Bill Text: NY S06058 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to enter into agreements to establish a New York renewable energy laboratory to develop renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and practices, advance related science and engineering, create jobs, promote economic development and manufacturing, and transfer knowledge and innovations to address the state's energy and environmental goals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S06058 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06058-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6058

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2019
                                       ___________

        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 authorize the New York state energy research and development
          authority to enter into agreements to establish a New  York  renewable
          energy laboratory

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

     1    Section 1. Legislative  findings.  New  York  state  is  committed  to
     2  expanding  and advancing energy efficiency and renewable energy projects
     3  to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce out of  state  dependency  on
     4  fossil  fuels,  promote  public  health and create new jobs. The goal of
     5  this act is to make the state of New York a national and  global  leader
     6  in renewable energy research and development.
     7    §  2.  For  purposes  of this act "NYREL" means the New York renewable
     8  energy laboratory.
     9    § 3. (a) The New York state energy research and development  authority
    10  shall  undertake  to establish, through public and private partnerships,
    11  which shall include New York based colleges  and  universities,  private
    12  businesses,  and  not-for-profit  entities,  a NYREL to be headquartered
    13  near JFK International Airport in Jamaica, Queens, New York  City.  Such
    14  laboratory  shall be an independent not-for-profit corporation organized
    15  under the laws of the state of New York. It shall be governed by a board
    16  of directors which shall have seventeen members.
    17    (b) Such board shall include:
    18    (i) one member appointed by the chancellor of the city  university  of
    19  New York (CUNY);
    20    (ii) one member appointed by the chancellor of the state university of
    21  New York (SUNY);
    22    (iii)  four  members  appointed  by the governor; one of whom shall be
    23  appointed by the governor to be the chair;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (iv) two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
     2    (v) two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
     3    (vi)  the president of the New York state energy research and develop-
     4  ment authority;
     5    (vii) the president of empire state development;
     6    (viii) the president of the New York power authority;
     7    (ix) the president of the Long Island power authority;
     8    (x) the commissioner of the department of environmental conservation;
     9    (xi) the commissioner of the department of transportation; and
    10    (xii) the chair of the New York public service commission.
    11    (c) The New York state energy research and development authority shall
    12  work with  collaborating  businesses  and  educational  institutions  to
    13  ensure  that  a  cooperative working relationship is established between
    14  those institutions and potential participants of such research institute
    15  so that resources are made available and used in a responsible manner to
    16  support the successful development of the proposed  research  laboratory
    17  and  the  creation  of  ongoing linkages between the training, research,
    18  development, demonstration and  technology  transfer  resources  of  the
    19  region's higher education institutions, and private sector businesses.
    20    (d)  The  mission  of  NYREL is to develop renewable energy and energy
    21  efficiency technologies and practices, advance related science and engi-
    22  neering, create jobs, promote economic  development  and  manufacturing,
    23  and transfer knowledge and innovations to address the state's energy and
    24  environmental  goals.  NYREL  shall  emphasize  a  comprehensive  energy
    25  approach that encompasses  the  relationship  among  key  systems:  fuel
    26  production;  transportation;  the  built  environment;  and  electricity
    27  generation and delivery. Areas of research and development shall include
    28  but not be limited to the following:  solar,  wind,  geothermal,  tidal,
    29  energy  storage, energy efficiency, hydropower, biofuel, smart grids and
    30  alternative transportation, including  electric  vehicles.  NYREL  shall
    31  have  an education and training component. NYREL shall include a goal to
    32  recruit minority  students,  scientists,  engineers  and  MWBEs  in  its
    33  programs.
    34    (e)  NYREL shall seek to develop partnerships especially with CUNY and
    35  SUNY campuses  in  Buffalo,  Syracuse,  Rochester,  Albany,  Binghamton,
    36  Hudson Valley, Long Island and the city of New York.
    37    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.