Bill Text: NY S07884 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7884 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Directs the New York state energy research and development authority to develop basic consumer education or guidance about geothermal energy systems and develop business models for geothermal projects in the state to match equivalent programming and guidance for solar energy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S07884 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07884-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7884

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 3, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to directing the
          New  York  state  energy  research  and  development authority to take
          certain actions to increase awareness for geothermal energy systems

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

     1    Section  1.  The  public  authorities  law  is amended by adding a new
     2  section 1885 to read as follows:
     3    § 1885. Geothermal energy systems. 1. The authority,  in  consultation
     4  with  appropriate  industries, shall develop basic consumer education or
     5  guidance about geothermal energy  systems  and  shall  develop  business
     6  models for geothermal projects in the state to match equivalent program-
     7  ming and guidance for solar energy.
     8    2.  As used in this section, the term "geothermal energy system" shall
     9  mean a system that uses geothermal energy for  water  heating  or  space
    10  heating or cooling in a single building, for space heating for more than
    11  one building through a pipeline network, or for electricity generation.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13173-01-3