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                                   2462
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2025
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 Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the New York
   power authority's conferral process
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "public renewables transparency act".
   § 2.  Paragraph (d) of subdivision 27-a of section 1005 of the  public
 authorities law, as amended by section 28 of part O of chapter 58 of the
 laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (d)  No later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of
 this subdivision, and annually thereafter, the  authority  shall  confer
 with  the  New York state energy research and development authority, the
 department of public service,  climate  and  resiliency  experts,  labor
 organizations,  and  environmental  justice  and community organizations
 concerning the state's progress on meeting the  renewable  energy  goals
 established  by the climate leadership and community protection act.  AT
 EACH BOARD OF TRUSTEES' MEETING, THERE SHALL BE A PUBLIC  REPORT  DELIV-
 ERED AND PUBLISHED ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AUTHORI-
 TY'S  RENEWABLE  ENERGY  GENERATION  STRATEGIC PLAN. When exercising the
 authority provided for in paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the  infor-
 mation  developed  through  such  conferral  shall  be  used to identify
 projects to help ensure that the state meets its goals under the climate
 leadership and community protection act. Any conferral provided  for  in
 this  paragraph shall include consideration of the timing of projects in
 the interconnection queue of  the  federally  designated  electric  bulk
 system  operator  for  New York state, taking into account both capacity
 factors or planned projects and the interconnection  queue's  historical
 completion  rate.  A  report  on  the information developed through such
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 conferral shall be published and made accessible on the website  of  the
 authority,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO, THE BASIS OF THE CONFERRAL
 REPORT. THE PUBLISHED BASIS SHALL INCLUDE NOTES FROM THE CONFERRAL MEET-
 INGS.
   §  3.  Paragraph (d) of subdivision 27-a of section 1005 of the public
 authorities law, as added by section 1 of part QQ of chapter 56  of  the
 laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   (d)  No later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of
 this subdivision, and annually thereafter, the  authority  shall  confer
 with  the  New York state energy research and development authority, the
 office of renewable energy siting, the  department  of  public  service,
 climate  and  resiliency experts, labor organizations, and environmental
 justice and community organizations concerning the state's  progress  on
 meeting the renewable energy goals established by the climate leadership
 and  community protection act. AT EACH BOARD OF TRUSTEES' MEETING, THERE
 SHALL BE A PUBLIC REPORT DELIVERED AND PUBLISHED ON THE DEVELOPMENT  AND
 IMPLEMENTATION  OF THE AUTHORITY'S RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION STRATEGIC
 PLAN. When exercising the authority provided for  in  paragraph  (a)  of
 this subdivision, the information developed through such conferral shall
 be  used  to  identify  projects to help ensure that the state meets its
 goals under the climate leadership and  community  protection  act.  Any
 conferral  provided for in this paragraph shall include consideration of
 the timing of projects in the interconnection  queue  of  the  federally
 designated electric bulk system operator for New York state, taking into
 account  both  capacity  factors  or  planned projects and the intercon-
 nection queue's historical completion rate. A report on the  information
 developed  through such conferral shall be published and made accessible
 on the website of the authority, INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  THE
 BASIS  OF  THE CONFERRAL REPORT. THE PUBLISHED BASIS SHALL INCLUDE NOTES
 FROM THE CONFERRAL MEETINGS.
   § 4. Subparagraph (vii)  of  paragraph  (e)  of  subdivision  27-a  of
 section  1005  of  the  public authorities law, as added by section 1 of
 part QQ of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2023,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (vii)  The  authority  shall post a draft of the strategic plan on its
 website for public comment for a period of at least sixty days  STARTING
 NO  LATER  THAN  OCTOBER  ELEVENTH,  and shall hold at least [three] SIX
 public hearings on the draft strategic plan in regionally diverse  parts
 of  the state. THE AUTHORITY SHALL PROVIDE AN OPTION FOR STAKEHOLDERS TO
 SUBMIT COMMENTS REMOTELY AS WELL, AND  INCORPORATE  FEEDBACK  FROM  SUCH
 SESSIONS  AND  WRITTEN  COMMENTS  INTO  THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE STRATEGIC
 PLAN.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the  amend-
 ments to paragraph (d) of subdivision 27-a of section 1005 of the public
 authorities  law made by section two of this act shall be subject to the
 expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant  to  section  34  of
 part  O  of  chapter  58 of the laws of 2024, as amended, when upon such
 date the provisions of section three of this act shall take effect.