Bill Text: NY A07497 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires the establishment of a one hundred percent clean energy system by two thousand thirty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-15 - print number 7497b [A07497 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07497-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7497--B
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 13, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. COLTON, ORTIZ, MOSLEY, SKARTADOS, COOK, ROSEN-
          THAL, STECK, BLAKE, WALKER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  GLICK,
          HOOPER,  KEARNS,  ROBINSON, SIMON, THIELE -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Energy -- recommitted to the Committee on  Energy  in
          accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee  --  again  reported  from said committee with amendments, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the energy  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  a  one
          hundred percent clean energy system by two thousand thirty
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 6-104 of the energy law, as  added
     2  by chapter 433 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
     3    1.  The  board  shall adopt a state energy plan in accordance with the
     4  provisions of this article. (a) The plan shall:
     5    (i) establish a goal of achieving a one hundred percent  clean  energy
     6  system by two thousand thirty, with zero net greenhouse gas emissions;
     7    (ii)  provide  for the discontinuance of nuclear power by two thousand
     8  thirty;
     9    (iii) provide for the discontinuance of state investment in,  and  the
    10  development  of, infrastructure related to the distribution, processing,
    11  storage, or extraction of fossil fuels or new permits  related  to  such
    12  use;
    13    (iv)  include,  in five year increments, detailed benchmarks and steps
    14  required to achieve the goal of a one hundred  percent  clean  renewable
    15  energy system by two thousand thirty; and
    16    (v) incorporate measures related to reduction in energy use, increased
    17  energy conservation, and improvements in energy efficiency.
    18    (b)  Any  provisions  of  this  chapter  relating to the use of fossil
    19  fuels, natural gas, oil, coal and petroleum  products  shall  be  imple-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10657-05-6