Bill Text: NY A08160 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 8160 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Directs the public service commission to develop and implement a plan making the sources of all energy generation in the state renewable sources by 2050.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to energy [A08160 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A08160-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8160
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 10, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, LAWRENCE, FAHY,
         SIMON, ROSENTHAL, SKARTADOS, ARROYO, CERETTO,  JAFFEE,  MARKEY,  McDO-
         NOUGH,  HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BLAKE, CAHILL, RIVERA
         -- 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 establish and implement a plan to make
         the state solely reliant on renewable sources of energy by January  1,
         2050
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 5 of the public service law is amended by adding  a
    2  new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
    3    7.  THE  COMMISSION  SHALL  DEVELOP  AND  IMPLEMENT A PLAN WHEREBY ALL
    4  SOURCES OF ENERGY GENERATION IN THIS STATE SHALL BE RENEWABLE SOURCES ON
    5  OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTY.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11097-02-5