NY State Senate Bill 2025-S2481

Senate Bill S2481

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the New York state energy research and development authority conduct a study on the feasibility, storing and transferring of hydrogen energy to residential and commercial structures

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

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Jan 21, 2025	referred to energy and telecommunications

2025-S2481 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Authorities
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S8212

2025-S2481 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the New York state energy research and development authority conduct a study on the feasibility, storing and transferring of hydrogen energy to residential and commercial structures in cities and towns with a population greater than twenty thousand.

2025-S2481 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2481

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act directing the New York state energy research and development
authority study the feasibility of creating, storing and transferring
hydrogen energy to residential and commercial structures

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Directing the New York state energy research and development authority
study the feasibility of creating, storing, and transferring hydrogen
energy to residential and commercial structures.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: For the purposes of this act, "municipality" shall mean any
city or town with a population greater than 20,000.

Section 2: The New York state energy research and development authority
is authorized and directed to study the feasibility of creating, stor-

ing, and transferring hydrogen energy to residential and commercial
structures in municipalities.

Section 3: study to start effective immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The study is to obtain viable data for the ability of municipalities to
power residential and commercial structures via hydrogen power. With the
recent approval and financial investment of building out hydrogen energy
facilities. It is crucial to make sure that municipalities can maximize
the effectiveness of hydrogen energy in supplementing phase in their
electrical grids.

*Energy Value (LBMP)

*Capacity Value (ICAP)

*Utility Value (E)

*Demand Reduction Value (DRV)

*Energy Storage

With the constant rise in Utility cost, having comprehensive data to
assist in the cost of building, storing generated power and the trans-
ferring of hydrogen power to residential neighborhoods allow for the
current set level of invest in hydrogen energy to be moved further.
While also monitoring the effectiveness of each Hydrogen plant based on
the regions/municipality energy consumption and the ability to meet peak
demands.

The hydrogen study will also allow for the renewable energy source to be
a more efficient option while also giving each area the opportunity to
find the most functional and financially feasible form of implementation
to strategize the most efficient standards. The mapping/study/research

that would ideally lead to wider scale standards for efficient installa-
tion state wide.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2024: S8212 -PASSED SENATE

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S2481 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2481
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 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  directing  the  New  York state energy research and development
   authority study the feasibility of creating, storing and  transferring
   hydrogen energy to residential and commercial structures
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. For the purposes of this act, "municipality" shall mean any
 city or town with a population greater than 20,000.
   § 2. The New York state energy research and development  authority  is
 authorized  and  directed  to study the feasibility of creating, storing
 and transferring hydrogen energy to residential  and  commercial  struc-
 tures  in  municipalities.  Such study shall include, but not be limited
 to:
   (a) the ability of municipalities to power residential and  commercial
 structures via hydrogen power;
   (b)  the effectiveness of hydrogen power in supplementing or supplant-
 ing the electrical grids of municipalities;
   (c) the cost of building hydrogen power plants in municipalities;
   (d) the cost of storing power generated by hydrogen power; and
   (e) the cost of transferring hydrogen power to residential and commer-
 cial structures in municipalities.
   § 3. The New York state  energy  research  and  development  authority
 shall make a report to the governor and the legislature of its findings,
 conclusions,  and  recommendations  no  later  than  15 months after the
 effective date of this act and shall submit with this report such legis-
 lative proposals as it deems necessary to implement its recommendations.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06637-01-5

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