Senate Bill S2085

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes new targets for offshore wind electricity generation

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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

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2025-S2085 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2596
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§137 & 66-p, Pub Serv L; amd §75-0103, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S6327, A7407

2025-S2085 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes new targets for offshore wind electricity generation; includes the requirements that there is at least 15 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2040, at least 18 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2045 and at least 20 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2050.

2025-S2085 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2085 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2085
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KAVANAGH, ADDABBO, ASHBY, BRISPORT, CLEARE, COMRIE,
   COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SI-
   GAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE, PALUMBO, PARKER,  SALA-
   ZAR,  SANDERS,  SEPULVEDA,  SERRANO,  SKOUFIS,  WEBB -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Energy and Telecommunications
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public service law and the environmental conserva-
   tion law, in relation to establishing new targets  for  offshore  wind
   electricity generation
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 137 of the public service law,  as
 added  by  section  11  of  part O of chapter 58 of the laws of 2024, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. "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  but  not
 limited  to  the  requirement  that  a minimum of seventy percent of the
 statewide electric generation 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 procure-
 ment of at least nine gigawatts of offshore wind electricity  generation
 by two thousand thirty-five, AT LEAST FIFTEEN GIGAWATTS OF OFFSHORE WIND
 ELECTRICITY  GENERATION  BY  TWO THOUSAND FORTY, AT LEAST EIGHTEEN GIGA-
 WATTS OF OFFSHORE WIND ELECTRICITY GENERATION  BY  TWO  THOUSAND  FORTY-
 FIVE,  AT LEAST TWENTY GIGAWATTS OF OFFSHORE WIND ELECTRICITY GENERATION
 BY TWO THOUSAND FIFTY, six gigawatts of photovoltaic solar generation by
 two thousand twenty-five and to support  three  gigawatts  of  statewide
 energy storage capacity by two thousand thirty.
   § 2. 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.
                                                            LBD00195-03-5
              

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