Bill Text: NY S02352 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Directs the state energy planning board to conduct a study of the technical and economic feasibility of a one hundred percent renewable energy system and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S02352 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S02352-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2352--B Cal. No. 170 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 24, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PARKER, BIAGGI, BRESLIN, COMRIE, FUNKE, HARCKHAM, SAVINO, THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said commit- tee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to directing the state ener- gy planning board to conduct a study of the technical and economic feasibility of a one hundred percent renewable energy system and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The energy law is amended by adding a new section 6-110 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 6-110. Supplemental study on the technical and economic feasibility 4 of a one hundred percent renewable energy system and a reduction in 5 greenhouse gas emissions. 1. On or before September first, two thousand 6 twenty, and every four years thereafter, the board shall publish and 7 update a comprehensive study to determine the technical and economic 8 feasibility of meeting the following goals: 9 (a) one hundred percent of the electricity consumed in the state 10 generated by renewable energy resources by the year two thousand thirty, 11 and, alternatively, the year two thousand fifty. 12 (b) reducing greenhouse gas emissions from all anthropogenic sources 13 one hundred percent below the levels of greenhouse gas emissions in the 14 year nineteen hundred ninety by the year two thousand fifty, with an 15 incremental target of at least a fifty percent reduction in greenhouse 16 gas emissions below the levels of greenhouse gas emissions in the year 17 nineteen hundred ninety by the year two thousand thirty. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06924-11-9S. 2352--B 2 1 2. Such study shall include, at a minimum, an assessment of each of 2 the following: 3 (a) the timing, costs, economic impacts, and feasibility associated 4 with pathways to meet these goals. In terms of the evaluation of costs, 5 the study shall: 6 (i) evaluate, using the best available economic models, emission esti- 7 mation techniques and other scientific methods, the total potential 8 costs and potential economic and non-economic benefits of meeting these 9 goals; 10 (ii) evaluate the economic impact of meeting the goals on the state's 11 businesses, jobs, ratepayers and residents assuming: 12 (A) the renewable and greenhouse gas emissions goals of other states 13 and regions in the United States are at least fifty percent lower than 14 New York state's goals; 15 (B) the renewable and greenhouse gas emissions goals of other states 16 and regions in the United States are as those in place as of the date of 17 the study; 18 (C) the existence of technology in place as of the date of the study. 19 (b) the technical and cost impact on maintaining electric system reli- 20 ability, including but not limited to, the need for and type of back-up 21 power supplies and of energy storage systems to maintain electric system 22 reliability. 23 (c) the short-term and long-term actions to feasibly meet the goals 24 across all economic sectors, including industry, transportation, agri- 25 culture, building construction and energy production, including: 26 (i) an analysis of the anticipated emission reductions, and the 27 economic implications thereof, as a result of each action. 28 (ii) identification of the anticipated life-cycle implications, conse- 29 quences, benefits and costs of implementing each action, including 30 implications, consequences, benefits and costs to New York state, local 31 governments, businesses, ratepayers and residents from implementation of 32 each action. 33 (d) estimated timelines for considering and implementing such actions. 34 (e) exploration of various renewable technology and energy efficiency 35 deployment scenarios. 36 (f) a requirement for any new vehicles sold in the state to be powered 37 by electricity generated by renewable energy resources or otherwise to 38 be free of emissions. 39 (g) proposals for new structures constructed in the state to be net 40 zero emission structures. 41 (h) transition to renewable heating and cooling provided by heat pumps 42 powered by renewable energy resources or other means resulting in net 43 zero emissions. 44 (i) the economic and social benefits of greenhouse gas emissions 45 reductions, taking into account the federal social cost of carbon, any 46 other tools that the board deems useful and pertinent for this analysis, 47 and any environmental, economic and public health co-benefits (such as 48 the reduction of co-pollutants and the diversification of energy sourc- 49 es). 50 3. Such study shall build upon relevant expertise already at the 51 board's disposal. 52 4. The board may contract with an independent and competitively 53 selected contractor to undertake such study. 54 5. The board, and any contractors it may retain for such purposes, 55 shall consult with entities that have resources and expertise to assist 56 in such study, including, but not limited to, academic partners, elec-S. 2352--B 3 1 tric corporations, electricity generating companies, trade organiza- 2 tions, environmental justice groups, and other stakeholders. 3 6. The board shall prepare a report on such study's findings. The 4 board shall transmit such report along with the study to the governor, 5 the speaker of the assembly, the temporary president of the senate, the 6 chair of the assembly energy committee, and the chair of the senate 7 energy and telecommunications committee no later than thirty days after 8 the study's completion. 9 7. The Long Island power authority and the power authority of the 10 state of New York are authorized, as deemed feasible and advisable by 11 their respective boards, to make a voluntary contribution toward the 12 study. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.