Senate Bill S8229

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Increases the statewide energy storage capacity

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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

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2023-S8229 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8614
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §94-c, Exec L; amd §75-0103, En Con L; amd §66-p, Pub Serv L

2023-S8229 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the statewide energy storage capacity to six gigawatts by the year 2030.

2023-S8229 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8229 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8229
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, the environmental conservation law,
   and the public service law, in relation to  increasing  the  statewide
   energy storage capacity

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 94-c of the exec-
 utive law, as added by section 4 of part JJJ of chapter 58 of  the  laws
 of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   (b)  "CLCPA targets" shall mean the public policies established in the
 climate leadership and community protection act enacted in  chapter  one
 hundred six of the laws of two thousand nineteen, including the require-
 ment  that a minimum of seventy percent of the statewide electric gener-
 ation be produced by renewable energy systems by  two  thousand  thirty,
 that  by  the  year  two  thousand forty the statewide electrical demand
 system will generate zero emissions and the procurement of at least nine
 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by two thousand  thir-
 ty-five,  six gigawatts of photovoltaic solar generation by two thousand
 twenty-five and to support [three] SIX  gigawatts  of  statewide  energy
 storage capacity by two thousand thirty.
   §  2. Paragraph e of subdivision 13 of section 75-0103 of the environ-
 mental conservation law, as added by chapter 106 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   e. Measures to achieve  six  gigawatts  of  distributed  solar  energy
 capacity  installed in the state by two thousand twenty-five, nine giga-
 watts of offshore wind capacity installed by two thousand thirty-five, a
 statewide energy efficiency goal of  one  hundred  eighty-five  trillion
 British thermal units energy reduction from the two thousand twenty-five
 forecast; and [three] SIX gigawatts of statewide energy storage capacity
 by two thousand thirty.
   § 3. Subdivision 5 of section 66-p of the public service law, as added
 by chapter 106 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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