Bill Text: NY A09881 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Enacts the "fossil fuel facilities replacement and redevelopment blueprint act"; relates to the development of a blueprint to guide the replacement and redevelopment of New York's oldest and most-polluting fossil fuel facilities and their sites by 2030.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-18 - print number 9881b [A09881 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A09881-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Enacts the "fossil fuel facilities replacement and redevelopment blueprint act"; relates to the development of a blueprint to guide the replacement and redevelopment of New York's oldest and most-polluting fossil fuel facilities and their sites by 2030.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-18 - print number 9881b [A09881 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A09881-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9881 IN ASSEMBLY April 19, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy AN ACT relating to the development of a blueprint to guide the replace- ment and redevelopment of New York's oldest and most-polluting fossil fuel facilities and their sites by 2030 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known as the "fossil fuel facilities 2 replacement and redevelopment blueprint act". 3 § 2. Legislative findings and statement of purpose. The legislature 4 hereby finds, determines and declares: 5 (a) New York state, especially New York city, is reliant on fossil 6 fuels for energy production, making the transition to renewable sources 7 of the downstate electricity system key to achieving the requirements of 8 section 4 of the New York state climate leadership and community 9 protection act, including that seventy percent of the state's electric- 10 ity be from renewable energy sources by the year 2030 and that one 11 hundred percent of the state's electricity be from zero-emission sources 12 by the year 2040. A particular challenge is the reliance on fossil fuel 13 generation facilities that only operate when electricity demand peaks 14 above the average usage. 15 (b) New York state is committed to the responsible replacement and 16 redevelopment of its fossil fuel power plants that currently ensure 17 resource adequacy in the state, especially in locations where the health 18 benefits to historically disadvantaged communities can be maximized, and 19 where the cost effective phasing-out of such facilities can be done 20 while helping to ensure a just transition for the existing workforce. 21 (c) A public policy purpose would be served and the interests of the 22 people of the state would be advanced by directing the New York state 23 energy research and development authority, in consultation with the 24 department of public service and department of environmental conserva- 25 tion, to develop a study of strategies to facilitate the replacement and 26 redevelopment of New York's oldest and most-polluting fossil fuel facil- 27 ities and their sites by 2030, while ensuring resource adequacy. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14767-01-2A. 9881 2 1 (d) It is the intent of the legislature in enacting this act to 2 empower the New York state energy research and development authority, 3 department of public service, and department of environmental conserva- 4 tion, to develop a study to facilitate the replacement and redevelopment 5 of New York's oldest and most-polluting fossil fuel facilities and their 6 sites by 2030, while ensuring resource adequacy, and for those entities 7 and the public service commission, and any other agencies or authorities 8 of the state as may be required, to commence any proceedings or other 9 initiatives necessary to carry out the strategies described therein. 10 § 3. The New York state energy research and development authority is 11 authorized and directed to: 12 (a) develop a study of competitive options to facilitate the replace- 13 ment and redevelopment of New York state's fossil fuel facilities and 14 their sites by the year 2030, and to do so in consultation with the 15 department of public service, the department of environmental conserva- 16 tion, and other relevant state agencies and authorities with subject 17 matter expertise. The study should prioritize the replacement and rede- 18 velopment of fossil fuel facilities with facilities that will directly 19 assist in achieving the energy, environmental justice and emissions 20 reductions requirements of section 4 of the New York state climate lead- 21 ership and community protection act. The study shall include recommenda- 22 tions of standards and requirements that: 23 (i) would significantly reduce the state's electricity system reliance 24 on fossil fuels; 25 (ii) would provide significant environmental, health and other bene- 26 fits to disadvantaged communities as such communities will be defined 27 under section 75-0111 of the environmental conservation law; and 28 (iii) would have significant potential for job creation, economic 29 development, and just transition opportunities benefiting New Yorkers. 30 (b) deliver the study to the governor, temporary president of the 31 senate and speaker of the assembly within 180 days of the effective date 32 of this section. 33 § 4. The department of public service and department of environmental 34 conservation are authorized and directed to commence proceedings and 35 establish programs and other initiatives necessary to carry out the 36 strategies described in the study referred to in section three of this 37 act within 60 days of delivery of the study to the governor, temporary 38 president of the senate and speaker of the assembly. 39 § 5. The public service commission is authorized and directed to: 40 (a) commence a proceeding to implement the strategies described in the 41 study referred to in section three of this act within 60 days of deliv- 42 ery of the study to the governor, temporary president of the senate and 43 speaker of the assembly; and, 44 (b) issue an order regarding implementation of the strategies 45 described in the study referred to in section three of this act, includ- 46 ing but not limited to any competitive procurement processes, no later 47 than July 30, 2023. 48 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 49 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2022.
