New York S 1537: Relates to continuing medical education requirements for doctors, nurses and pharmacists

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S01537 Summary:

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COSPNSRADDABBO, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL

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Relates to maintaining the continued viability of the state's existing large-scale, renewable energy resources; directs the public service commission, in consultation with NYSERDA to modify the competitive tier 2 program adopted by the order modifying the clean energy standard.

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1537

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, ADDABBO, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read
 twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
 Committee on Energy and Telecommunications

 AN ACT in relation to maintaining the continued viability of the state's
 existing large-scale, renewable energy resources

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby
 2 finds and determines:
 3 1. New York is a national leader in developing and implementing policy
 4 to promote the development of renewable energy resources, the growth of
 5 which has significantly benefited the state in numerous ways, including
 6 through reductions in pollutants that contribute to climate change,
 7 associated reductions in adverse impacts on public health, and substan-
 8 tial job growth in the clean energy sector.
 9 2. To further promote and incentivize the development of renewable
 10 energy, New York state recently adopted the Climate Leadership and
 11 Community Protection Act (CLCPA), which, among other things, mandates
 12 that by 2030, 70% of electricity consumed in the state will come from
 13 renewable resources, and 100% of such electricity be renewable by 2040
 14 (CLCPA targets). In 2019, approximately 27 percent of the state's elec-
 15 tric load (representing 41,340 gigawatt hours) was supplied by renewable
 16 resources - solar, wind, hydroelectric, biomass, fuel cells and similar
 17 resources.
 18 3. However, a recently published triennial review of the clean energy
 19 standard (CES) found that falling commodity market revenues in the
 20 wholesale energy markets create a risk that legacy renewable generators
 21 may not be able to cover their costs. These facilities have options to
 22 export to neighboring renewable portfolio standard (RPS) compliance
 23 markets and will do so if the renewable energy certificate (REC) revenue
 24 opportunity is greater than New York's voluntary market.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04477-01-5

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 1 4. Exports of legacy supply have increased since 2014 by about 0.5
 2 TWh, and unless reversed would need to be made up from incremental
 3 sources of supply in order to achieve CLCPA targets. There is a real and
 4 present danger that a significant portion of New York's resources will
 5 either cease operations or sell increasing volumes of their RECs to
 6 neighboring markets. In either case, New York will not be able to count
 7 them towards the CLCPA targets.
 8 5. A recent study shows that, in the wake of COVID-19, after reaching
 9 nearly 164,000 clean energy jobs statewide in 2019, the pandemic tempo-
 10 rarily reversed multi-year growth trends. The clean energy industry can
 11 serve as a cornerstone for economic recovery, but that must begin with
 12 the retention of New York's existing valuable renewable assets.
 13 6. The CES was established in a 2016 public service commission order,
 14 predating the CLCPA. In its original form, the CES was composed of a
 15 tier 1 for the development of new large-scale renewables, a maintenance
 16 tier 2 to provide short-term relief to economically distressed renewable
 17 resources, and a tier 3 to support the state's nuclear resources through
 18 ZECs. In 2018, the public