Assembly Bill A9029

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the New York state energy research and development authority conduct a study on independent neighborhoods and homes in cities constructing micro-grids

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    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A9029 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8190
Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Authorities

2023-A9029 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the New York state energy research and development authority conduct a study on independent neighborhoods and homes in cities constructing micro-grids to study the feasibility, efficiency, and energy saving costs if such micro-grids were constructed.

2023-A9029 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9029
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Energy
 
 AN ACT directing the New York  state  energy  research  and  development
   authority   to  study  feasibility  and  efficiency  of  independently
   constructed micro-grids for homes and neighborhoods
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this act:
   (a)  "City"  shall  mean any city with a population greater than sixty
 thousand.
   (b) "Neighborhood" shall have the same meaning as "neighborhood  unit"
 as defined in section 2 of the private housing finance law.
   §  2.  The New York state energy research and development authority is
 authorized and directed to study the feasibility, efficiency, and energy
 saving costs for cities if individuals homes or  neighborhoods  were  to
 create  their own independent micro-grids. Such study shall include, but
 not be limited to:
   (a) the cost of constructing a micro-grid to power independent  neigh-
 borhoods and homes;
   (b) the feasibility of constructing a micro-grid for neighborhoods and
 homes;
   (c) the efficiency of a micro-grid for neighborhoods and homes;
   (d)  the  cost of operations to run a micro-grid for neighborhoods and
 homes;
   (e) the potential effects of independent micro-grids for neighborhoods
 and homes lessening the stress on current electrical systems; and
   (f) the potential cost savings of independent micro-grids.
   § 3. The New York state  energy  research  and  development  authority
 shall make a report to the governor and the legislature of its findings,
 conclusions,  and  recommendations  no later than seven months after the
 effective date of this act and shall submit with this report such legis-
 lative proposals as it deems necessary to implement its recommendations.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14009-01-4

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