Bill Text: NY A07524 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the public service commission in consultation with NYSERDA to conduct a full cost benefit analysis of the technical and economic feasibility of renewable energy systems in the state of New York and to compare such directly with other methods of electricity generation within nine months after the effective date and every four years thereafter.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 41-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-25 - held for consideration in energy [A07524 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7524

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 13, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO, BARCLAY, TAGUE, FITZPATRICK, ANGELINO,
          ASHBY,  BLANKENBUSH, BRABENEC, BROWN, BYRNE, BYRNES, DeSTEFANO, DURSO,
          FRIEND,  GALLAHAN,  GANDOLFO,  J. A. GIGLIO,  J. M. GIGLIO,   GOODELL,
          HAWLEY,  JENSEN,  LAWLER,  LEMONDES,  MANKTELOW,  McDONOUGH,  MIKULIN,
          B. MILLER, M. MILLER, MONTESANO, MORINELLO, NORRIS, RA, REILLY, SALKA,
          SCHMITT, SIMPSON, SMITH, SMULLEN, TANNOUSIS, WALCZYK,  WALSH  --  read
          once and referred to the Committee on Energy

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the public service law, in relation to directing the
          public service commission to conduct a full cost benefit  analysis  of
          the  technical and economic feasibility of renewable energy systems in
          the state of New York and to compare such directly with other  methods
          of electricity generation

          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  66-s to read as follows:
     3    §  66-s.  Supplemental  study  of  the  costs, benefits, technical and
     4  economic feasibility of meeting the New York  state  climate  leadership
     5  and community protection act renewable energy targets. 1. Not later than
     6  nine  months  after  the  effective date of this section, and every four
     7  years thereafter, the commission, on behalf of the climate action  coun-
     8  cil  established  by  section  75-0103 of the environmental conservation
     9  law, and in consultation with the president of the New York state energy
    10  research and development authority and  the  presiding  officer  of  the
    11  federally  designated  electric  bulk system operator, shall publish and
    12  update a comprehensive study to determine the costs, benefits and  over-
    13  all economic feasibility of meeting the climate leadership and community
    14  protection  act  ("CLCPA")  targets  for renewable energy systems in New
    15  York state.
    16    2. Such study shall include a full cost benefit analysis assessing the
    17  following, including, but not limited to:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (a) The current state of technology in place for  electric  generation
     2  as  of  the  date  of  the study, as well as new and emerging generation
     3  methods;
     4    (b)  The  impact  of CLCPA renewable energy target compliance on elec-
     5  tricity wholesale prices, delivery rates and  total  bills  that  energy
     6  consumers  in this state will pay, including indirect energy costs. This
     7  analysis would include the impacts of subsidies to site  land-based  and
     8  offshore  renewable  energy  projects,  the  build-out  of  the electric
     9  infrastructure to receive and transmit  renewable  power,  subsidies  of
    10  energy  storage  projects, and the addition of new loads associated with
    11  deep electrification efforts in the residential, commercial,  industrial
    12  and  transportation sectors. This analysis shall address both short-term
    13  and long-term maintenance costs;
    14    (c) Direct and indirect costs associated with the transition to  heat-
    15  ing  and  cooling  provided  by  heat  pumps powered by renewable energy
    16  systems;
    17    (d) The current civilian state of the art in nuclear reactor technolo-
    18  gy and the role such technology could play in the transition to a clean-
    19  er, more reliable, and more  resilient  energy  portfolio  in  New  York
    20  state;
    21    (e)  The  impact of renewable energy systems on the reliability of the
    22  electric system in this state, including but  not  limited  to,  voltage
    23  sags  and  how  reliability  shall  be  maintained  when  solar and wind
    24  resources are not generating power, and shall also address how reliabil-
    25  ity will be maintained if fast-ramping gas-fired  generation  is  phased
    26  out;
    27    (f)  Costs  and logistical issues associated with end-of-life disposal
    28  of renewable energy system components;
    29    (g) Short-term and long-term costs associated  with  building-out  and
    30  maintaining  adequate energy storage and/or battery capacity for periods
    31  when renewable energy systems are intermittent;
    32    (h) Direct and indirect  transportation  costs  associated  with  such
    33  matters as charging station infrastructure, a moratorium on gas pipeline
    34  construction,  and  over-the-road transport of goods, such as perishable
    35  agricultural products;
    36    (i) The impact of CLCPA  compliance  on  natural  gas  market  prices,
    37  delivery  rates and total bills that energy consumers in this state will
    38  pay including but not limited to short-term  and  long-term  maintenance
    39  costs;
    40    (j)  The impact CLCPA compliance has on the reliability of the natural
    41  gas system in this state and its ability to support manufacturing  proc-
    42  esses  for  which  today there are no known replacement fuels. Consider-
    43  ation shall be given to the following: the  utilization  and  dependence
    44  upon  natural gas by manufacturers for process purposes; the utilization
    45  and dependence on natural gas service for cooking by the restaurant  and
    46  food-service  industry,  due  to  the ability of gas ranges and ovens to
    47  heat foods more evenly than their  electric  counterparts;  the  use  of
    48  natural gas for heating in forty-six percent of households in the North-
    49  east;  and  reliable  and  affordable alternatives for heating and other
    50  services currently supplied by natural gas;
    51    (k) Clarification of the impact of CLCPA compliance on industrial  use
    52  of fossil fuels; and
    53    (l)  An  examination  of  the land use implications of major renewable
    54  electric generating facilities in the state, both from the standpoint of
    55  tourism and this state's tourism-based economic sectors,  and  potential
    56  effects on the viability of agriculture in this state.
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     1    3.  Such  study  shall  build  upon  relevant expertise already at the
     2  commission's disposal, along with that of the climate action council.
     3    4. The department, on behalf of the commission, shall contract with an
     4  independent  and  competitively-selected  consultant  to  undertake such
     5  study.
     6    5. The  department,  and  any  contractors  it  may  retain  for  such
     7  purposes,  shall consult with entities that have resources and expertise
     8  to assist in such study, including, but not limited to,  academic  part-
     9  ners,  electric  corporations,  electricity  generating companies, trade
    10  organizations, environmental justice groups, and other stakeholders.
    11    6. Upon completion  of  the  initial  study  and  each  updated  study
    12  conducted  pursuant  to  subdivision one of this section, the department
    13  shall prepare a report on such study's findings,  including  recommenda-
    14  tions for future courses of action and/or those issues requiring further
    15  investigation.  The commission shall transmit such report along with the
    16  study to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the temporary presi-
    17  dent  of the senate, the chair of the assembly energy committee, and the
    18  chair of the senate energy and  telecommunications  committee  no  later
    19  than thirty days after the study's completion.
    20    7.  The  Long  Island  power  authority and the power authority of the
    21  state of New York are authorized, as deemed feasible  and  advisable  by
    22  their  respective  boards,  to make a voluntary contribution toward this
    23  study.
    24    8. Upon receipt of the report of the study's findings, the  commission
    25  shall,  within  ninety  days, promulgate rules and regulations necessary
    26  for effectuating the intent of the recommendations made by the report.
    27    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.