Bill Text: NY A00340 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the New York state energy research and development authority to prepare a report regarding the replacement of decommissioned or dormant electric generating sites with renewable energy development and energy storage opportunities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2022-11-23 - tabled [A00340 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         340--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, SIMON -- read once and referred to the
          Committee  on  Energy  --  recommitted  to  the Committee on Energy in
          accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to directing the
          New York state energy research and development authority to study  and
          make  recommendations  regarding  siting renewable energy resources at
          decommissioned or dormant electric generating sites; and  directs  the
          New  York  state  energy research and development authority to issue a
          request for proposal in support of a renewable  energy  project  at  a
          dormant electric generating site

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 1884 to read as follows:
     3    §  1884.  Report; energy storage at decommissioned or dormant electric
     4  generating sites. 1. For the purposes of this section:
     5    (a) "renewable energy resources" shall mean  resources  that  generate
     6  electricity or thermal energy through the use of the following technolo-
     7  gies:  solar  thermal,  photovoltaics, on land and offshore wind, hydro-
     8  electric, geothermal electric,  geothermal  ground  source  heat,  tidal
     9  energy, wave energy, ocean thermal, and fuel cells.
    10    (b)  "energy  storage" shall mean systems that store electricity, that
    11  was generated by renewable energy resources, through mechanical,  chemi-
    12  cal, or thermal processes for use at a later time.
    13    2.  (a)  The  authority  is  hereby  directed  to prepare a report, in
    14  consultation with the public service commission and empire state  devel-
    15  opment  corporation, containing recommendations regarding siting renewa-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04143-07-2
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     1  ble energy resources and energy storage  at  decommissioned  or  dormant
     2  electric generating sites.
     3    (b) The report shall include, but not be limited to:
     4    (i) a survey of decommissioned or dormant electric generating sites in
     5  the state;
     6    (ii)  an  identification of renewable energy development opportunities
     7  at decommissioned or dormant electric generating sites;
     8    (iii) an assessment of the economic impacts on affected communities of
     9  repowering dormant electric  generating  sites  with  renewable  energy,
    10  including impacts to the local tax base and local employment;
    11    (iv) an assessment of the impacts on electric system reliability;
    12    (v)  an  assessment  of  the  siting  process in converting brownfield
    13  locations to renewable energy  resource  and  energy  storage  projects,
    14  including a review of the applicable state and local laws; and
    15    (vi) recommendations to further develop renewable energy resources and
    16  energy storage projects at decommissioned or dormant electric generating
    17  sites  and  surrounding  properties  containing  the  generating  site's
    18  infrastructure.
    19    3. The authority shall submit the report required pursuant to subdivi-
    20  sion two of this section to the governor, the temporary president of the
    21  senate and the speaker of the assembly within one year of the  effective
    22  date of this section.
    23    §  2.  The New York state energy research and development authority is
    24  directed to establish the "repowering with renewable energy" program  to
    25  develop  renewable energy resources and energy storage at decommissioned
    26  and dormant electric generating facilities.
    27    1. After the completion of the report established pursuant to subdivi-
    28  sion two of section 1884 of the public authorities  law,  the  authority
    29  shall issue a request for proposal through the New York green bank for a
    30  repowering  with  renewable  energy project at the Lovett Power Plant in
    31  Rockland county (Lovett).  Such  solicitation  shall  leverage  existing
    32  state programs to attract competitive private investment in the program.
    33    2.  After  the  selection  of a successful bid for the repowering with
    34  renewable energy project at Lovett, the authority shall, as appropriate,
    35  open solicitations for additional repowering projects in the state.
    36    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.