Bill Text: NY A06571 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the energy storage deployment program to encourage the installation of qualified energy storage systems; relates to commercially available technology that is capable of absorbing energy, storing it for a period of time, and thereafter dispatching the energy.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-2)
Status: (Passed) 2017-11-29 - approval memo.20 [A06571 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A06571-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6571 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, WALKER, ENGLEBRIGHT, HUNTER, MOYA, BUCHWALD, CAHILL, COLTON, D'URSO, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE, LIFTON, LUPARDO, NIOU, ORTIZ, OTIS, QUART, SCHIMMINGER, SIMON, McDONOUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, MAGEE, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy AN ACT to amend the public service law and the public authorities law, in relation to establishing the energy storage deployment program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 2 74 to read as follows: 3 § 74. Energy storage deployment program. 1. (a) As used in this 4 section "qualified energy storage system" shall mean commercially avail- 5 able technology that is capable of absorbing energy, storing it for a 6 period of time, and thereafter dispatching the energy. A qualified ener- 7 gy storage system shall be cost-effective and either assist the inte- 8 gration of variable energy resources, reduce emissions of greenhouse 9 gases, reduce demand for peak electrical generation, defer or substitute 10 for an investment in generation, transmission, or distribution assets, 11 or improve the reliable operation of the electrical transmission or 12 distribution grid. 13 (b) A qualified energy storage system shall do one or more of the 14 following: (i) use mechanical, chemical, or thermal processes to store 15 energy that was generated at one time for use at a later time; (ii) 16 store thermal energy for direct use for heating or cooling at a later 17 time in a manner that avoids the need to use electricity at that later 18 time; (iii) use mechanical, chemical, or thermal processes to store 19 energy generated from renewable resources for use at a later time; or 20 (iv) use mechanical, chemical, or thermal processes to store energy 21 generated from mechanical processes that would otherwise be wasted for 22 delivery at a later time. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10350-01-7A. 6571 2 1 2. Within ninety days of the effective date of this section, the 2 commission shall commence a proceeding to establish the energy storage 3 deployment program to encourage the installation of qualified energy 4 storage systems. No later than January first, two thousand eighteen, the 5 commission shall make a determination establishing a target for the 6 installation of qualified energy storage systems to be achieved through 7 two thousand thirty and programs that will enable the state to meet such 8 target. The commission shall consult with the New York state energy 9 research and development authority and the Long Island power authority 10 in the preparation of such determination. The determination shall 11 include the following: 12 (a) The creation of the energy storage deployment program to be admin- 13 istered by the New York state energy research and development authority 14 and the Long Island power authority; 15 (b) Estimated annual expenditures associated with the program for each 16 year commencing with calendar year two thousand eighteen and continuing 17 through calendar year two thousand thirty; 18 (c) Program designs that take the following into consideration: 19 (1) avoided or deferred costs associated with transmission, distrib- 20 ution, and/or capacity; 21 (2) minimization of peak load in constrained areas; and 22 (3) systems that are connected to customer facilities and systems that 23 are directly connected to transmission and distribution facilities; 24 (d) Annual reports on the achievements and effectiveness of the 25 program to be submitted to the governor, the temporary president of the 26 senate, and the speaker of the assembly; and 27 (e) Such other issues deemed appropriate by the commission. 28 § 2. Sections 1020-ii, 1020-jj and 1020-kk of the public authorities 29 law, as renumbered by chapter 388 of the laws of 2011, are renumbered 30 sections 1020-jj, 1020-kk and 1020-ll and a new section 1020-ii is added 31 to read as follows: 32 § 1020-ii. Energy storage deployment program. The authority shall 33 encourage the installation of qualified energy storage systems in its 34 service territory through implementation of the energy storage deploy- 35 ment program as set forth and defined in section seventy-four of the 36 public service law. 37 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 1020-s of the public authorities law, as 38 amended by section 9 of part A of chapter 173 of the laws of 2013, is 39 amended to read as follows: 40 1. The rates, services and practices relating to the electricity 41 generated by facilities owned or operated by the authority shall not be 42 subject to the provisions of the public service law or to regulation by, 43 or the jurisdiction of, the public service commission, except to the 44 extent (a) article seven of the public service law applies to the siting 45 and operation of a major utility transmission facility as defined there- 46 in, (b) article ten of such law applies to the siting of a generating 47 facility as defined therein, (c) section eighteen-a of such law provides 48 for assessment for certain costs, property or operations, [and] (d) to 49 the extent that the department of public service reviews and makes 50 recommendations with respect to the operations and provision of services 51 of, and rates and budgets established by, the authority pursuant to 52 section three-b of such law, and (e) that section seventy-four of the 53 public service law applies to qualified energy storage systems within 54 the authority's jurisdiction. 55 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
