Bill Text: NY A06429 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6429 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires the public service commission to develop recommendations regarding the establishment of microgrids.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-06 - enacting clause stricken [A06429 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06429-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          6429
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 7, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Energy
        AN  ACT  to require the public service commission to develop recommenda-
          tions regarding the establishment of microgrids
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or
     2  local law to the contrary, the public service commission,  in  consulta-
     3  tion  with  the  division  of  homeland security and emergency services,
     4  shall develop recommendations regarding the establishment of  microgrids
     5  in the state of New York. For purposes of this act, the term "microgrid"
     6  shall  mean  a  group  of  interconnected  loads  and distributed energy
     7  resources within clearly defined electrical boundaries that  acts  as  a
     8  single  controllable entity with respect to the grid and can connect and
     9  disconnect from the grid to enable it to operate in both  grid-connected
    10  or  island-mode.  Specifically, the commission shall develop recommenda-
    11  tions which include, but are not limited to, the following:
    12    (a) Whether microgrids  should  be  established  at  hospitals,  first
    13  responder  headquarters,  such  as  police  and fire stations, emergency
    14  shelters, schools, water filtration plants, sewage treatment plants  and
    15  other locations in the state of New York;
    16    (b) The geographic areas in the state of New York where the establish-
    17  ment  of  such  microgrids should be a priority, based upon severe storm
    18  damage during the two years prior to the effective date of this act; and
    19    (c) Funding mechanisms that should be considered in order to  pay  for
    20  the establishment of such microgrids.
    21    §  2. The commission shall submit a final report of recommendations to
    22  the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the  speaker  of
    23  the assembly within one year after the effective date of this act.
    24    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10281-01-9