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                                   8921
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2018
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Energy
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public service law and the public authorities law,
   in relation to establishing the energy storage deployment policy
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 74 of the public service law, as added by a chapter
 of  the  laws  of  2017  amending  the public service law and the public
 authorities law relating to establishing the energy  storage  deployment
 program,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5190 and A. 6571,
 is amended to read as follows:
   § 74. Energy storage deployment [program] POLICY. 1. [(a)] As used  in
 this  section  "qualified energy storage system" shall mean commercially
 available technology that is capable of absorbing energy, storing it for
 a period of time, and thereafter dispatching the  energy[.  A  qualified
 energy  storage  system  shall  be  cost-effective and either assist the
 integration of variable energy resources, reduce emissions of greenhouse
 gases, reduce demand for peak electrical generation, defer or substitute
 for an investment in generation, transmission, or  distribution  assets,
 or  improve  the  reliable  operation  of the electrical transmission or
 distribution grid.
   (b) A qualified energy storage system shall do  one  or  more  of  the
 following:  (i) use] USING mechanical, chemical, or thermal processes to
 store energy that was generated at one time for use at  a  later  time[;
 (ii)  store  thermal  energy  for direct use for heating or cooling at a
 later time in a manner that avoids the need to use electricity  at  that
 later  time;  (iii)  use  mechanical,  chemical, or thermal processes to
 store energy generated from renewable resources for use at a later time;
 or (iv) use mechanical, chemical, or thermal processes to  store  energy
 generated  from  mechanical processes that would otherwise be wasted for
 delivery at a later time].
   2. [Within ninety days of the effective  date  of  this  section,  the
 commission  shall  commence a proceeding to establish the energy storage
 deployment program to encourage the  installation  of  qualified  energy

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 storage systems. No later than January first, two thousand eighteen, the
 commission  shall  make  a  determination  establishing a target for the
 installation of qualified energy storage systems to be achieved  through
 two thousand thirty and programs that will enable the state to meet such
 target.  The  commission  shall  consult  with the New York state energy
 research and development authority and the Long Island  power  authority
 in the preparation of such determination.] BY DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN,  THE  COMMISSION SHALL, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE NEW
 YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THE LONG ISLAND
 POWER AUTHORITY, AFTER A HEARING HELD ON  NOTICE,  ESTABLISH  BY  ORDER,
 RULES  AND  REGULATIONS,  BOTH A TWO THOUSAND THIRTY ENERGY STORAGE GOAL
 FOR THE STATE AND A DEPLOYMENT POLICY TO SUPPORT THAT GOAL. The  [deter-
 mination] ENERGY STORAGE DEPLOYMENT POLICY shall include the following:
   (a)  [The  creation  of  the  energy  storage deployment program to be
 administered by the New  York  state  energy  research  and  development
 authority and the Long Island power authority;
   (b) Estimated annual expenditures associated with the program for each
 year  commencing with calendar year two thousand eighteen and continuing
 through calendar year two thousand thirty;
   (c) Program designs that take the following into consideration:
   (1)] avoided or deferred costs associated with transmission,  distrib-
 ution, [and/or] OR GENERATION capacity;
   [(2)] (B) minimization of peak load in constrained areas; [and
   (3)] (C) systems that are connected to customer facilities and systems
 that are directly connected to transmission and distribution facilities;
   (d) COST-EFFECTIVENESS;
   (E) ASSISTING THE INTEGRATION OF VARIABLE-OUTPUT ENERGY RESOURCES;
   (F) REDUCING EMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSE GASES;
   (G) REDUCING DEMAND FOR PEAK ELECTRICAL GENERATION; AND
   (H) IMPROVING THE RELIABLE OPERATION OF THE ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION OR
 DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;
   (I)  Annual  reports  on  the  achievements  and  effectiveness of the
 [program] POLICY to be submitted to the governor, the  temporary  presi-
 dent of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly; and
   [(e)] (J) Such other issues deemed appropriate by the commission.
   §  2.  Section  1020-ii  of  the public authorities law, as added by a
 chapter of the laws of 2017 amending the  public  service  law  and  the
 public  authorities  law  relating  to  establishing  the energy storage
 deployment program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5190 and
 A. 6571, is amended to read as follows:
   § 1020-ii. Energy storage deployment [program] POLICY.  The  authority
 shall  encourage the installation of qualified energy storage systems in
 its service territory  through  implementation  of  the  energy  storage
 deployment  [program]  POLICY as set forth and defined in section seven-
 ty-four of the public service law.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as a chapter of the laws of 2017 amending the public service law
 and the public authorities law relating to establishing the energy stor-
 age deployment program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5190
 and A. 6571, takes effect.