Bill Text: NY S06280 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to providing that green bank funds include fund programs assisting certain building owners with installing energy efficient upgrades.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S06280 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S06280-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6280 IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 6, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni- cations AN ACT to require the public service commission and the New York state energy research and development authority to provide that Green Bank funds include fund programs assisting certain building owners with installing energy efficient upgrades The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation or order to the 2 contrary, the public service commission and the New York state energy 3 research and development authority shall provide that the Green Bank 4 program is made accessible for funding programs to assist residential, 5 multi-family building owners, hospitals and commercial owners with 6 installing upgrades to heating and cooling systems including conversions 7 through the installation of a high efficiency boiler or furnace or 8 replacement of a burner in a boiler that results in incremental emis- 9 sions reductions and increased energy efficiency. Heating and cooling 10 improvement programs established pursuant to this section shall be 11 designed to increase efficiency by at least twenty percent or reduce 12 fuel usage by at least twenty percent and lead to a significant 13 reduction in carbon emissions as defined by the authority guidelines, 14 developed after consultation with the department of environmental 15 conservation, provided that such projects shall have a return on invest- 16 ment of five years or less. The Green Bank shall seek to develop program 17 guidelines that provide a level of support that is pro rata to the 18 increase in efficiency, reduction of fuel use or reduction in emissions, 19 such that enhancements that result in the greatest environmental bene- 20 fits are provided a higher level of support. 21 § 2. The funding streams for the Green Bank shall be made available 22 for programs as described in section one of this act and may consist of 23 monies derived from assessments on transmission and distribution compa- 24 nies under direct oversight of the public service commission collected EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13275-01-5