Bill Title: Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Department of General Services to lease certain submerged lands within Erie County and associated wind, water and solar resources for the assessment, development, construction and operation of utility scale offshore wind, solar or kinetic energy generation facilities; providing for collection of certain lease and royalty payments; establishing the Lake Erie Large-Scale Energy System Development Fund; and providing for distributions and transfers from the fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-22 - Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY [HB254 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Robert Merski [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joshua Siegel [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-022	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Danilo Burgos [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-197	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Maureen Madden [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-115	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tarah Probst [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-189	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ben Sanchez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-153	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Nancy Guenst [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-152	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Rick Krajewski [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-188	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gregory Vitali [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-166	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Delloso [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-162	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ed Neilson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-174	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Danielle Otten [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-155	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Patrick Harkins [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-001	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mary Isaacson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-175	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Benjamin Waxman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-182	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tarik Khan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-194	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joseph Webster [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-150	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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