Bill Text: NY S05527 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S05527 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05527-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5527
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 14, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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 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-
   20  MENTED ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY INCORPORATE THE DISCONTINUED USE  OF
   21  SUCH FUELS BY TWO THOUSAND THIRTY.
   22    (C)  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL SUPERSEDE ANY INCONSIST-
   23  ENT PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10657-01-5
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    1    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    2  ing  the  date upon which it shall have become a law; provided, however,
    3  that effective  immediately,  the  state  energy  planning  board  shall
    4  conduct  a  study  to  determine the measures necessary to achieve a one
    5  hundred percent clean energy system by two thousand thirty.