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                                   2474
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 authorizing
   the New York state energy research and development authority to admin-
   ister a program to provide funds related to  enabling  clean  hydrogen
   projects
 
   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 "H2 energy scale up act".
   § 2. Section 1854 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 27 to read as follows:
   27.  (A)  TO  ADMINISTER  A  PROGRAM,  USING  FUNDS  PROVIDED FOR SUCH
 PURPOSE, TO PROVIDE GRANTS, LOANS OR OTHER SERVICES, BASED ON  STANDARDS
 AND GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE AUTHORITY, OR ANY OTHER ENTITY AUTHOR-
 IZED  BY  LAW TO AWARD SUCH FUNDING, FOR THE COSTS RELATED TO THE DEMON-
 STRATION OR SCALE UP OF THE PRODUCTION, PROCESSING,  DELIVERY,  STORAGE,
 OR END USE OF CLEAN HYDROGEN.  THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF SUCH FUNDING SHALL
 BE  TO  AID  THE  CONVERSION  OR RETROFITTING OF FOSSIL FUEL FACILITIES,
 FUNCTIONING AND NONFUNCTIONING, TO IMPROVE THE COMPLETION AND EXPEDITION
 OF HYDROGEN PROJECTS.  SUCH STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES SHALL INCLUDE,  BUT
 NOT  BE LIMITED TO, AN EVALUATION OF (I) THE CLEAN ENERGY SUPPLY AND THE
 BALANCE OF GREEN HYDROGEN PROJECTS  AND  BLUE  HYDROGEN  PROJECTS,  (II)
 WHETHER  THE  HYDROGEN  PROJECT  WILL  YIELD  HOURLY MATCHING, AND (III)
 WHETHER THE DELIVERABILITY OF A PROJECT SUPPORTS SUBSTANTIAL  DEPLOYMENT
 OF  CLEAN  ENERGY IN THIS DECADE WHILE BEING EFFICIENTLY AND RESPONSIBLY
 INTERCONNECTED TO THE CURRENT GENERATION SYSTEMS.    PROJECTS  SHALL  BE
 APPROVED  BY  THE  AUTHORITY PRIOR TO COMPLETION IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE
 FUNDS AUTHORIZED BY THIS SUBDIVISION. A PARTICIPATING ENTITY SHALL  ONLY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FUNDING IF IT MEETS THE COMPLETION AND EFFECTIVENESS
 AND EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE AUTHORITY.
   (B)  (I) NO LATER THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX,
 AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, EACH PARTICIPATING ENTITY SHALL REPORT  TO  THE
 AUTHORITY  ON THE COMPLETION OF ITS CLEAN HYDROGEN PROJECT AND THE EFFI-
 CIENCY OF ITS SCALE UP.
   (II) NO LATER THAN APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, AND ANNUAL-
 LY THEREAFTER, THE AUTHORITY SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY
 PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIR  OF  THE
 SENATE  ENERGY  AND  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  COMMITTEE  AND THE CHAIR OF THE
 ASSEMBLY ENERGY COMMITTEE ON THE RESULTS OF SUCH PROGRAM  INCLUDING  THE
 INFORMATION  PROVIDED TO THE AUTHORITY IN SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARA-
 GRAPH, ANY FUNDS DISBURSED, PROJECTS COMPLETED AND THE EFFECTIVENESS AND
 EFFICIENCY OF SUCH PROJECTS.  INFORMATION ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF  FUND-
 ING  AND  EXPEDITING  EACH  HYDROGEN PROJECT SHALL BE BASED ON YEAR OVER
 YEAR DATA STARTING AFTER  THE  FIRST  FULL  CYCLE  OF  RENEWABLE  ENERGY
 PRODUCTION FROM THE FUNDED HYDROGEN PROJECT.
   (III) THE AUTHORITY SHALL MAKE THE REPORT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBPAR-
 AGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON ITS WEBSITE.
   (C) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION:
   (I)  "GREEN  HYDROGEN  PROJECT"  MEANS RENEWABLE HYDROGEN, OBTAINED BY
 ELECTROLYSIS OF WATER. SUCH PROJECTS SHALL BE POWERED ENTIRELY BY RENEW-
 ABLE ENERGY AND GENERATE NO POLLUTING EMISSIONS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE; AND
   (II) "BLUE HYDROGEN  PROJECT"  MEANS  HYDROGEN  PRODUCED  MAINLY  FROM
 NATURAL GAS, USING A STEAM REFORMING PROCESS. THE OUTPUT OF SUCH PROCESS
 IS HYDROGEN WITH CARBON DIOXIDE PRODUCED AS A BY-PRODUCT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.