Bill A10078

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the "electric super highway act"

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A10078 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4941
Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Energy Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1-103, add §5-129, Energy L; amd §354, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1938
2011-2012: S1067
2013-2014: S1618
2015-2016: S1411
2017-2018: S2239
2019-2020: S3597
2021-2022: S3288

2023-A10078 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "electric super highway act", requiring alternative fuels to be available for public use along the New York state thruway after November 1, 2024 and providing each recommended alternative fuel at least every one hundred twenty miles on both sides of the thruway; defines "alternative fuel".

2023-A10078 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10078
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the energy  law  and  the  public  authorities  law,  in
   relation  to  the availability of alternative fuels along the New York
   state thruway
 
   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 "electric super highway act".
   § 2. Section 1-103 of the energy law is amended by adding a new subdi-
 vision 16 to read as follows:
   16. "ALTERNATIVE FUEL" SHALL  MEAN  ETHANOL,  METHANOL,  NATURAL  GAS,
 PROPANE,  ELECTRICITY  (INCLUDING ELECTRICITY FROM SOLAR ENERGY), HYDRO-
 GEN, AND ANY OTHER FUEL IDENTIFIED WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY  NOT  PETROLE-
 UM-BASED,  WHICH  IS  CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF PROTECTING THE SAFETY
 AND HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC AND MINIMIZING EMISSIONS OF AIR POLLUTANTS, AND
 WHICH  IS  CONSISTENT  WITH  ANY  APPLICABLE  FEDERAL  ALTERNATIVE  FUEL
 REQUIREMENTS.
   §  3.  The energy law is amended by adding a new section 5-129 to read
 as follows:
   § 5-129. ALTERNATIVE FUELS.  THE NEW YORK STATE  ENERGY  RESEARCH  AND
 DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SHALL PROVIDE THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AUTHORITY
 WITH  A  LIST OF THE MOST FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVE FUELS, WHICH SHALL NUMBER
 NO FEWER THAN THREE,  AND  ASSIST  THE  AUTHORITY  IN  IMPLEMENTING  THE
 REQUIREMENTS  OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORI-
 TIES LAW.
   § 4. Subdivision 10 of section 354 of the public authorities  law,  as
 amended  by  section  2 of part TT of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, is
 amended to read as follows:
   10. To construct, reconstruct or improve on or along  the  thruway  in
 the  manner  herein  provided,  suitable  facilities  for  gas stations,
 restaurants, and other facilities for the public, or to lease the  right
 to  construct,  reconstruct or improve and operate such facilities; such
 facilities shall be publicly offered for leasing for operation,  or  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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