Bill Text: NY S00511 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 511 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Directs NYS energy research and development authority to undertake a statewide study of consumer behaviors with respect to energy efficiency and clean energy technology programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2011-09-23 - VETOED MEMO.69 [S00511 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S00511-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        511--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
         cations -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the
         Committee  on  Finance  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT directing the New York  State  Energy  Research  and  Development
         Authority  to  undertake  a statewide study of consumer behaviors with
         respect to energy efficiency and clean energy technology programs
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  1.  In  preparing  pre-installation and post-installation
    2  audits of residential properties that have  received  energy  efficiency
    3  services  provided by the New York State Energy Research and Development
    4  Authority or its contractors, the authority shall  collect  and  examine
    5  information  that will contribute to an understanding of consumer behav-
    6  iors and energy usage. Such information shall include, but not be limit-
    7  ed to, the duration of any behavioral changes  with  respect  to  energy
    8  efficiency  and  clean energy practices and services including a compar-
    9  ative examination of consumers who maintain energy efficiency  practices
   10  after participation in energy efficiency and other clean energy programs
   11  and consumers who do not maintain such practices. This report shall also
   12  include  an  analysis  of  the  impact of behavior-based programs on the
   13  consumer's decision to participate in other state-sponsored energy effi-
   14  ciency and clean energy programs, including but not limited to  the  use
   15  of  coupons and rebates offered by non-utility vendors. After such exam-
   16  ination, the authority may  apply  social  science  theories  and  other
   17  applicable  methods  and  mechanisms  to better understand and thus have
   18  energy efficiency and clean energy programs replicate program strategies
   19  that result in sustainable behaviors.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00812-03-1
       S. 511--A                           2
    1    2. The authority shall consult with the department of public  service,
    2  the  power  authority  of  the  state of New York, the Long Island power
    3  authority and appropriate gas and electric corporations. The  department
    4  of  public  service,  the  power authority of the state of New York, the
    5  Long  Island  power  authority  and  gas and electric corporations shall
    6  cooperate with the authority in its examination  of  consumer  behaviors
    7  and  energy  usage  in  properties  that have received energy efficiency
    8  services provided by the authority.  The  authority  shall  complete  an
    9  analysis  from  such  examination and transmit its findings on an annual
   10  basis to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the temporary presi-
   11  dent of the senate, the chairman of the assembly environmental conserva-
   12  tion committee, ranking minority member of  the  assembly  environmental
   13  conservation committee, the chairman of the senate environmental conser-
   14  vation  committee,  ranking  minority member of the senate environmental
   15  conservation committee, the chairman of the assembly  energy  committee,
   16  the ranking minority member of the assembly energy committee, the chair-
   17  man  of  the senate energy and telecommunications committee, the ranking
   18  minority member of the senate energy and  telecommunications  committee,
   19  the  chairman  of the assembly corporations, authorities and commissions
   20  committee, the ranking minority member  of  the  assembly  corporations,
   21  authorities and commissions committee, the chairman of the senate corpo-
   22  rations,  authorities  and  commissions  committee, the ranking minority
   23  member of the senate corporations, authorities and  commissions  commit-
   24  tee,  and the chairman of the assembly subcommittee on renewable energy.
   25  The findings shall also be made available to the public via the authori-
   26  ty's website.
   27    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.