Bill Text: NY S04479 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to prepare a report on the feasibility, costs and benefits of establishing a renewable energy laboratory; requires such report to examine partnerships with businesses and educational institutions; determine whether a New York renewable energy laboratory would facilitate the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and practices, advance related science and engineering, create jobs, promote economic development and manufacturing, and transfer knowledge and innovations to address the state's energy and environmental goals; and consider how such laboratory may achieve the goal of involving minority students, scientists, engineers and minority and women owned business enterprises in its programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-01 - SUBSTITUTED BY A7404A [S04479 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S04479-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4479--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 5, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations  --  recommitted  to  the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
          cations in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN  ACT  to authorize the New York state energy research and development
          authority to prepare a report on  the  establishment  of  a  New  York
          renewable energy laboratory

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1.  (a) The New York state  energy  research  and  development
     2  authority  shall prepare a report on the feasibility, costs and benefits
     3  of establishing a renewable energy laboratory. The report, at a minimum,
     4  will:  (i) examine the most effective methods  to  develop  partnerships
     5  with  businesses  and  educational  institutions  such  as CUNY and SUNY
     6  campuses to support the creation of a  renewable  energy  laboratory  to
     7  encourage  ongoing  linkages  between  training,  research, development,
     8  demonstration and technology transfer resources; (ii) determine  whether
     9  such  a  laboratory would facilitate the development of renewable energy
    10  and energy  efficiency  technologies  and  practices,  advanced  related
    11  science  and  engineering, create jobs, promote economic development and
    12  manufacturing,  and  transfer  knowledge  and   innovations,   including
    13  advancements  in  renewable energy systems as defined in section 66-p of
    14  the public service law, smart grids and battery storage; (iii)  consider
    15  how  a  renewable  energy  laboratory  may achieve the goal of involving
    16  minority students, scientists, engineers and minority  and  women  owned
    17  business enterprises in its programs.
    18    (b)  The  authority shall submit the final report to the governor, the
    19  temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly within
    20  one year of the effective date of this act.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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