Senate Bill S3339

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the geothermal education and outreach (GEO) act

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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-S3339 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1872-b, Pub Auth L

2025-S3339 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs NYSERDA to develop a geothermal education and outreach program to provide guidelines, planning, and financial support for qualified school districts that wish to convert to a geothermal energy system as their primary source of energy.

2025-S3339 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3339 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3339
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. WALCZYK -- 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 enacting the
   "geothermal education and outreach (GEO) act"

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "geothermal
 education and outreach (GEO) act".
   §  2.  The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new section
 1872-b to read as follows:
   § 1872-B. GEOTHERMAL EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM.  1.  DEFINITIONS.
 AS  USED  IN  THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING
 MEANINGS:
   (A) "GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM" MEANS A  RENEWABLE  ENERGY  SYSTEM,  AS
 DEFINED BY SECTION SIXTY-SIX-P OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW, THAT GENERATES
 ELECTRICITY  THROUGH THE USE OF GEOTHERMAL ELECTRIC OR GEOTHERMAL GROUND
 SOURCE HEAT TECHNOLOGY.
   (B) "PROGRAM" MEANS THE  GEOTHERMAL  EDUCATION  AND  OUTREACH  PROGRAM
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   (C)  "QUALIFIED  SCHOOL  DISTRICT" MEANS A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT
 THE AUTHORITY DETERMINES CAN FEASIBLY CONVERT TO  GEOTHERMAL  ENERGY  AS
 ITS  PRIMARY  SOURCE  OF  ENERGY BASED ON LOCATION, RESOURCES, AND OTHER
 RELEVANT FACTORS AS DETERMINED BY THE AUTHORITY.
   2. GEOTHERMAL EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM.  (A)  THE  AUTHORITY  IS
 HEREBY  DIRECTED  TO  ESTABLISH AND ADMINISTER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, A GEOTHERMAL EDUCATION AND  OUTREACH  PROGRAM
 TO  PROVIDE  GUIDELINES,  PLANNING,  AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR QUALIFIED
 SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WISH TO CONVERT TO A GEOTHERMAL ENERGY  SYSTEM  AS
 THEIR PRIMARY SOURCE OF ENERGY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06462-01-5
 S. 3339                             2

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