Bill Text: NY S08190 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the New York state energy research and development authority conduct a study on independent neighborhoods and homes in cities constructing micro-grids to study the feasibility, efficiency, and energy saving costs if such micro-grids were constructed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-07 - referred to energy [S08190 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08190-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8190

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 11, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations

        AN  ACT  directing  the  New  York state energy research and development
          authority  to  study  feasibility  and  efficiency  of   independently
          constructed micro-grids for homes and neighborhoods

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

     1    Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this act:
     2    (a) "City" shall mean any city with a population  greater  than  sixty
     3  thousand.
     4    (b)  "Neighborhood" shall have the same meaning as "neighborhood unit"
     5  as defined in section 2 of the private housing finance law.
     6    § 2. The New York state energy research and development  authority  is
     7  authorized and directed to study the feasibility, efficiency, and energy
     8  saving  costs  for  cities if individuals homes or neighborhoods were to
     9  create their own independent micro-grids. Such study shall include,  but
    10  not be limited to:
    11    (a)  the cost of constructing a micro-grid to power independent neigh-
    12  borhoods and homes;
    13    (b) the feasibility of constructing a micro-grid for neighborhoods and
    14  homes;
    15    (c) the efficiency of a micro-grid for neighborhoods and homes;
    16    (d) the cost of operations to run a micro-grid for  neighborhoods  and
    17  homes;
    18    (e) the potential effects of independent micro-grids for neighborhoods
    19  and homes lessening the stress on current electrical systems; and
    20    (f) the potential cost savings of independent micro-grids.
    21    §  3.  The  New  York  state energy research and development authority
    22  shall make a report to the governor and the legislature of its findings,
    23  conclusions, and recommendations no later than seven  months  after  the
    24  effective date of this act and shall submit with this report such legis-
    25  lative proposals as it deems necessary to implement its recommendations.
    26    § 4. 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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