Senate Bill S7132

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the establishment of a renewable hydrogen incentive program

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

2025-S7132 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §74-c, Pub Serv L

2025-S7132 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the establishment of a renewable hydrogen incentive program to support the production, processing, delivery, storage, or end use of hydrogen in New York for the purpose of meeting the greenhouse gas emissions goals of the climate leadership and community protection act (CLCPA).

2025-S7132 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7132 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7132
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 1, 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  to  amend  the public service law, in relation to requiring the
   establishment of a renewable hydrogen incentive program

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 74-c to read as follows:
   § 74-C. ESTABLISHMENT OF A RENEWABLE HYDROGEN  INCENTIVE  PROGRAM.  1.
 THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT:
   (A)  THE  CLIMATE  LEADERSHIP  AND  COMMUNITY  PROTECTION  ACT (CLCPA)
 REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, INCLUDING A
 FORTY PERCENT REDUCTION IN STATEWIDE GREENHOUSE  GAS  EMISSIONS  BY  TWO
 THOUSAND THIRTY AND AN EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT REDUCTION IN STATEWIDE GREEN-
 HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY TWO THOUSAND FIFTY;
   (B)  IN  ORDER  TO  MEET  THESE AGGRESSIVE TARGETS, IT IS NECESSARY TO
 FURTHER DEVELOP RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, INCLUDING RENEWABLE HYDROGEN;
   (C) RENEWABLE HYDROGEN HAS  SIGNIFICANT  POTENTIAL  TO  CONTRIBUTE  TO
 RESPONSIBLE  DECARBONIZATION IN THE FUTURE, AND THERE ARE EFFORTS UNDER-
 WAY IN NEW YORK, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL  AND  GLOBALLY  TO  DETERMINE  THE
 POTENTIAL OF THIS TECHNOLOGY;
   (D) RENEWABLE HYDROGEN HAS THE ABILITY TO DECARBONIZE SECTORS THAT ARE
 DIFFICULT  TO  ELECTRIFY,  INCLUDING  THE  TRANSPORTATION AND INDUSTRIAL
 SECTORS, AS WELL AS THE GAS PIPELINE SYSTEM;
   (E) DECARBONIZATION OF THESE SECTORS WILL PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL BENEFITS
 TO DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;
   (F) SUPPORTING THE  FURTHER  DEVELOPMENT  OF  THE  RENEWABLE  HYDROGEN
 INDUSTRY  WILL  OFFER NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPING AND EMPLOYING NEW
 YORK'S WORKFORCE AND WILL HELP ENSURE THAT THE AVAILABILITY OF WELL-PAID
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11293-01-5
 S. 7132                             2
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.