New York S 2085: Increases from 50 to 100 acres, the acreage of farm woodland that qualifies as land used in agricultural production for agricultural assessment purposes

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S02085 Summary:

BILL NOS02085 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02596

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SPONSORKAVANAGH

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COSPNSRADDABBO, ASHBY, BRISPORT, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM,
 HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE, PALUMBO, PARKER, RYAN C, SALAZAR,
 SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§137 & 66-p, Pub Serv L; amd §75-0103, En Con L

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Establishes new targets for offshore wind electricity generation; includes the requirements that there is at least 15 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2040, at least 18 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2045 and at least 20 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2050.

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BILL NOS02085 

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01/15/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2085

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. KAVANAGH, ADDABBO, ASHBY, BRISPORT, CLEARE, COMRIE,
 COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SI-
 GAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE, PALUMBO, PARKER, SALA-
 ZAR, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, SKOUFIS, WEBB -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Energy and Telecommunications

 AN ACT to amend the public service law and the environmental conserva-
 tion law, in relation to establishing new targets for offshore wind
 electricity generation

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 137 of the public service law, as
 2 added by section 11 of part O of chapter 58 of the laws of 2024, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 1. "CLCPA targets" shall mean the public policies established in the
 5 climate leadership and community protection act enacted in chapter one
 6 hundred six of the laws of two thousand nineteen, including but not
 7 limited to the requirement that a minimum of seventy percent of the
 8 statewide electric generation be produced by renewable energy systems by
 9 two thousand thirty, that by the year two thousand forty the statewide
 10 electrical demand system will generate zero emissions, and the procure-
 11 ment of at least nine gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation
 12 by two thousand thirty-five, at least fifteen gigawatts of offshore wind
 13 electricity generation by two thousand forty, at least eighteen giga-
 14 watts of offshore wind electricity generation by two thousand forty-
 15 five, at least twenty gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation
 16 by two thousand fifty, six gigawatts of photovoltaic solar generation by
 17 two thousand twenty-five and to support three gigawatts of statewide
 18 energy storage capacity by two thousand thirty.
 19 § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 66-p of the public service law, as added
 20 by chapter 106 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00195-03-5

 S. 2085 2

 1 5. No later than July first, two thousand twenty-four, the commission
 2 shall establish programs to require the procurement by the state's load
 3 serving entities of at least nine gigawatts of offshore wind electricity
 4 generation by two thousand thirty-five, at least fifteen gigawatts of
 5 offshore wind electricity generation by two thousand forty, at least
 6 eighteen gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by two thou-
 7 sand forty-five, at least twenty gigawatts of offshore wind electricity
 8 generation by two thousand fifty, and six gigawatts of photovoltaic
 9 solar generation by two thousand twenty-five, and to support three giga-
 10 watts of statewide energy storage capacity by two thousand thirty.
 11 § 3. Paragraph e of subdivision 13 of section 75-0103 of the environ-
 12 mental conservation law, as added by chapter 106 of the laws of