New York S 2482: Enacts the "go green schools act" to assist school districts in converting to renewable energy systems

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S02482 Summary:

BILL NOS02482 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03561

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSRROLISON, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 8 Title 9-D §§1920 - 1923, amd §1854, Pub Auth L

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Enacts the "go green schools act" to assist school districts in converting to renewable energy sources as a primary source of energy; directs NYSERDA to conduct a study and make recommendations for such purpose.

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BILL NOS02482 

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01/21/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/27/20251ST REPORT CAL.192

01/28/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/03/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/24/2025PASSED SENATE

03/24/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/24/2025referred to energy

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

02/03/20261ST REPORT CAL.227

02/04/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/05/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/23/2026PASSED SENATE

03/23/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/23/2026referred to energy

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2482

 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

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
 the "go green schools act" to assist schools in converting to renewa-
 ble energy systems as a primary source of energy

 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 "go green schools act".
 3 § 2. Article 8 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
 4 new title 9-D to read as follows:
 5 TITLE 9-D
 6 GO GREEN SCHOOLS ACT

 7 Section 1920. Definitions.
 8 1921. Mapping.
 9 1922. Study.
 10 1923. Reporting.
 11 § 1920. Definitions. For the purposes of this title:
 12 (a) "authority" shall have the same meaning as set forth in subdivi-
 13 sion two of section eighteen hundred fifty-one of this article; and
 14 (b) "renewable energy systems" shall have the same meaning as defined
 15 in section sixty-six-p of the public service law.
 16 § 1921. Mapping. 1. The authority shall develop a mapping tool to
 17 provide to schools to assist such schools in converting to renewable
 18 energy systems as a primary source of energy.
 19 2. The mapping tool shall be posted prominently and publicly on the
 20 authority's website and shall include the following features:
 21 (a) provide sufficient information and guidance to schools to compre-
 22 hensively evaluate what type or types of renewable energy systems will

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06639-01-5

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 1 be the most cost effective option for meeting the energy needs of each
 2 school in the state; and
 3 (b) renewable energy system siting information, such as: land use
 4 cover data; disadvantaged communities; brownfields; previously disturbed
 5 and developed sites including but not limited to large rooftops, parking
 6 lots, and landfills; agricultural soils and agricultural districts;
 7 forests; wetlands, floodplains, and waterbodies; historic, cultural, and
 8 archaeological resources; public parks, preserves and recreational
 9 resources; conserved and protected lands; hosting capacity; distrib-
 10 ution, and transmission lines; and topography as relevant to siting
 11 renewable energy systems.
 12 3. The authority shall complete and post the mapping tool on its
 13 website on or before December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-seven.
 14 § 1922. Study. 1. The authority, within twelve months of the effective
 15 date of this title, shall conduct a study of the financial feasibility
 16 and sustainability of converting each public school district to renewa-
 17 ble energy as a primary source of energy.
 18 2. Such study shall include, but not be limited to:
 19 (a) the ability of each school district to safely house its own inde-
 20 pendent energy