New York A 3585: Enacts the state and local clean energy partnership

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A03585 Summary:

BILL NOA03585 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05386

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SPONSORLevenberg

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COSPNSRGonzalez-Rojas, Conrad, Shrestha, Hevesi, Shimsky, Burdick, Glick, Simon, Paulin, Eachus, Otis,
 Clark, Brown K, Slater, Kelles

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §74-c, Pub Serv L

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Enacts the "state and local clean energy partnership", directing the public service commission to establish a standard New York state community choice aggregation program for all utility service territories.

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BILL NOA03585 

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01/28/2025referred to energy

01/07/2026referred to energy

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3585

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, CONRAD, SHRESTHA,
 HEVESI, SHIMSKY, BURDICK, GLICK, SIMON, PAULIN, EACHUS, OTIS, CLARK,
 K. BROWN, SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to enacting the
 "state and local clean energy partnership"

 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 "state and local clean energy partnership".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings and statement of purpose. The legislature
 4 hereby finds, determines and declares:
 5 1. In April 2016, the New York state public service commission ("the
 6 commission") adopted a CCA Framework Order in Commission Case 14-M-0224
 7 which authorized towns, villages and cities in New York state to form
 8 opt-out Community Choice Aggregation ("CCA") Programs.
 9 2. CCA programs allow municipalities, alone or jointly, to enact local
 10 laws giving themselves the requisite legal authority to enter into
 11 competitively-procured contracts with one or more energy service compa-
 12 nies in order to act as an aggregator and broker for the sale of elec-
 13 tric supply, gas supply, and/or other energy services, to residents of
 14 that municipality wherein all customers, including residential and non-
 15 residential, are eligible to participate in the program and shall have
 16 the option to opt out of participating if desired.
 17 3. Well-designed CCA programs can empower communities to take control
 18 of their energy future; encourage and expand opportunities for customers
 19 to access Community Distributed Generation ("CDG") programs, particular-
 20 ly for low- to moderate-income households and renters who may not other-
 21 wise have access to solar energy; and educate and encourage community
 22 engagement in energy programs.
 23 4. Since the adoption of the CCA Framework Order, CCA programs have
 24 demonstrated their potential as a tool for facilitating engagement by

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06219-01-5

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 1 communities and retail customers in taking charge of their energy choic-
 2 es, securing competitive energy contracts on behalf of aggregated
 3 customers, financially supporting the current renewable market and in
 4 growing the renewable market in New York.
 5 5. This act is intended to signal the state's continuing support of
 6 CCA; to recognize the vibrant market created by CCA and the tremendous
 7 progress achieved by those programs in encouraging residential demand
 8 for renewables and community participation in making energy choices
 9 locally; to recognize CCA as offering significant new opportunities for
 10 the state to advance the Climate Act at the municipal and community
 11 level; and to provide clarity and confidence necessary to allow the
 12 commission to expeditiously advance broader deployment of CCA and to
 13 incorporate opt-out CDG as part of the CCA framework.
 14 6. Moreover, this act is intended to level the playing field for
 15 communities seeking to participate in CCA, to ensure that opt-out CDG is
 16 authorized within the CCA framework, and to promote fairness and equal
 17 opportunity for communities across the state to innovate and adv