New York A 2596: Establishes new targets for offshore wind electricity generation

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A02596 Summary:

BILL NOA02596 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02085

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SPONSORBarrett

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COSPNSRAnderson, Clark, Conrad, Dilan, Mamdani, Santabarbara, Shrestha, Stern, Hunter, Rosenthal, Steck,
 Colton, Simone, Jacobson, Rajkumar, Shimsky, Epstein, Lunsford, Seawright, Forrest, Taylor, Carroll
 R, Lavine, Cunningham, Eachus, Magnarelli, Sayegh, Otis, De Los Santos, Woerner, Reyes, Raga,
 Benedetto, Simon, Stirpe, Zaccaro, Jackson, Meeks, Pheffer Amato, Bores, Lee, Bronson, Davila,
 Fall, Williams, Paulin, Bichotte Hermelyn, Burdick, Gallagher, Alvarez, Rozic, Kelles, Walker,
 Bendett, DeStefano, Slater, McDonald, Levenberg, Kassay, Gonzalez-Rojas, Dinowitz

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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 NOA02596 

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01/21/2025referred to energy

01/07/2026referred to energy

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There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA02596 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2596

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT, ANDERSON, CLARK, CONRAD, DILAN, MAMDANI,
 SANTABARBARA, SHRESTHA, STERN, HUNTER, ROSENTHAL, STECK, COLTON,
 SIMONE, JACOBSON, RAJKUMAR, SHIMSKY, EPSTEIN, LUNSFORD, SEAWRIGHT,
 FORREST, TAYLOR, R. CARROLL, LAVINE, CUNNINGHAM, EACHUS, MAGNARELLI,
 SAYEGH, OTIS, DE LOS SANTOS, WOERNER, REYES, RAGA, BENEDETTO, SIMON,
 STIRPE, ZACCARO, JACKSON, MEEKS, PHEFFER AMATO, BORES, LEE, BRONSON,
 DAVILA, FALL, WILLIAMS, PAULIN, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, BURDICK, GALLAGHER,
 ALVAREZ, ROZIC, KELLES, WALKER, BENDETT, DeSTEFANO, SLATER -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Energy

 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

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

 A. 2596 2

 1 two thousand twenty-five and to support three gigawatts of statewide
 2 energy storage capacity by two thousand thirty.
 3 § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 66-p of the public service law, as added
 4 by chapter 106 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 5 5. No later than July first, two thousand twenty-four, the commission
 6 shall establish programs to require the procurement by the state's load
 7 serving entities of at least nine gigawatts of offshore wind electricity
 8 generation by two thousand thirty-five, at least fifteen gigawatts of
 9 offshore wind electricity generation by two thousand forty, at least
 10 eighteen gigawatts