STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

1466

2021-2022 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 11, 2021 ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CARROLL, RICHARDSON, COLTON, DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, KIM, COOK, DICKENS, SIMON, STIRPE, BARNWELL, CRUZ, L. ROSENTHAL, WEPRIN, ROZIC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HEVESI, HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the New York power authority to provide renewable power to all state owned and municipal properties

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:

1 Section 1. Section 1005 of the public authorities law is amended by 2 adding two new subdivisions 28 and 29 to read as follows: 3 28. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to be the sole provid- 4 er of electricity and power to all state owned and municipal properties. 5 29. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to, on or after Janu- 6 ary first, two thousand twenty-seven, only generate and transmit renewa- 7 ble power and energy and the authority shall only plan, finance, 8 construct, acquire, operate, improve and/or maintain transmission facil- 9 ities for the purpose of transmitting renewable power and energy includ- 10 ing, but not limited to, battery energy storage systems, renewable ther- 11 mal energy technology such as heat pumps, solar thermal, or other 12 heating or cooling technologies using renewable sources of energy that 13 do not emit greenhouse gases, or any power or energy created by renewa- 14 ble generation projects and facilities. 15 § 2. Nothing in this act is intended to limit, impair, or affect the 16 legal authority of the power authority of the state of New York under 17 any other provision of title 1 of article 5 of the public authorities 18 law. 19 § 3. This act shall take effect two years after it shall have become a 20 law.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05455-01-1