New York S 2486: Prohibits the imposition and collection of a fare, toll, rental, rate, charge or other fee on the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge

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S02486 Summary:

BILL NOS02486A

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Add §3-105, Energy L

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Relates to the construction of new geothermal, dry steam, flash steam, and binary cycle plant facilities in New York state.

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BILL NOS02486A

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01/21/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

02/27/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

02/27/2025PRINT NUMBER 2486A

04/28/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

03/04/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2486--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
 cations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to the creation of geother-
 mal energy generation facilities in New York state

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

 1 Section 1. The energy law is amended by adding a new section 3-105 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 3-105. Geothermal energy generation facilities. New geothermal, dry
 4 steam, flash steam, and binary cycle plant facilities shall be created
 5 and installed on an expedited process, in conjunction with the following
 6 guidelines:
 7 1. Such facilities shall be constructed on sites that are pre-approved
 8 by the New York state energy research and development authority in
 9 consultation with the New York power authority.
 10 2. The New York state energy research and development authority, in
 11 consultation with the New York power authority, shall oversee the
 12 mapping, tracking, and reporting of areas that have been approved and
 13 sited as ready for geothermal energy generation facilities to be erected
 14 on approved sites.
 15 3. The documented information for the readying of construction and
 16 installation of such geothermal energy generation facilities shall be
 17 made public on the New York state energy research and development
 18 authority's website for a minimum of thirty days allowing for public
 19 comment on the approved site if the sited area is in conjunction with a
 20 local municipality, and/or would significantly change the overall quan-
 21 tity of soil grade 1-4 agricultural land in the approved area. However,
 22 if there are no significant adverse effects to the local municipality
 23 and/or soil grade 1-4 agricultural land, the thirty-day comment period

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06649-02-5

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 1 shall be closed with no need for further review, and construction of the
 2 facility may commence effective immediately.
 3 4. The New York state energy research and development authority is
 4 directed to promulgate rules and regulations, in consultation with any
 5 other relevant agency, for the purposes of further expediting permitting
 6 for construction and integration of geothermal energy generation facil-
 7 ities when hiring a bonafide or state-approved local union to take on
 8 the primary roles of installation and construction of the new geothermal
 9 energy generation facility, or the retrofitting of older or existing
 10 fossil fuel facilities, that are capable of being retrofitted for geoth-
 11 ermal energy production.
 12 5. The mapping process shall include, but not be limited to the char-
 13 acteristics of the area that has been approved to be a geothermal energy
 14 generation site, whether it is capable of being reasonably and timely
 15 connected to the grid, whether the proposed site could accommodate a
 16 qualified energy storage system, the depth that the proposed geothermal
 17 facility would have to bore to be economically viable, and an estimate
 18 of the overall cost to develop the site.
 19 § 2. This act shal