New York A 10567: Relates to the authorization of certain municipalities to participate in a community-wide energy aggregation program

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A10567 Summary:

BILL NOA10567 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02169

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SPONSORHyndman

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Authorizes certain municipalities to participate in a community-wide energy aggregation program where they can request bids, select an energy service provider, install energy efficiency measures and develop local renewable energy facilities to provide electric and/or gas supply services, including gas efficiency and renewable heating technologies to participating customers.

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BILL NOA10567 

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03/13/2026referred to energy

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10567

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 13, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Energy

 AN ACT authorizing certain municipalities to participate in a community
 choice energy aggregation program by a single municipality or through
 an inter-municipal agreement with two or more municipalities in order
 to coordinate efforts to procure electric and/or gas supply services
 on behalf of participating residents, businesses and municipal custom-
 ers within municipal jurisdictional boundaries

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

 1 Section 1. Definitions. The following terms, when used in this act,
 2 shall have the following meanings:
 3 1. "Customer" shall mean a customer of record who received residential
 4 or non-residential electric and/or gas supply services from a distrib-
 5 ution utility at the time of a local resolution by such customer's muni-
 6 cipality to participate in a municipally administered community-wide
 7 energy aggregation program, provided that such customer did not receive
 8 electric and gas supply services from an energy services company and/or
 9 a publicly-owned utility.
 10 2. "Distribution utility" or "distribution utilities" shall mean any
 11 investor-owned utility in the state of New York.
 12 3. "Participating customer" shall mean a customer who receives elec-
 13 tric and/or gas supply services through a municipally administered
 14 community-wide energy aggregation program, including residential and
 15 commercial, and municipal customers.
 16 4. "Community choice aggregation," "program," or "community energy
 17 aggregation program" shall mean an inter-municipal agreement or a munic-
 18 ipal resolution for the purpose of coordinating or initiating efforts by
 19 a municipality or by community choice aggregators to request bids for
 20 and potentially select an ESCO or ESCOs to provide electric and/or gas
 21 supply services to participating residential, commercial and government
 22 customers.
 23 5. "Municipal governing board" shall mean a single municipal board for
 24 local programs limited within municipal jurisdictional boundaries, or an

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04570-01-5

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 1 inter-municipal agreement entered into by resolution of two or more
 2 municipal boards aggregating load on a regional basis.
 3 6. "Energy services company" or "ESCO" shall have the same meaning as
 4 such term is used in subdivision 5 of section 44 of the public service
 5 law.
 6 7. "Municipality" or "municipalities" shall mean a city, town or
 7 village located in the state of New York.
 8 8. "Community choice aggregator" or "energy aggregator" shall mean a
 9 municipality authorized pursuant to a local resolution to participate in
 10 an inter-municipal agreement establishing a municipal energy aggregation
 11 program to offer energy services to residential, commercial and munici-
 12 pal customers located within the energy aggregator's jurisdictional
 13 boundaries.
 14 9. "Program administrator" shall mean a community choice aggregator
 15 that is designated pursuant to a local municipal governing board resol-
 16 ution or an inter-municipal agreement, or an employee or a contractor
 17 designated by a community choice aggregator to fulfill the responsibil-
 18 ities of: (i) requesting and compiling histor