BILL NUMBER: S8567

SPONSOR: MATTERA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public service law, in relation to directing the
public service commission to evaluate hydrogen, sewage thermal energy,
and nuclear small modular reactors as renewable energy sources

 
PURPOSE:

To have the public service commission evaluate new sources of renewable
energy.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Section 5 of the public service law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 7

Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 
              

JUSTIFICATION:

With New York State's decision to rapidly move away from clean natural
gas and other energy sources, the unfortunate reality is that there are
some issues with the efforts to comply with the CLCPA (Climate Leader-
ship and Community Protection Act) and that may impact every day New
Yorkers. Many in the energy industry have expressed serious concerns
that the cost estimates associated with the CLCPA mandates have been
woefully short of the true cost to ratepayers and that the current ener-
gy infrastructure will be unable to handle demand that the CLPCA will
put on it.

Due to these concerns, and others, our state must take immediate steps
to ensure we are utilizing every possible source of energy to best
protect the economic future of our residents while ensuring they have
access to the energy they need, particularly in the harsh winter months.

As we move into the future, it is incumbent on New York State to explore
all options for heating and cooling sources and this source has great
potential and New York State should examine its benefits to protect all
New Yorkers.

While the CLCPA implementation is still flawed, we must move forward
with a clear plan to protect our residents from exceedingly increasing
costs. This bill will help add new renewable energy solutions to the
list of renewable energy sources.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately