Bill Text: NY S04003 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the low carbon fuel standard of 2019; such standard is intended to reduce carbon intensity from the on-road transportation sector by 20% by 2030, with further reductions to be implemented based upon advances in technology.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 33-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S04003 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4003
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 25, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          establishing the "low carbon fuel standard of 2019"
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Short title. This act may be known and may be cited as  the
     2  "low carbon fuel standard of 2019".
     3    §  2.  The  environmental  conservation law is amended by adding a new
     4  section 19-0329 to read as follows:
     5  § 19-0329. Low carbon fuel standard.
     6    (1) A low carbon fuel standard is hereby established. The  low  carbon
     7  fuel  standard  is  intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the
     8  transportation sector by twenty percent by  two  thousand  thirty,  with
     9  further reductions to be implemented based upon advances in technology.
    10    (2)  The  low  carbon  fuel  standard  shall apply to all providers of
    11  transportation fuels in New York, shall be  measured  on  a  full  fuels
    12  cycle basis and may be met through market-based methods by which provid-
    13  ers  exceeding  the  performance  required by a low carbon fuel standard
    14  shall receive credits that may be applied to future obligations or trad-
    15  ed to providers not meeting the low carbon fuel standard.  For  purposes
    16  of  this  section  the  term "providers" shall include, but shall not be
    17  limited to, all refiners, blenders, producers or importers of  transpor-
    18  tation fuels.
    19    (3)  Within  twenty-four  months  following adoption of the low carbon
    20  fuel standard, the commissioner, in consultation with the New York state
    21  energy research and development authority, shall promulgate  regulations
    22  establishing  a  low carbon fuel standard with performance objectives to
    23  implement subdivision one of this section. The low carbon fuel  standard
    24  shall  take  into  consideration the low carbon fuel standard adopted in
    25  California and other states, may  rely  upon  the  carbon  intensity  of
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  values  established  for  transportation  fuels in such states and shall
     2  include coordination with other Northeastern states to promote  regional
     3  reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
     4    (4)  The  regulations  adopted  pursuant to this section shall include
     5  fees for the registration of providers to offset  the  costs  associated
     6  with implementation of the low carbon fuel standard.
     7    (5)  Within  twenty-four  months following the adoption of regulations
     8  implementing a low carbon fuel standard, the commissioner  shall  report
     9  to  the  legislature  regarding  the  implementation of the program, the
    10  reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that have been  achieved  through
    11  the low carbon fuel standard and targets for future reductions in green-
    12  house gas emissions from the transportation sector.
    13    (6)  Nothing in this section shall preclude the department from enact-
    14  ing or maintaining other programs to  reduce  greenhouse  gas  emissions
    15  from the transportation sector.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.