Bill Text: NY S08613 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the climate leadership and community protection act cost task force to study the impact on taxpayers and ratepayers of the implementation of the mandates set forth by the climate leadership and community protection act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-21 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S08613 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S08613-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8613 IN SENATE February 21, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni- cations AN ACT in relation to establishing the climate leadership and community protection act cost task force The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Climate leadership and community protection act cost task 2 force. 1. There is hereby created, within the New York state energy 3 research and development authority, a climate leadership and community 4 protection act cost task force, which shall consist of fourteen members 5 to be appointed as follows: 6 (a) The president of the New York state energy research and develop- 7 ment authority or their designee; 8 (b) The commissioner of environmental conservation or their designee; 9 (c) The commissioner of the department of public service or their 10 designee; 11 (d) The president of the New York power authority or their designee; 12 (e) One member to be appointed by the governor; 13 (f) One member to be appointed by the temporary president of the 14 senate; 15 (g) One member to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly; 16 (h) One member to be appointed by the minority leader of the senate; 17 (i) One member to be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly; 18 (j) One member to be appointed by the New York energy coalition; 19 (k) One member to be appointed by the independent power producers of 20 New York; 21 (l) One member to be appointed by New York independent system opera- 22 tor; 23 (m) One member to be appointed by the business council of New York 24 state; and 25 (n) One member to be appointed by the largest group representing rate- 26 payers. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14601-01-4S. 8613 2 1 2. The at-large members shall have expertise in one or more of the 2 following areas: utility management, electrical engineering, economics, 3 finance, electrical infrastructure development, or power production. 4 3. Task force members shall receive no compensation for their services 5 but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in 6 the performance of their duties. 7 4. The chairperson of the task force shall be voted on by the task 8 force members. The task force shall meet no less than six times and at 9 other times at the call of the chairperson. 10 5. All members shall be appointed no later than sixty days following 11 the effective date of this act. Any vacancies on the task force shall be 12 filled in the manner provided for in the initial appointment. 13 6. The task force shall be authorized to hold public hearings and 14 meetings to enable it to accomplish its duties. 15 7. The task force may consult with any organization, educational 16 institution, other government entity or agency or person in the develop- 17 ment of its report required by subdivision 10 of this section. 18 8. The New York state energy research and development authority shall 19 provide the task force with such facilities, assistance and data as will 20 enable the task force to carry out its powers and duties. Additionally, 21 all other agencies of the state or subdivisions thereof shall, at the 22 request of the chairperson, provide the task force with such facilities, 23 assistance, and data as will enable the task force to carry out its 24 powers and duties. 25 9. The purpose of the climate leadership and community protection act 26 cost task force shall be to study the impact on taxpayers and ratepayers 27 of the implementation of the mandates set forth by the climate leader- 28 ship and community protection act (CLCPA) including, but not limited to: 29 (a) the impact on monthly bills for ratepayers; 30 (b) the total cost of spending by the state of New York to meet CLCPA 31 mandates; 32 (c) the total cost of any tax credits to state revenues; 33 (d) the cost to municipalities for infrastructure development needed 34 to meet electrification requirements; 35 (e) the cost for businesses to convert manufacturing processes to meet 36 emissions goals; and 37 (f) the cost to school districts to convert school buses to electric 38 and to adopt renewable energy power sources. 39 10. No later than December 31, 2025 the task force shall submit to the 40 governor and the legislature a report detailing its findings and provide 41 recommendations for legislation to implement its recommendations. 42 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
