Bill Text: NY S08570 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Directs the New York state energy research and development authority to conduct a feasibility study and prepare a report on the benefits and implementation of sewage thermal energy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-15 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S08570 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08570-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8570

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 15, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. MATTERA -- 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 conduct a feasibility study on sewage thermal energy

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

     1    Section 1. The New York state energy research and development authori-
     2  ty,  in  conjunction  with the department of environmental conservation,
     3  shall conduct a feasibility study and prepare a report on  the  benefits
     4  and implementation of sewage thermal energy. Such study will analyze the
     5  potential impacts and costs of sewage thermal energy.
     6    §  2.  Within one year of the effective date of this act, the New York
     7  state energy research and development authority shall issue a report  of
     8  the  findings  of  the  feasibility study to the governor, the temporary
     9  president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.
    10    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14449-01-4
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