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                                  9538--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2024
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. SHRESTHA, MAMDANI, SIMON, BURDICK, GONZALEZ-RO-
   JAS, GALLAGHER, SAYEGH,  WOERNER,  KIM,  MEEKS,  CUNNINGHAM,  SHIMSKY,
   STIRPE, EPSTEIN, DAVILA, SIMONE, STECK, EACHUS, RIVERA, KELLES, RAMOS,
   MITAYNES,  ANDERSON,  LEVENBERG,  FORREST, SEAWRIGHT, ALVAREZ, THIELE,
   TAPIA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the New  York
   power authority's conferral process
 
   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 "public renewables transparency act".
   §  2.  Paragraph (d) of subdivision 27-a of section 1005 of the public
 authorities law, as amended by section 28 of part O of chapter 58 of the
 laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (d) No later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date  of
 this  subdivision,  and  annually thereafter, the authority shall confer
 with the New York state energy research and development  authority,  the
 department  of  public  service,  climate  and resiliency experts, labor
 organizations, and environmental  justice  and  community  organizations
 concerning  the  state's  progress on meeting the renewable energy goals
 established by the climate leadership and community protection act.   AT
 EACH  BOARD  OF TRUSTEES' MEETING, THERE SHALL BE A PUBLIC REPORT DELIV-
 ERED AND PUBLISHED ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AUTHORI-
 TY'S RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION STRATEGIC  PLAN.  When  exercising  the
 authority  provided for in paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the infor-
 mation developed through  such  conferral  shall  be  used  to  identify
 projects to help ensure that the state meets its goals under the climate
 leadership  and  community protection act. Any conferral provided for in
 this paragraph shall include consideration of the timing of projects  in
 the  interconnection  queue  of  the  federally designated electric bulk
 system operator for New York state, taking into  account  both  capacity
 factors  or  planned projects and the interconnection queue's historical
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 completion rate. A report on  the  information  developed  through  such
 conferral  shall  be published and made accessible on the website of the
 authority, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE  BASIS  OF  THE  CONFERRAL
 REPORT. THE PUBLISHED BASIS SHALL INCLUDE NOTES FROM THE CONFERRAL MEET-
 INGS.
   §  3.  Paragraph (d) of subdivision 27-a of section 1005 of the public
 authorities law, as added by section 1 of part QQ of chapter 56  of  the
 laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   (d)  No later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of
 this subdivision, and annually thereafter, the  authority  shall  confer
 with  the  New York state energy research and development authority, the
 office of renewable energy siting, the  department  of  public  service,
 climate  and  resiliency experts, labor organizations, and environmental
 justice and community organizations concerning the state's  progress  on
 meeting the renewable energy goals established by the climate leadership
 and  community protection act. AT EACH BOARD OF TRUSTEES' MEETING, THERE
 SHALL BE A PUBLIC REPORT DELIVERED AND PUBLISHED ON THE DEVELOPMENT  AND
 IMPLEMENTATION  OF THE AUTHORITY'S RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION STRATEGIC
 PLAN. When exercising the authority provided for  in  paragraph  (a)  of
 this subdivision, the information developed through such conferral shall
 be  used  to  identify  projects to help ensure that the state meets its
 goals under the climate leadership and  community  protection  act.  Any
 conferral  provided for in this paragraph shall include consideration of
 the timing of projects in the interconnection  queue  of  the  federally
 designated electric bulk system operator for New York state, taking into
 account  both  capacity  factors  or  planned projects and the intercon-
 nection queue's historical completion rate. A report on the  information
 developed  through such conferral shall be published and made accessible
 on the website of the authority, INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  THE
 BASIS  OF  THE CONFERRAL REPORT. THE PUBLISHED BASIS SHALL INCLUDE NOTES
 FROM THE CONFERRAL MEETINGS.
   § 4. Subparagraph (vii)  of  paragraph  (e)  of  subdivision  27-a  of
 section  1005  of  the  public authorities law, as added by section 1 of
 part QQ of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2023,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (vii)  The  authority  shall post a draft of the strategic plan on its
 website for public comment for a period of at least sixty days  STARTING
 NO  LATER  THAN  OCTOBER  ELEVENTH,  and shall hold at least [three] SIX
 public hearings on the draft strategic plan in regionally diverse  parts
 of  the state. THE AUTHORITY SHALL PROVIDE AN OPTION FOR STAKEHOLDERS TO
 SUBMIT COMMENTS REMOTELY AS WELL, AND  INCORPORATE  FEEDBACK  FROM  SUCH
 SESSIONS  AND  WRITTEN  COMMENTS  INTO  THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE STRATEGIC
 PLAN.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the  amend-
 ments to paragraph (d) of subdivision 27-a of section 1005 of the public
 authorities  law made by section two of this act shall be subject to the
 expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant  to  section  34  of
 part  O  of  chapter  58 of the laws of 2024, as amended, when upon such
 date the provisions of section three of this act shall take effect.