Senate Bill S7133

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the renewable natural gas standard 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-S7133 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §66-x, amd §66-f, Pub Serv L

2025-S7133 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "renewable natural gas standard act"; requires the public service commission to establish a program to require that gas corporations procure renewable natural gas from third-parties, including affiliates of the gas corporation, for distribution to natural gas customers.

2025-S7133 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7133 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7133
 
                        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 enacting the
   "renewable natural gas standard act"
 
   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 "renewable natural gas standard act".
   § 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 66-x to
 read as follows:
   § 66-X. ESTABLISHMENT OF A RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS STANDARD.  1. (A) THE
 LEGISLATURE HEREBY FINDS THAT:
   (I) 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;
   (II) IN ORDER TO MEET THESE AGGRESSIVE TARGETS,  IT  IS  NECESSARY  TO
 FURTHER  DEVELOP  RENEWABLE  ENERGY SOURCES, INCLUDING RENEWABLE NATURAL
 GAS;
   (III) THE PRODUCTION OF RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS IS A DESIRABLE SOURCE OF
 RENEWABLE ENERGY BECAUSE IT CAPTURES METHANE OTHERWISE EMITTED INTO  THE
 ATMOSPHERE  FROM  VARIOUS  SOURCES OF WASTE, THEREBY REDUCING GREENHOUSE
 GAS REDUCTIONS;
   (IV) RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS IS AN IMPORTANT RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE  TO
 PAIR WITH MORE INTERMITTENT RESOURCES (SOLAR, WIND) BECAUSE IT IS READI-
 LY  AVAILABLE  AND CAN USE EXISTING NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RELI-
 ABLE STORAGE AND DELIVERY; AND
   (V) HARNESSING RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS AS A FUEL OPTION WILL ADVANCE THE
 ACHIEVEMENT OF THE CLCPA'S GREENHOUSE  GAS  EMISSIONS  REDUCTION  GOALS,

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11308-01-5
              

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