Senate Bill S3021

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes the secretary of state to appoint a person from the utility intervention unit within the consumer protection division to serve on the state energy planning board

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions
Votes

2023-S3021 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Energy Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-102, Energy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5290
2015-2016: S4427
2017-2018: S1978
2019-2020: S2793
2021-2022: S5861

2023-S3021 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the secretary of state to appoint a person from the utility intervention unit within the consumer protection division to serve on the state energy planning board.

2023-S3021 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3021 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3021
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the energy law, in relation to the composition of the
   state energy planning board
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Subdivision  1  of  section 6-102 of the energy law, as
 amended by chapter 195 of the laws  of  2011,  is  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 additional
 representative to serve on the board;  IN  ADDITION,  THE  SECRETARY  OF
 STATE SHALL APPOINT, FROM THE UTILITY INTERVENTION UNIT WITH THE CONSUM-
 ER PROTECTION DIVISION ESTABLISHED IN SECTION NINETY-FOUR-A OF THE EXEC-
 UTIVE  LAW,  AN  ADDITIONAL PERSON TO SERVE ON THE BOARD.  The presiding
 officer of the federally designated electric bulk system operator  (BSO)
 shall  serve as a non-voting 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  repre-
 sentative to participate on the board on their behalf.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04699-01-3

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.