Bill Text: NY A11275 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the state energy planning board to conduct a study of the technical and economic feasibility of a one hundred percent renewable energy system and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-07-25 - referred to energy [A11275 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A11275-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 11275 IN ASSEMBLY July 25, 2018 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Cusick, Colton) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to directing the state ener- gy planning board to conduct a study of the technical and economic feasibility of a one hundred percent renewable energy system and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The energy law is amended by adding a new section 6-110 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 6-110. Supplemental study on the technical and economic feasibility 4 of a one hundred percent renewable energy system and a reduction in 5 greenhouse gas emissions. 6 1. On or before September first, two thousand nineteen, and every four 7 years thereafter, the board shall undertake and update a comprehensive 8 study to determine the technical and economic feasibility of meeting the 9 following goals: 10 (a) one hundred percent of the electricity consumed in the state 11 generated by renewable energy resources by the year two thousand thirty, 12 and, alternatively, the year two thousand fifty. 13 (b) reducing greenhouse gas emissions from all anthropogenic sources 14 one hundred percent below the levels of greenhouse gas emissions in the 15 year nineteen hundred ninety by the year two thousand fifty, with an 16 incremental target of at least a fifty percent reduction in greenhouse 17 gas emissions below the levels of greenhouse gas emissions in the year 18 nineteen hundred ninety by the year two thousand thirty. 19 2. Such study shall include, at a minimum, an assessment of each of 20 the following: 21 (a) the timing, costs, economic impacts, and feasibility associated 22 with pathways to meet these goals. In terms of the evaluation of costs, 23 the study shall: 24 (i) evaluate, using the best available economic models, emission esti- 25 mation techniques and other scientific methods, the total potential EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16134-01-8A. 11275 2 1 costs and potential economic and non-economic benefits of meeting these 2 goals; 3 (ii) evaluate the economic impact of meeting the goals on the state's 4 businesses, jobs and residents assuming: 5 (A) the renewable and greenhouse gas emissions goals of other states 6 and regions in the United States are at least fifty percent lower than 7 New York state's goals; 8 (B) the renewable and greenhouse gas emissions goals of other states 9 and regions in the United States are as those in place as of the date of 10 the study; 11 (C) the existence of technology in place as of the date of the study. 12 (b) the technical and cost impact on maintaining electric system reli- 13 ability, including but not limited to, the need for and type of back-up 14 power supplies and of energy storage systems to maintain electric system 15 reliability. 16 (c) the short-term and long-term actions to feasibly meet the goals 17 across all economic sectors, including industry, transportation, agri- 18 culture, building construction and energy production, including: 19 (i) an analysis of the anticipated emission reductions, and the 20 economic implications thereof, as a result of each action. 21 (ii) identification of the anticipated life-cycle implications, conse- 22 quences, benefits and costs of implementing each action, including 23 implications, consequences, benefits and costs to New York state, local 24 governments, businesses and residents from implementation of each 25 action. 26 (d) estimated timelines for considering and implementing such actions. 27 (e) exploration of various renewable technology and energy efficiency 28 deployment scenarios. 29 (f) a requirement for any new vehicles sold in the state to be powered 30 by electricity generated by renewable energy resources or otherwise to 31 be free of emissions. 32 (g) proposals for new structures constructed in the state to be net 33 zero emission structures. 34 (h) transition to renewable heating and cooling provided by heat pumps 35 powered by renewable energy resources or other means resulting in net 36 zero emissions. 37 3. Such study shall build upon relevant expertise already at the 38 board's disposal, including analyses completed for the New York state 39 clean energy standard, the New York state greenhouse gas inventory and 40 pathways analysis, and other renewable energy and energy efficiency 41 potential studies conducted by the New York state energy research and 42 development authority. 43 4. The board may contract with an independent and competitively 44 selected contractor to undertake such study. 45 5. The board, and any contractors it may retain for such purposes, 46 shall consult with entities that have resources and expertise to assist 47 in such study, including, but not limited to, academic partners, elec- 48 tric corporations, electricity generating companies, trade organiza- 49 tions, environmental justice groups, and other stakeholders. 50 6. The board shall prepare a report on such study's findings. The 51 board shall transmit such report along with the study to the governor, 52 the speaker of the assembly, the temporary president of the senate, the 53 chair of the assembly energy committee, and the chair of the senate 54 energy and telecommunications committee. 55 7. The Long Island power authority and the power authority of the 56 state of New York are authorized, as deemed feasible and advisable byA. 11275 3 1 their respective boards, to make a voluntary contribution toward the 2 study. 3 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
