Bill Text: NY S03166 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Creates a revolving loan fund through the New York state energy research and development authority for the purpose of building renewable energy storage systems scaled to function as microgrids to power housing owned by the New York city housing authority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S03166 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S03166-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3166--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 28, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 to amend the public  authorities  law  and  the  energy  law,  in
          relation  to creating a revolving loan fund through the New York state
          energy research and development authority for the purpose of  building
          renewable  and energy storage systems scaled to function as microgrids
          to power housing owned by the New York city housing authority

          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 and may be cited as the "NYCHA
     2  microgrids development and revolving loan act".
     3    § 2. The public authorities law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
     4  1879-a to read as follows:
     5    §  1879-a.  NYCHA  microgrid  loan program. 1. The authority is hereby
     6  authorized and directed to establish a revolving loan fund in  order  to
     7  provide zero-percent interest loans to the New York city housing author-
     8  ity  to  finance  energy  services  from renewable solar energy systems,
     9  battery or other zero emission technology  storage  systems  and/or  any
    10  other  renewable generation systems as defined in section sixty-six-p of
    11  the public service law for the purpose of implementing any  state  clean
    12  energy  standard,  all of which are scaled to function as microgrids for
    13  housing owned by the New York city housing authority. The authority,  in
    14  cooperation with the New York power authority, shall issue a competitive
    15  request  for  proposals  from project developers that are not subject to
    16  cost of service ratemaking for the construction and installation of  the
    17  renewable  solar  energy  systems,  battery  or other technology storage
    18  systems and/or any other renewable generation systems scaled to function
    19  as microgrids for New York city housing authority housing.  Such  micro-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 3166--A                          2

     1  grid  systems  funded  through  this  section  shall be constructed with
     2  consideration given to increasing the demand for electricity  caused  by
     3  the  adoption of "beneficial electrification" policies proposed pursuant
     4  to the climate leadership and community protection act. Such loans shall
     5  be  funded  from moneys made available pursuant to appropriations by the
     6  authority and other sources including funds from the regional greenhouse
     7  gas initiative.
     8    2. Notwithstanding any policies, practices, or orders  by  the  public
     9  service  commission  to  the  contrary,  if  excess  energy is generated
    10  through the systems, this excess energy generated may be  sold  back  to
    11  the grid.
    12    § 3. Section 6-104 of the energy law is amended by adding a new subdi-
    13  vision 6 to read as follows:
    14    6.  The  state  energy  plan  shall  include provisions for allowing a
    15  surcharge of up to two percent on energy bills, for the  New  York  city
    16  housing  authority to provide funds or repay loans to the New York state
    17  energy research and development authority for the installation of micro-
    18  grids as renewable solar energy systems, battery or other zero  emission
    19  technology storage systems and/or any other renewable generation systems
    20  as  defined in section sixty-six-p of the public service law for housing
    21  owned by the New York city housing authority pursuant to  section  eigh-
    22  teen hundred seventy-nine-a of the public authorities law.
    23    §  4.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, as deemed
    24  feasible and advisable by its trustees, the New York power authority  is
    25  authorized  and  directed  to  utilize  a  portion  of its net income to
    26  support the restoration of electricity, heat and hot water  services  to
    27  tenants  of  the  New  York city housing authority and to provide energy
    28  services, including but not  limited  to  electricity,  heating,  venti-
    29  lation,  cooling, steam or hot water, to such tenants pursuant to energy
    30  performance contracts, as defined by subdivision four of  section  9-102
    31  of the energy law, through a competitive procurement process.
    32    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.