Bill Text: NY S09474 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides a municipal renewable energy system siting database for municipalities interested in siting renewable energy systems on available land within their boundaries; allows municipalities to publish their renewable energy goals and facilitate the development of renewable energy systems.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-01 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S09474 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S09474-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9474

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 1, 2022
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations

        AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to providing a
          municipal renewable energy system siting database

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

     1    Section  1.  Legislative intent. Implementing renewable energy systems
     2  is critical to achieve the goals in the Climate Leadership and Community
     3  Protection Act. This bill would establish an actively  managed  database
     4  for  municipalities  interested  in  siting  renewable energy systems on
     5  available land within their boundaries. This database will allow munici-
     6  palities to publish their renewable  energy  goals  and  facilitate  the
     7  development of renewable energy systems.
     8    §  2.  The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new section
     9  1885 to read as follows:
    10    § 1885. Municipal renewable energy system siting  database.  1.    The
    11  authority shall establish and manage a municipal renewable energy siting
    12  database  to  help municipalities facilitate the deployment of renewable
    13  energy systems, as defined in section sixty-six-p of the public  service
    14  law, on municipal property within their boundaries.
    15    2.  The  database shall be publicly available and at a minimum include
    16  the following information for municipalities that notify  the  authority
    17  of their interest in participating:
    18    a. contact information for the designated municipal representative;
    19    b.  the  type or types of renewable energy systems the municipality is
    20  interested in developing;
    21    c. an estimate of the amount and type of available municipal property;
    22    d. a summary of applicable local laws concerning  the  environment  or
    23  public  health  safety to help facilitate compliance with the permitting
    24  process pursuant to section ninety-four-c of the executive law; and
    25    e. any other information the authority deems relevant.
    26    3. The authority  shall  provide  any  technical  assistance  to  help
    27  promote siting.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    4. The database shall be actively managed and updated regularly by the
     2  authority.
     3    5.  The authority shall prepare and publish on their website an annual
     4  report that contains at a minimum the following information:
     5    a. how many new municipalities were added to the  database  since  the
     6  prior year;
     7    b.  what  type of renewable energy systems were primarily requested by
     8  municipalities;
     9    c. the estimated number of megawatts  generated  by  renewable  energy
    10  systems that were developed as a result of the database; and
    11    d. steps taken to promote awareness of the database.
    12    §  3.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision 1 of section 1902 of the public
    13  authorities law, as added by section 6 of part JJJ of chapter 58 of  the
    14  laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
    15    (b)  In  making  such  assessment the authority shall give priority to
    16  previously developed sites,  existing  or  abandoned  commercial  sites,
    17  including  without  limitation brownfields, landfills, former commercial
    18  or industrial sites, dormant electric generating sites, locations listed
    19  on the municipal renewable energy system  siting  database  pursuant  to
    20  section  eighteen  hundred eighty-five of the public authorities  law or
    21  otherwise underutilized sites;
    22    § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    23  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that  the  amendments  to
    24  paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 1902 of the public authorities
    25  law made by section three of this act shall be subject to the expiration
    26  and repeal of such section and shall expire and be deemed repealed ther-
    27  ewith.