Bill Text: NY S09005 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Enacts the "public renewables transparency act"; relates to the New York power authority's conferral process; requires the conferral report be posted on the authority's website; provides that the authority shall provide an option for stakeholders to submit comments remotely as well, and incorporate feedback from such sessions and written comments into the final draft of the strategic plan; makes related provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-04 - referred to energy [S09005 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S09005-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9005--A Cal. No. 1183 IN SENATE April 8, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni- cations -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the New York power authority's conferral process The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "public renewables transparency act". 3 § 2. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 27-a of section 1005 of the public 4 authorities law, as amended by section 28 of part O of chapter 58 of the 5 laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows: 6 (d) No later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of 7 this subdivision, and annually thereafter, the authority shall confer 8 with the New York state energy research and development authority, the 9 department of public service, climate and resiliency experts, labor 10 organizations, and environmental justice and community organizations 11 concerning the state's progress on meeting the renewable energy goals 12 established by the climate leadership and community protection act. At 13 each board of trustees' meeting, there shall be a public report deliv- 14 ered and published on the development and implementation of the authori- 15 ty's renewable energy generation strategic plan. When exercising the 16 authority provided for in paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the infor- 17 mation developed through such conferral shall be used to identify 18 projects to help ensure that the state meets its goals under the climate 19 leadership and community protection act. Any conferral provided for in 20 this paragraph shall include consideration of the timing of projects in 21 the interconnection queue of the federally designated electric bulk 22 system operator for New York state, taking into account both capacity 23 factors or planned projects and the interconnection queue's historical 24 completion rate. A report on the information developed through such 25 conferral shall be published and made accessible on the website of the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14383-09-4S. 9005--A 2 1 authority, including, but not limited to, the basis of the conferral 2 report. The published basis shall include notes from the conferral meet- 3 ings. 4 § 3. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 27-a of section 1005 of the public 5 authorities law, as added by section 1 of part QQ of chapter 56 of the 6 laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: 7 (d) No later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of 8 this subdivision, and annually thereafter, the authority shall confer 9 with the New York state energy research and development authority, the 10 office of renewable energy siting, the department of public service, 11 climate and resiliency experts, labor organizations, and environmental 12 justice and community organizations concerning the state's progress on 13 meeting the renewable energy goals established by the climate leadership 14 and community protection act. At each board of trustees' meeting, there 15 shall be a public report delivered and published on the development and 16 implementation of the authority's renewable energy generation strategic 17 plan. When exercising the authority provided for in paragraph (a) of 18 this subdivision, the information developed through such conferral shall 19 be used to identify projects to help ensure that the state meets its 20 goals under the climate leadership and community protection act. Any 21 conferral provided for in this paragraph shall include consideration of 22 the timing of projects in the interconnection queue of the federally 23 designated electric bulk system operator for New York state, taking into 24 account both capacity factors or planned projects and the intercon- 25 nection queue's historical completion rate. A report on the information 26 developed through such conferral shall be published and made accessible 27 on the website of the authority, including, but not limited to, the 28 basis of the conferral report. The published basis shall include notes 29 from the conferral meetings. 30 § 4. Subparagraph (vii) of paragraph (e) of subdivision 27-a of 31 section 1005 of the public authorities law, as added by section 1 of 32 part QQ of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as 33 follows: 34 (vii) The authority shall post a draft of the strategic plan on its 35 website for public comment for a period of at least sixty days starting 36 no later than October eleventh, and shall hold at least [three] six 37 public hearings on the draft strategic plan in regionally diverse parts 38 of the state. The authority shall provide an option for stakeholders to 39 submit comments remotely as well, and incorporate feedback from such 40 sessions and written comments into the final draft of the strategic 41 plan. 42 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amend- 43 ments to paragraph (d) of subdivision 27-a of section 1005 of the public 44 authorities law made by section two of this act shall be subject to the 45 expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to section 34 of 46 part O of chapter 58 of the laws of 2024, as amended, when upon such 47 date the provisions of section three of this act shall take effect.
