Bill Text: NY S05519 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to establishing a one hundred percent clean renewable energy system for electricity by two thousand thirty, such energy system shall include solar, wind, geothermal and tidal sources.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S05519 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05519-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5519
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 3, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  energy  law,  in relation to establishing a one
          hundred percent clean renewable energy system for electricity  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. Legislative intent. New York state has a goal to transition
     2  away from fossil fuels to clean renewable energy. Since New  York  state
     3  is  facing  a  climate  emergency,  it shall set a goal of achieving one
     4  hundred percent clean renewable energy for electricity by  two  thousand
     5  thirty  for  the  purpose  of  creating jobs, promoting economic growth,
     6  improving public  health,  protecting  the  environment,  and  to  avoid
     7  climate catastrophe.
     8    §  2.  Subdivision  1  of section 6-104 of the energy law, as added by
     9  chapter 433 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
    10    1. The board shall adopt a state energy plan in  accordance  with  the
    11  provisions of this article.  Such plan shall establish a goal of achiev-
    12  ing  a one hundred percent clean renewable energy system for electricity
    13  by two thousand thirty, with zero net greenhouse gas emissions. As  used
    14  in  this  section, "clean renewable energy" shall include energy derived
    15  from solar, wind, geothermal, and tidal sources, but  does  not  include
    16  nuclear power, natural gas, biomass, or fossil fuels.
    17    §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    18  ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11331-01-9