New York S 4590: Relates to establishing the New York state grid modernization commission

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Relates to establishing the New York state grid modernization commission; provides the commission shall conduct a study of research, development and demonstrations of electric grid modernization and shall issue such report to the state energy planning board for consideration in the state energy plan.

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02/10/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

02/25/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

03/04/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

03/11/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

03/11/2026PRINT NUMBER 4590A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4590--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
 cations -- recommitted to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
 cations in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably
 from said committee and committed to the Committee on Finance --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT in relation to establishing the New York state grid modernization
 commission

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

 1 Section 1. New York state grid modernization commission. (a) Within
 2 one hundred eighty days of the effective date of this act, the New York
 3 state grid modernization commission shall be established.
 4 (b) The New York state grid modernization commission shall consist of:
 5 (i) the chief executive officer of the department of public service or
 6 their chosen designee, (ii) the commissioner of environmental conserva-
 7 tion or their chosen designee, (iii) the commissioner of economic devel-
 8 opment or their chosen designee, (iv) the commissioner of transportation
 9 or their chosen designee, (v) the commissioner of labor or their chosen
 10 designee, (vi) the commissioner of the division of homeland security and
 11 emergency services or their chosen designee, (vii) the commissioner of
 12 agriculture and markets or their chosen designee, (viii) the commission-
 13 er of health or their chosen designee, (ix) the secretary of state or
 14 their chosen designee, (x) the president of the power of authority or
 15 their chosen designee, (xi) the president of the New York state energy
 16 research and development authority or their chosen designee and (xii)
 17 two representatives appointed by the governor, two representatives
 18 appointed by the temporary president of the senate and two represen-
 19 tatives appointed by the speaker of the assembly as well as one repre-
 20 sentative appointed by the minority leader of the senate and one repre-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01626-02-6

 S. 4590--A 2

 1 sentative appointed by the minority leader of the assembly. Such
 2 members shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of subdivi-
 3 sion (c) of this section.
 4 (c) The grid modernization commission shall include members from
 5 communities of color, low-income communities, and communities bearing
 6 disproportionate pollution and climate change burdens, or shall be
 7 representatives of community-based organizations with experience and a
 8 history of advocacy on environmental justice issues, and shall include
 9 at least two representatives from New York city communities, two repre-
 10 sentatives from rural communities, and two representatives from upstate
 11 New York urban communities. Such representatives shall have experience
 12 in one or more of the following fields: economics, engineering, law,
 13 utility regulation, consumer advocacy, or environmental management. The
 14 grid modernization commission shall also include at least one local
 15 official from a city, town