New York S 8037: Relates to contribution limits for parties appointed to public positions

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S08037 Summary:

BILL NOS08037 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§66-x & 66-y, Pub Serv L; add Art 5 §5-105, Energy L

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Establishes a datacenter utility rate classification, providing targeted congestion management incentives for upstate New York, and regulating off-grid power connections for datacenter operations.

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BILL NOS08037 

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8037

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- 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 service law and the energy law, in relation
 to establishing a datacenter utility rate classification, providing
 targeted congestion management incentives for upstate New York, and
 regulating off-grid power connections for datacenter operations

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

 1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding two new
 2 sections 66-x and 66-y to read as follows:
 3 § 66-x. Datacenter utility rate classification. 1. Each electric
 4 corporation operating within the New York independent system operator
 5 (NYISO) shall, upon its next general rate case filing after the effec-
 6 tive date of this section, file with the commission a tariff establish-
 7 ing a special rate classification for commercial datacenter operations.
 8 2. A datacenter with a peak demand of less than four hundred kilowatts
 9 (kW) shall not be required to take service under the datacenter tariff
 10 established pursuant to this section.
 11 3. A datacenter owner or operator with an aggregate statewide demand
 12 of one megawatt (MW) or greater shall be required to take service under
 13 the datacenter tariff, where such tariff exists in the applicable
 14 service territory.
 15 4. Such rate classification shall:
 16 (a) Provide for competitive and nondiscriminatory electric rates for
 17 qualifying datacenter customers, irrespective of their energy source
 18 procurement mix.
 19 (b) Facilities seeking to qualify for congestion management or local
 20 employment incentives under section 5-105 of the energy law must, howev-
 21 er, purchase one hundred percent of their electric energy supply from

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11794-02-5

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 1 generation sources located within the state, of which a minimum of fifty
 2 percent shall be derived from renewable sources.
 3 5. For the purposes of this section, "renewable sources" shall include
 4 energy generated from solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, and biometh-
 5 ane, provided that such biomethane is derived from manure anaerobic
 6 digestion (AD) produced by farms located within the state.
 7 6. For purposes of this section, "datacenter" means a facility prima-
 8 rily used to house computing infrastructure for the purpose of process-
 9 ing, storage, or distribution of data, typically requiring significant
 10 and continuous electric load to operate servers and related equipment.
 11 § 66-y. Off-grid power connections for datacenters. 1. No electric
 12 generating facility serving a datacenter shall be permitted to bypass
 13 public purpose funding mechanisms, including but not limited to the
 14 system benefits charge, renewable energy standard, or clean energy stan-
 15 dard obligations, by establishing a direct off-grid connection to such
 16 datacenter.
 17 2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any datacenter
 18 majority owned or majority leased by the state or any of its instrumen-
 19 talities, authorities, or agencies.
 20 3. The commission shall promulgate rules to ensure that any new or
 21 existing direct connections between power generators and datacenters
 22 remain subject to equitable co