New York A 8758: Enacts the accelerate solar for affordable power (ASAP) act

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A08758 Summary:

BILL NOA08758A

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SAME ASSAME AS S06570-A

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SPONSORBarrett

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COSPNSRCarroll R, Shrestha, Tapia, Simone, Rosenthal, Schiavoni, Levenberg, Simon, Steck, Otis, Rajkumar,
 Seawright, Paulin, Stern, Gibbs, Forrest, Gallagher, McDonald, Griffin, Stirpe, Hunter, Conrad,
 Meeks, Eachus, Woerner, Weprin, Lunsford, Jacobson, Romero, Kelles, Cunningham, Lee, Lasher,
 Hevesi, Solages, Rozic, Clark, Pheffer Amato, De Los Santos, Bores, Valdez, Carroll P, Benedetto,
 Bronson, Sayegh, Raga, Shimsky, Brown K, Dinowitz, Magnarelli, Burdick, Kay, Reyes, Gonzalez-Rojas,
 Dilan, Alvarez, Colton, Moreno, McMahon, Cook, Wright, Mitaynes, Zinerman, Kim, Kassay, Powers,
 Torres, Anderson

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §75-0103, En Con L; add §66-x, amd §66-j, Pub Serv L

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Enacts the accelerate solar for affordable power (ASAP) act to set a new target for distributed solar energy capacity and direct the public service commission to advance reforms to the utility interconnection process to ensure timely and cost-effective integration of new distributed energy resources.

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BILL NOA08758A

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06/02/2025referred to energy

06/05/2025reference changed to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

02/18/2026amend and recommit to environmental conservation

02/18/2026print number 8758a

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Go to topA08758 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8758--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 2, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT, R. CARROLL, SHRESTHA, TAPIA, SIMONE,
 ROSENTHAL, SCHIAVONI, LEVENBERG, SIMON, STECK, OTIS, RAJKUMAR,
 SEAWRIGHT, PAULIN, STERN, GIBBS, FORREST, GALLAGHER, McDONALD, GRIF-
 FIN, STIRPE, HUNTER, CONRAD, MEEKS, EACHUS, WOERNER, WEPRIN, LUNSFORD,
 JACOBSON, ROMERO, KELLES, CUNNINGHAM, LEE, LASHER, HEVESI, SOLAGES,
 ROZIC, CLARK, PHEFFER AMATO, DE LOS SANTOS, SANTABARBARA, BORES,
 VALDEZ, P. CARROLL, BENEDETTO, BRONSON, SAYEGH, RAGA, SHIMSKY,
 K. BROWN, DINOWITZ, MAGNARELLI, BURDICK, KAY, REYES, GONZALEZ-ROJAS --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Energy -- recommitted to
 the Committee on Energy in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the public
 service law, in relation to enacting the accelerate solar for afforda-
 ble power (ASAP) act

 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 "accelerate solar for affordable power (ASAP) act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds that
 4 increasing distributed solar energy capacity and lowering intercon-
 5 nection costs are essential for achieving the state's affordability,
 6 economic development, and environmental goals. It is the intent of the
 7 legislature to amend the climate leadership and community protection act
 8 to set a new target for distributed solar energy capacity and direct the
 9 public service commission to advance reforms to the utility intercon-
 10 nection process to ensure timely and cost-effective integration of new
 11 distributed energy resources, such as solar and energy storage systems,
 12 into the electric distribution system.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10828-03-6

 A. 8758--A 2

 1 § 3. Paragraph e of subdivision 13 of section 75-0103 of the environ-
 2 mental conservation law, as added by chapter 106 of the laws of 2019, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 e. Measures to achieve [six] twenty gigawatts of distributed solar
 5 energy capacity installed in the state by two thousand [twenty-five]
 6 thirty-five, nine gigawatts of offshore wind capacity installed by two
 7 thousand thirty-five, a statewide energy efficiency goal of one hundred
 8 eighty-five trillion British thermal units energy reduction from the two
 9 thousand twenty-five forecast; and three gig