New York A 3466: Relates to the utilization of renewable energy at state-owned facilities in Albany

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A03466 Summary:

BILL NOA03466B

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SAME ASSAME AS S04842-B

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SPONSORRomero

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COSPNSRSteck, Kelles, Rosenthal, Colton, Zinerman, Gonzalez-Rojas, Levenberg, De Los Santos, Stern,
 Lunsford, Simone, Lucas, Hevesi, Tapia, Epstein, Gallagher, Dinowitz, Bichotte Hermelyn, Shrestha,
 Burdick, Weprin, Chandler-Waterman, Shimsky, Simon, McDonald, Reyes, Raga, Moreno, Kim

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §204, Exec L; amd §1005, Pub Auth L; amd §§90 & 91, Pub Bldg L

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Enacts the "Renewable Capitol act"; requires the office of general services, in consultation with the power authority of the state of New York, to ensure that all operations that power, heat or cool the empire state plaza complex shall entirely use renewable energy systems; requires the office of general services to establish an advisory committee to advise the office of general services on the preparation, design and content of a plan for the use of renewable energy systems.

Go to top A03466 Actions:

BILL NOA03466B

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01/27/2025referred to governmental operations

04/10/2025amend and recommit to governmental operations

04/10/2025print number 3466a

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

03/16/2026amend and recommit to governmental operations

03/16/2026print number 3466b

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3466--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROMERO, STECK, KELLES, ROSENTHAL, COLTON, ZINER-
 MAN, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, LEVENBERG, DE LOS SANTOS, STERN, LUNSFORD,
 SIMONE, LUCAS, HEVESI, TAPIA, GALLAGHER, DINOWITZ, BICHOTTE HERMELYN,
 SHRESTHA, BURDICK, WEPRIN, CHANDLER-WATERMAN, SHIMSKY, SIMON, McDO-
 NALD, REYES, RAGA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted
 to the Committee on Governmental Operations in accordance with Assem-
 bly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, the public authorities law and the
 public buildings law, in relation to the utilization of renewable
 energy at state-owned facilities in Albany

 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 "Renewable Capitol Act".
 3 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 204 to read
 4 as follows:
 5 § 204. Renewable capitol project. 1. For the purpose of this section,
 6 the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 7 (a) The "advisory committee" shall mean the committee established
 8 pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision three of this section.
 9 (b) The "CLCPA" shall mean the New York state climate leadership and
 10 community protection act enacted as chapter one hundred six of the laws
 11 of two thousand nineteen, as it shall from time to time be amended.
 12 (c) "Co-pollutants" shall have the same meaning as set forth in subdi-
 13 vision three of section 75-0101 of the environmental conservation law.
 14 (d) "Emergency generator" shall mean the set of diesel generators
 15 located on Sheridan Avenue in Albany, New York as of the effective date
 16 of this section, that are intended to power the empire state plaza

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06241-05-6

 A. 3466--B 2

 1 complex during an emergency fault condition causing an interruption to
 2 normal electricity service from the grid.
 3 (e) "Empire state plaza complex" or the "complex" shall mean the
 4 complex of state-owned buildings and the land thereon in Albany, New
 5 York that utilize the steam distribution network of the Sheridan Avenue
 6 steam plant.
 7 (f) "Greenhouse gas" shall have the same meaning as set forth in
 8 subdivision seven of section 75-0101 of the environmental conservation
 9 law.
 10 (g) The "local community" shall mean the portion of Al