NY State Senate Bill 2025-S1668

Senate Bill S1668

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing the New York state energy research and development authority to administer a program to provide grants related to enabling switching residences to electric heat pumps

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 27, 2025	advanced to third reading
Jan 22, 2025	2nd report cal.
Jan 21, 2025	1st report cal.135
Jan 13, 2025	referred to energy and telecommunications

Votes

- Jan 21, 2025 - Energy And Telecommunications Committee Vote
  S1668
  
  7
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Energy And Telecommunications Committee Vote: Jan 21, 2025
      
      aye (7)
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Hinchey
      
      Kavanagh
      
      May
      
      O'Mara
      
      Parker
      
      Ryan
      
      nay (1)
      
      Walczyk
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Mattera

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2025-S1668 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1854, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S8504

2025-S1668 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to administer a program to provide grants or loans for the costs related to enabling switching residences with propane or fuel-oil heating systems to efficient electric heat pumps.

2025-S1668 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1668

SPONSOR: HARCKHAM
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to authorizing
the New York state energy research and development authority to adminis-
ter a program to provide grants related to switching residences to elec-
tric heat pumps

 
PURPOSE:

Authorizes NYSERDA to establish and implement a Delivered Fuels Replace-
ment Program to provide grants, loans and other support for residential
homes to transition from delivered fuels heating to efficient electric
heat pumps.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 creates a new subdivision 27 to section 1854 of the public
service law to authorize NYSERDA established and implement a Delivered
Fuels Replacement Program to provide grants, loans and other support to

transition delivered fuels from residential homes to efficient electric
heat pumps.

Section 2 states the effective Date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Approximately 1.8 million New York households use delivered fuels,
including fuel oil and propane furnaces, and water heaters. New York
state residents consume more heating oil than any other state in the
country. Transitioning homes on delivered fuels to electrified ones will
yield significant economic, health, and environmental benefits.

98% of New York households on delivered fuels would save money by elec-
trifying space heating, with the average household saving $1,451 per
year, representing $3 billion in potential savings every year.

Electrifying delivered fuel space heating is the highest impact residen-
tial decarbonization action New York can take; doing so would eliminate
34-55% more carbon pollution than electrifying the same number of gas
furnaces.

This legislation will authorize NYSERDA to establish and implement a
program focused on providing grants, loans, and other support for resi-
dential homes to transition from delivered fuels to efficient electric
heat pumps.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2022-2024: S8504A/A8595A - Passed Senate/ Died on the Floor

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

TBD

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S1668 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1668
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Tele-
   communications
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation  to  authorizing
   the New York state energy research and development authority to admin-
   ister  a  program to provide grants related to switching residences to
   electric heat pumps
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  1854 of the public authorities law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 27 to read as follows:
   27. TO ADMINISTER A PROGRAM, USING FUNDS PROVIDED FOR SUCH PURPOSE, TO
 PROVIDE GRANTS OR LOANS BASED ON STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY
 THE AUTHORITY, FOR THE COSTS RELATED TO  ENABLING  SWITCHING  RESIDENCES
 WITH  PROPANE  OR  FUEL-OIL  HEATING  SYSTEMS TO EFFICIENT ELECTRIC HEAT
 PUMPS, INCLUDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04506-01-5

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