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                                   7479
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 6, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to  the  mitigation  of  the
   severity  of  climate  change; and to repeal certain provisions of the
   energy law relating thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act shall be known and may be cited as the "freedom
 from fossil fuels act".
   § 2. Subdivisions 1, 4 and 5 of  section  3-101  of  the  energy  law,
 subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 253 of the laws of 2013 and subdivi-
 sion  5  as  amended  by chapter 396 of the laws of 1978, are amended to
 read as follows:
   1. to obtain and maintain an adequate and continuous supply  of  safe,
 dependable  and  economical  energy  for  the people of the state and to
 accelerate development and use within  the  state  of  renewable  energy
 sources,  all  in  order  TO MITIGATE THE SEVERITY OF CLIMATE CHANGE, to
 promote the state's economic growth, to  create  employment  within  the
 state,  to  protect  [its] THE STATE'S environmental values and agricul-
 tural heritage, to husband its resources for future generations, and  to
 promote the health and welfare of its people;
   4.  to encourage transportation modes and equipment which conserve the
 use of energy AND REDUCE AND/OR ELIMINATE EMISSIONS  OF  CARBON  DIOXIDE
 AND CO-POLLUTANTS;
   5.  to  foster, encourage and promote the prudent development and wise
 use of [all indigenous state] THE  STATE'S  RENEWABLE  energy  resources
 including,  but not limited to, [on-shore oil and natural gas, off-shore
 oil and natural gas, natural gas from Devonian shale formations,]  small
 head  hydro, [wood,] solar, wind, solid waste, energy from biomass, fuel
 cells, GEOTHERMAL, OFFSHORE WIND and cogeneration; and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 3. Subdivision 7 of section 3-101 of the energy law is REPEALED  and
 a new subdivision 7 is added to read as follows:
   7.  TO  CONDUCT  ENERGY  PLANNING  IN  AN INTEGRATED AND COMPREHENSIVE
 MANNER THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF A MASTER PLAN WHICH SHALL PROVIDE  A  PLAN
 FOR  ACHIEVING  ONE  HUNDRED PERCENT FOSSIL FUEL FREE ELECTRICITY GENER-
 ATION BY TWO THOUSAND THIRTY, IF PRACTICABLE,  BUT  NO  LATER  THAN  TWO
 THOUSAND FORTY. IF THE TWO THOUSAND THIRTY TARGET CANNOT BE ACHIEVED THE
 STATE  ENERGY PLANNING BOARD SHALL ISSUE A REPORT DETAILING AND DESCRIB-
 ING THE FAILURE TO REACH SUCH TARGET.
   § 4. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section  6-102  of  the  energy  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  195  of  the  laws of 2011, are amended to read as
 follows:
   1. There shall be established a state energy planning  board,  herein-
 after  referred  to  as the "board", which shall consist of the chair of
 the public service commission, the commissioner of environmental conser-
 vation, the commissioner of economic development,  the  commissioner  of
 transportation, the commissioner of labor, the commissioner of the divi-
 sion  of  homeland  security and emergency services, the commissioner of
 agriculture and markets, the commissioner of health,  the  secretary  of
 state and the president of the New York state energy research and devel-
 opment  authority.  The  [governor, the] speaker of the assembly and the
 temporary president of the senate shall each appoint [one]  THREE  addi-
 tional  [representative]  REPRESENTATIVES  to  serve  on  the board. THE
 REPRESENTATIVES APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE  TEMPO-
 RARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SHALL INCLUDE AT ALL TIMES INDIVIDUALS WITH
 EXPERTISE IN ISSUES RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND/OR ADAPTA-
 TION,  SUCH  AS  ENVIRONMENTAL  JUSTICE,  ENERGY PLANNING, LABOR, PUBLIC
 HEALTH AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES. The presiding officer of the  federally
 designated electric bulk system operator (BSO) shall serve as a non-vot-
 ing member of the board. Any decision or action by the board shall be by
 majority  vote.  The president of the New York state energy research and
 development authority shall serve as chair of the board. Members of  the
 board  may designate an executive staff representative to participate on
 the board on their behalf.
   2. Regional planning councils shall be established. [Two] NINE regions
 shall be established as follows:
   (a) [Downstate region - New York City and  Dutchess,  Nassau,  Orange,
 Putnam, Rockland,] REGION ONE: NASSAU AND Suffolk[, Ulster and Westches-
 ter] counties;
   (b)  [Upstate  region - Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga,
 Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton,  Columbia,  Cortland,  Delaware,
 Erie,  Essex,  Franklin,  Fulton,  Genesee,  Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer,
 Jefferson, Lewis,  Livingston,  Madison,  Monroe,  Montgomery,  Niagara,
 Oneida,  Onondaga, Ontario, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, Sarato-
 ga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler,  Seneca,  St.  Lawrence,  Steuben,
 Sullivan,  Tioga, Tompkins, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates
 counties.] REGION TWO: KINGS, BRONX,  NEW  YORK,  QUEENS,  AND  RICHMOND
 COUNTIES;
   (C)  REGION  THREE:  DUTCHESS,  ORANGE,  PUTNAM,  ROCKLAND,  SULLIVAN,
 ULSTER, AND WESTCHESTER COUNTIES;
   (D) REGION FOUR: ALBANY, COLUMBIA, DELAWARE, MONTGOMERY, OTSEGO, RENS-
 SELAER, SCHENECTADY, AND SCHOHARIE COUNTIES;
   (E) REGION FIVE: CLINTON, ESSEX, FRANKLIN, FULTON, HAMILTON, SARATOGA,
 WARREN, AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES;
   (F) REGION SIX: HERKIMER, JEFFERSON, LEWIS, ONEIDA, AND  ST.  LAWRENCE
 COUNTIES;

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   (G) REGION SEVEN: BROOME, CAYUGA, CHENANGO, CORTLAND, MADISON, ONONDA-
 GA, OSWEGO, TIOGA, AND TOMPKINS COUNTIES;
   (H) REGION EIGHT: CHEMUNG, GENESEE, LIVINGSTON, MONROE, ONTARIO, ORLE-
 ANS, SCHUYLER, SENECA, STEUBEN, WAYNE, AND YATES COUNTIES; AND
   (I) REGION NINE: ALLEGANY, CHAUTAUQUA, CATTARAUGUS, ERIE, NIAGARA, AND
 WYOMING COUNTIES.
   The governor, temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the
 assembly  shall  each  appoint  [three]  TWO  regional  planning council
 members per region. Regional planning council members shall serve  with-
 out  compensation,  and  shall have their principal residence within the
 region for which they are appointed. Such regional council  members  may
 solicit  input from stakeholder interests within their region, including
 but not limited to local governments, municipal utilities,  rural  elec-
 tric  cooperatives,  utilities,  labor  unions,  ratepayers, businesses,
 trade associations, generators, SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS, and commu-
 nity organizations WITH A  FOCUS  ON,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
 CLIMATE  CHANGE  MITIGATION,  THE  ENVIRONMENT,  ENVIRONMENTAL  JUSTICE,
 AND/OR PUBLIC HEALTH. Each regional planning council shall  transmit  to
 the board a report containing any recommendations specific to its region
 on  a  schedule  determined by the board to be appropriate for consider-
 ation of such report in the development of the draft energy plan.
   § 5. Subdivision 2 and paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 6-104
 of the energy law, as added by chapter 433 of the laws  of  2009,  para-
 graph  (a)  of  subdivision  2  as amended by chapter 195 of the laws of
 2011, are amended and two new subdivisions 2-a and 6 are added  to  read
 as follows:
   2.  The  state  energy plan shall include: (a) forecasts for a minimum
 period of ten years, and for such other periods as the board may  deter-
 mine,  of:  (i)  demand  for  electricity[, natural gas, coal, petroleum
 products, including heating and transportation  fuels]  AND  OTHER  FUEL
 SOURCES FOR HEATING, TRANSPORTATION AND INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES, and alter-
 nate  fuels,  including ethanol and other biofuels, to the extent possi-
 ble, taking into account energy conservation, load management and  other
 demand-reducing  measures INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CARBON PRICING,
 which can be achieved in a cost-effective manner,  including  the  basis
 for  such  projection,  including  an  examination of possible alternate
 levels of demand and discussion of  the  forecasting  methodologies  and
 input variables used in making the forecasts;
   (ii) energy supply requirements needed to satisfy demand for electric-
 ity,  [natural  gas,  coal,  petroleum  products,  including heating and
 transportation fuels] AND OTHER FUEL SOURCES  FOR  HEATING,  TRANSPORTA-
 TION,  INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES, and alternate energy sources and fuels, for
 each region of the state, and for the state as a whole,  including  with
 respect  to  electricity,  the  amount  of  capacity  needed  to provide
 adequate reserve margins and capacity needed to ensure  reliability  and
 competitive  markets  in  the various regions of the state AND TO ENSURE
 ELECTRIC CAPACITY FOR BENEFICIAL ELECTRIFICATION OF  ADDITIONAL  SECTORS
 INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO HEATING, TRANSPORTATION AND INDUSTRIAL
 PROCESSES;
   (iii) an assessment of the  ability  of  the  existing  energy  supply
 sources and the existing transmission or fuel transportation systems, to
 satisfy, together with those sources or systems reasonably certain to be
 available,  such  energy  supply  requirements, indicating planned addi-
 tions, retirements, deratings,  substantial  planned  outages,  and  any
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   (iv)  additional  electric capacity and/or transmission or fuel trans-
 portation systems needed to meet such energy  supply  requirements  that
 will  not  be  met  by  existing  sources of supply and those reasonably
 certain to be available, where  such  analysis  should  identify  system
 constraints  and  possible  alternatives available, both supply-side and
 demand-side alternatives,  including  but  not  limited  to  distributed
 generation, energy efficiency and conservation measures, to redress such
 constraint; and
   (v)  projected greenhouse emissions ASSESSED USING A LIFE-CYCLE METHOD
 OF ANALYSIS FOR EACH FUEL TYPE.
   (b) Identification and  assessment  of  the  costs,  risks,  benefits,
 uncertainties  and market potential of ALL energy supply source alterna-
 tives[, including demand-reducing measures, renewable  energy  resources
 of  electric  generation, distributed generation technologies, cogenera-
 tion technologies, biofuels and other methods and  technologies  reason-
 ably  available  for satisfying energy supply requirements which are not
 reasonably certain to be met by the energy supply sources identified  in
 paragraph  (a)  of  this  subdivision, provided that such analysis shall
 include the factors identified in paragraph (d) of this subdivision];
   (c) Identification and analysis of emerging trends related  to  energy
 supply, price and demand, including trends related to the transportation
 sector;
   (d)  An  assessment of current energy policies and programs, and their
 contributions to achieving long-range energy planning objectives includ-
 ing, but not limited to, the least cost  integration  of  energy  supply
 sources, energy transportation and distribution system and demand-reduc-
 ing  measures  for  satisfying  energy  supply  requirements, giving due
 regard to such factors as required capital investments, cost,  ratepayer
 AND  CLIMATE impacts, security and diversity of fuel supplies and gener-
 ating modes, protection of public health and safety, adverse and benefi-
 cial environmental impacts, conservation of energy and energy resources,
 the ability of the state to compete economically, and any  other  policy
 objectives deemed appropriate;
   (e) In order to assist the board in such evaluation, the power author-
 ity  of  the state of New York and the Long Island power authority shall
 individually submit to the planning board: (i) a strategic plan specify-
 ing the mission and goals of the authority, the  policies  and  programs
 utilized  to  fulfill  such mission and goals, and an explanation of how
 such policies and programs relate to the  state  energy  plan,  (ii)  an
 annual  five-year operating plan, and (iii) a ten-year projected capital
 budget for their respective operations. Such plans shall  include  major
 new  capital  and  programmatic initiatives, as well as descriptions and
 achievements of existing programs, including program objectives and  the
 numbers of clients and/or customers served for each service or program;
   (f) An analysis of security issues, considering both natural and human
 threats to the state's energy systems;
   (g)  An  environmental  justice  analysis INCLUDING AN ANALYSIS OF THE
 BARRIERS TO, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR,  COMMUNITY  OWNERSHIP  OF  RENEWABLE
 GENERATION  AND  ENERGY  EFFICIENCY  SERVICES IN LOW-INCOME AND ENVIRON-
 MENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES;
   (h) An assessment of [the ability of urban planning alternative]  LAND
 USE  PLANNING,  including  but  not  limited to smart growth [and], mass
 transportation improvements to reduce  energy  and  transportation  fuel
 demand,  AND  BUILDING CODE CHANGES WHICH WILL REDUCE THE USE OF ENERGY,
 CARBON EMISSIONS, AND OTHER CO-POLLUTANTS;

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   (i) An inventory of  greenhouse  gas  emissions,  and  strategies  for
 facilitating  and  accelerating  the  use  of  ZERO OR low carbon energy
 sources and/or carbon mitigation measures;
   (j)  Recommendations, as appropriate and desirable, for administrative
 and legislative actions to implement such policies, objectives and stra-
 tegies;
   (k) Assessment of the impacts  of  implementation  of  the  plan  upon
 economic development, health, safety and welfare, environmental quality,
 and energy costs for consumers, specifically low-income consumers; [and]
   (l)  A  STATEWIDE  PLAN  FOR  THE CONVERSION TO ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE NECESSARY  INFRASTRUCTURE  TO  REDUCE
 RANGE  ANXIETY, THE CONVERSION OF THE STATE FLEET TO ZERO-EMISSION VEHI-
 CLES, AND THE OVERALL ELECTRIFICATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR;
   (M) A STATEWIDE PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NON-FOSSIL FUELS FOR  HEATING,
 COOLING AND INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES; AND
   (N)  Such  additional information as the board deems appropriate, such
 as but not limited to, information developed from consultation with  the
 BSO.
   2-A.  THE  STATE  ENERGY PLAN SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY PROVISIONS FOR NEW
 CONSTRUCTION OR IMPLEMENTATION OF: (A) ANY INFRASTRUCTURE USED TO TRANS-
 FER FOSSIL FUELS OR FUEL GASSES; OR
   (B) ELECTRICITY GENERATION OR STORAGE ELECTRICITY WHICH UTILIZE FOSSIL
 FUELS GASES.
   (b) Any energy-related action or decision of a  state  agency,  board,
 commission  or authority shall be [reasonably] consistent with the fore-
 casts and the policies and long-range  energy  planning  objectives  and
 strategies  contained  in  the  plan, including its most recent update[;
 provided, however, that any such action or decision which is not reason-
 ably consistent with the plan shall be deemed in  compliance  with  this
 section,  provided  that such action or decision includes a finding that
 the relevant provisions of the plan are no longer reasonable or probable
 based on a material and substantial change in fact or circumstance,  and
 a  statement  explaining  the basis for this finding].  NO STATE AGENCY,
 BOARD, COMMISSION,  OR  AUTHORITY  SHALL  ACT  INCONSISTENTLY  WITH  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   6.  ANY  PERSON  MAY BRING AN ACTION IN HIS OR HER OWN NAME TO ENFORCE
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE THROUGH A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.
   § 6. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 and subdivision 3 of section 6-106
 of the energy law, subdivision 3 as added by chapter 433 of the laws  of
 2009,  paragraph  (c)  of subdivision 2, the opening paragraph, subpara-
 graphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (a),  subparagraphs  (i)  and  (ii)  of
 paragraph  (b),  and paragraphs (c) and (d) as amended and paragraph (e)
 of subdivision 3 as added by chapter  195  of  the  laws  of  2011,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   (c)  Public comment hearings, with at least [three] ONE in each region
 described in subdivision two  of  section  6-102  of  this  article  and
 provide  an  opportunity  to  submit written comments, subsequent to the
 issuance of a draft plan, to obtain views  and  comments  of  interested
 persons on any aspect of, or issue addressed in, such draft plan;
   3.  As determined by the board in each instance to be appropriate with
 respect to the particular entity or entities from which information,  if
 any,  shall  be required, the information to be provided to the board by
 energy transmission [and], distribution AND GENERATION companies,  elec-
 tric,  gas,  or  steam  corporations,  major  energy suppliers including
 owners or operators of electric generation facilities, commodity  and/or
 end-use energy service providers, state agencies or authorities, includ-

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 ing  the  power  authority  of the state of New York and the Long Island
 power authority, and/or others, shall include the following:
   (a) Comprehensive long-range plans for future operations:
   (i)  a  forecast of electricity demands over a period as the board may
 determine appropriate, including annual in-state electric  energy  sales
 and  summer and winter peak loads by utility service area where applica-
 ble, and total any annual in-state electric energy sales and  coincident
 peak load, specifically identifying the extent to which energy conserva-
 tion,  load  management and other demand-reducing measures, and electric
 energy generated by cogeneration,  small  hydro  and  [alternate  energy
 production  facilities]  DISTRIBUTED  GENERATION,  ENERGY  GENERATED  BY
 FOSSIL FUELS AND FUEL GASES, including renewable energy technologies and
 fuel cells, consumed on site, have been incorporated within  such  fore-
 cast;
   (ii)  a  forecast  of electricity supply requirements over a period as
 the board may determine  appropriate,  by  utility  service  area  where
 applicable,  specifically  identifying  the reserve margins required for
 reliable electric service,  the  transmission  and  distribution  losses
 assumed, and the amount of out-of-state sales commitments;
   (iii)  an  assessment  of  the  ability of existing electricity supply
 sources, and those reasonably certain to be available, to satisfy  elec-
 tricity  supply  requirements,  including electric generating facilities
 which can be retained in  service  beyond  their  original  design  life
 through  routine  maintenance  and repairs AND ANTICIPATORY ESTIMATES OF
 BENEFICIAL ELECTRIFICATION FOR NEW SECTORS INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED
 TO, HEATING, COOLING, COOKING, TRANSPORTATION, AND INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES;
   (iv)  an inventory of: (A) all existing electric generating and trans-
 mission facilities including  those  owned  or  operated  by  the  power
 authority  of the state of New York and the Long Island power authority;
 (B) electric generating and transmission  facilities  planned  or  under
 construction  including the power authority of the state of New York and
 the Long Island power authority, including the dates for completion  and
 operation;  (C) the anticipated retirement dates for any electric gener-
 ating facilities currently operated including those owned or operated by
 the power authority of the state of New York and the Long  Island  power
 authority;  (D)  land  owned or leased including that owned or leased by
 the power authority of the state of New York and the Long  Island  power
 authority and held for future use as sites for major electric generating
 facilities;  and  (E)  electric  generating,  transmission,  and related
 facilities operated, or planned to be operated, by others, to the extent
 information concerning the same is known;
   (v) recommended supply additions  and  demand  reducing  measures  for
 satisfying  the  electricity supply requirements, not reasonably certain
 to be met by electricity supply sources identified in subparagraph (iii)
 of this paragraph, including the life  extension  of  existing  electric
 generating facilities, and reasons therefor;
   (vi)  a  statement of research and development plans, including objec-
 tives and programs in the areas of energy conservation,  CLIMATE  CHANGE
 MITIGATION, BENEFICIAL ELECTRIFICATION, load management, electric gener-
 ation  and transmission, new energy technologies and pollution abatement
 and control, which are not funded through regulatory required  programs,
 recent  results  of  such  programs undertaken or funded to date, and an
 assessment of the potential impacts of such results;
   (vii) a projection of estimated electricity prices to  consumers  over
 the  forecast period, and a sensitivity analysis of that forecast relat-

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 ing to a number of factors including  fuel  prices  and  the  levels  of
 available capacity and demand in the regions of the state;
   (viii)  a  description  of  the  load  forecasting methodology and the
 assumptions and data used in the preparation of the  forecasts,  specif-
 ically  including  projections  of demographic and economic activity and
 such other factors, statewide and by service area, which  may  influence
 electricity demand, and the bases for such projections;
   (ix)  proposed  policies,  objectives  and  strategies for meeting the
 state's future electricity needs; and
   (x) such additional information  as  the  board  may,  by  regulation,
 require to carry out the purposes of this article.
   (b)  All  providers  of  natural gas transmission, distribution and/or
 marketing services to customers shall individually prepare and submit  a
 comprehensive   long-range  plan  for  future  operations,  which  shall
 include, as appropriate:
   (i) a forecast over a period as the board may  determine  appropriate,
 by  utility service area, of estimated annual in-state gas sales, winter
 season sales and peak day sales by appropriate end-use  classifications,
 specifically  identifying  the extent to which energy conservation meas-
 ures and the sale of gas owned by persons other than natural gas  trans-
 mission  and  distribution  utilities have been incorporated within such
 forecast;
   (ii) a forecast of gas supply requirements over a period as the  board
 may determine appropriate, by utility service area, specifically identi-
 fying  the amounts of gas needed to meet severe weather conditions, lost
 and unaccounted for gas, out-of-state  sales  commitments  and  internal
 use;
   (iii) an assessment of the ability of existing gas supply sources, and
 those reasonably certain to be available, to satisfy gas supply require-
 ments;
   (iv) an inventory of: (A) all existing supply sources, storage facili-
 ties,  and  transmission  facilities which are used in providing service
 within the state, (B) the  transmission  and  storage  facilities  under
 construction  which would be used in providing service within the state,
 their projected costs and capacities, including  peaking  capacity,  (C)
 transmission  facility  additions  proposed to be constructed by natural
 gas transmission and distribution utilities, (D) transmission facilities
 operated, or planned to be operated, by others, to the  extent  informa-
 tion concerning the same is known;
   (v)  [recommended  supply  additions  and demand-reducing measures for
 satisfying the gas supply requirements, not reasonably certain to be met
 by gas supply sources identified in subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph
 and the reasons therefor;
   (vi)] a projection of estimated gas prices to consumers over the fore-
 cast period, and a sensitivity analysis of that forecast relating  to  a
 number of factors including the levels of commodity supply availability,
 of available pipeline and storage capacity, and of demand in the regions
 of the state;
   [(vii)] (VI) a description of the load forecasting methodology and the
 assumptions  and  data used in the preparation of the forecasts, specif-
 ically including projections of demographic and  economic  activity  and
 such  other  factors,  statewide  and  by service area where applicable,
 which may influence demand for natural  gas,  and  the  bases  for  such
 projections;
   [(viii)]  (VII) a statement of research and development plans, includ-
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 energy technologies, recent results of such programs undertaken or fund-
 ed to date, and an assessment of the potential impacts of such results;
   [(ix)] (VIII) proposed policies, objectives and strategies for meeting
 the state's future gas needs; and
   [(x)]  (IX)  such  additional  information  as the board may, by regu-
 lation, require to carry out the purposes of this article.
   (c) Such information from major petroleum  suppliers  and  major  coal
 suppliers  as  the  board  may require to carry out the purposes of this
 article.
   (d) Such other information  from  owners  and  operators  of  electric
 generating  power  plants  as  the  board  may  require to carry out the
 purposes of this article.
   [(e) A single comprehensive submission  from  industry  groups,  trade
 associations,  or  combinations of such groups and associations in place
 of submissions by individual member companies.]
   § 7. No agency, commission, or authority shall approve or  permit  the
 construction  of  any  fossil  fuel  or  fuel gas generation facility or
 infrastructure until the completion  of  an  energy  plan  developed  in
 accordance with the provisions of section one of this act.
   § 8. This act shall take effect immediately.