Senate Bill S7134

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the establishment of carbon capture projects

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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-S7134 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §66-x, Pub Serv L; amd §224-d, Lab L

2025-S7134 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the establishment of carbon capture projects in order to achieve the greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals of the climate leadership and community protection act.

2025-S7134 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7134 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7134
 
                        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 and the labor law, in relation to
   requiring the establishment of carbon capture projects

   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
 66-x to read as follows:
   §  66-X.  CARBON CAPTURE PROJECTS. 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  TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN HELP REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMIS-
 SIONS FROM EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE;
   (C) CARBON CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO  REDUCE  GREENHOUSE
 GAS  EMISSIONS  FROM  HARD-TO-ELECTRIFY AND OTHER SECTORS, INCLUDING THE
 INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, BUT IN ORDER FOR THE  TECHNOLOGY  TO  BE  SCALED  FOR
 BROADER USE, INNOVATIVE EFFORTS WILL BE NEEDED;
   (D) DECARBONIZATION OF THESE SECTORS WILL PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL BENEFITS
 TO  DISADVANTAGED  COMMUNITIES,  WHERE  SOURCES  IN  THE  INDUSTRIAL AND
 RELATED SECTORS ARE OFTEN SITED;
   (E) SUPPORTING THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF  CARBON  CAPTURE  TECHNOLOGY
 WILL  OFFER  NEW  OPPORTUNITIES  FOR DEVELOPING AND EMPLOYING NEW YORK'S
 WORKFORCE; AND

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11288-01-5
 S. 7134                             2
 
              

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