Assembly Bill A5262A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes the low carbon fuel standard of 2019

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  • 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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2019-A5262 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4003
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §19-0329, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A862, S2962
2023-2024: A964, S1292

2019-A5262 - Summary

Establishes the low carbon fuel standard of 2019; such standard is intended to reduce carbon intensity from the on-road transportation sector by 20% by 2030, with further reductions to be implemented based upon advances in technology.

2019-A5262 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5262
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   establishing the "low carbon fuel standard of 2019"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act may be known and may be cited as  the
 "low carbon fuel standard of 2019".
   §  2.  The  environmental  conservation law is amended by adding a new
 section 19-0329 to read as follows:
 § 19-0329. LOW CARBON FUEL STANDARD.
   (1) A LOW CARBON FUEL STANDARD IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED. THE  LOW  CARBON
 FUEL  STANDARD  IS  INTENDED TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM THE
 TRANSPORTATION SECTOR BY TWENTY PERCENT BY  TWO  THOUSAND  THIRTY,  WITH
 FURTHER REDUCTIONS TO BE IMPLEMENTED BASED UPON ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY.
   (2)  THE  LOW  CARBON  FUEL  STANDARD  SHALL APPLY TO ALL PROVIDERS OF
 TRANSPORTATION FUELS IN NEW YORK, SHALL BE  MEASURED  ON  A  FULL  FUELS
 CYCLE BASIS AND MAY BE MET THROUGH MARKET-BASED METHODS BY WHICH PROVID-
 ERS  EXCEEDING  THE  PERFORMANCE  REQUIRED BY A LOW CARBON FUEL STANDARD
 SHALL RECEIVE CREDITS THAT MAY BE APPLIED TO FUTURE OBLIGATIONS OR TRAD-
 ED TO PROVIDERS NOT MEETING THE LOW CARBON FUEL STANDARD.  FOR  PURPOSES
 OF  THIS  SECTION  THE  TERM "PROVIDERS" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE
 LIMITED TO, ALL REFINERS, BLENDERS, PRODUCERS OR IMPORTERS OF  TRANSPOR-
 TATION FUELS.
   (3)  WITHIN  TWENTY-FOUR  MONTHS  FOLLOWING ADOPTION OF THE LOW CARBON
 FUEL STANDARD, THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE NEW YORK STATE
 ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, SHALL PROMULGATE  REGULATIONS
 ESTABLISHING  A  LOW CARBON FUEL STANDARD WITH PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES TO
 IMPLEMENT SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION. THE LOW CARBON FUEL  STANDARD
 SHALL  TAKE  INTO  CONSIDERATION THE LOW CARBON FUEL STANDARD ADOPTED IN
 CALIFORNIA AND OTHER STATES, MAY  RELY  UPON  THE  CARBON  INTENSITY  OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2019-A5262A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4003
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §19-0329, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A862, S2962
2023-2024: A964, S1292

2019-A5262A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the low carbon fuel standard of 2019; such standard is intended to reduce carbon intensity from the on-road transportation sector by 20% by 2030, with further reductions to be implemented based upon advances in technology.

2019-A5262A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5262--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WOERNER,  THIELE,  D'URSO, SAYEGH, WILLIAMS,
   ARROYO, GRIFFIN, EPSTEIN, ORTIZ, ABINANTI, MAGNARELLI, COLTON, STIRPE,
   BARRON, WALLACE, CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Environmental Conservation  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   establishing the "low carbon fuel standard of 2019"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Short title. This act may be known and may be cited as the
 "low carbon fuel standard of 2019".
   § 2. The environmental conservation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 19-0329 to read as follows:
 § 19-0329. LOW CARBON FUEL STANDARD.
   (1)  A  LOW CARBON FUEL STANDARD IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED. THE LOW CARBON
 FUEL STANDARD IS INTENDED TO REDUCE CARBON INTENSITY  FROM  THE  ON-ROAD
 TRANSPORTATION  SECTOR  BY  TWENTY  PERCENT BY TWO THOUSAND THIRTY, WITH
 FURTHER REDUCTIONS TO BE IMPLEMENTED BASED UPON ADVANCES  IN  TECHNOLOGY
 AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   (2)  THE  LOW  CARBON  FUEL  STANDARD  SHALL APPLY TO ALL PROVIDERS OF
 TRANSPORTATION FUELS IN NEW YORK, SHALL BE  MEASURED  ON  A  FULL  FUELS
 LIFECYCLE  BASIS  AND  MAY  BE MET THROUGH MARKET-BASED METHODS BY WHICH
 PROVIDERS EXCEEDING THE PERFORMANCE REQUIRED BY A LOW CARBON FUEL STAND-
 ARD SHALL RECEIVE CREDITS THAT MAY BE APPLIED TO FUTURE  OBLIGATIONS  OR
 TRADED  TO  PROVIDERS  NOT  MEETING  THE  LOW  CARBON FUEL STANDARD. FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE TERM "PROVIDERS" SHALL INCLUDE,  BUT  SHALL
 NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,  ALL REFINERS, BLENDERS, PRODUCERS OR IMPORTERS OF
 TRANSPORTATION FUELS, "CARBON INTENSITY" MEANS THE QUANTITY OF LIFECYCLE
 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS PER UNIT OF FUEL ENERGY, AND "FULL FUELS  LIFE-
 CYCLE" MEANS THE AGGREGATE OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, INCLUDING DIRECT
 EMISSIONS  AND SIGNIFICANT INDIRECT EMISSIONS, SUCH AS SIGNIFICANT EMIS-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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