New York S 2086: Increases the statewide energy storage capacity

Status: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2086A (as of 2026-04-27)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 2086

Sponsors: Brian Kavanagh, Pete Harckham, Rachel May, Robert Rolison

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S02086 Summary:

BILL NOS02086A

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SAME ASSAME AS A00276-A

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SPONSORKAVANAGH

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COSPNSRHARCKHAM, MAY, ROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §75-0103, En Con L; amd §§66-p & 137, Pub Serv L

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Increases the statewide energy storage capacity to six gigawatts by the year 2030, twelve gigawatts of statewide energy storage capacity by 2040, and seventeen gigawatts of statewide energy storage capacity by 2050.

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BILL NOS02086A

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01/15/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/27/20251ST REPORT CAL.191

01/28/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/03/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

02/03/20261ST REPORT CAL.226

02/04/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/05/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/27/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2086A

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2086--A
 Cal. No. 226

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. KAVANAGH, HARCKHAM, MAY, ROLISON -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Energy and Telecommunications -- recommitted to the Committee on Ener-
 gy and Telecommunications in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
 reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
 report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
 retaining its place in the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the public service law and the environmental conserva-
 tion law, in relation to increasing the statewide energy storage
 capacity

 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, six gigawatts of photovoltaic solar gener-
 13 ation by two thousand twenty-five and to support [three] six gigawatts
 14 of statewide energy storage capacity by two thousand thirty, twelve
 15 gigawatts of statewide energy storage capacity by two thousand forty,
 16 and seventeen gigawatts of statewide energy storage capacity by two
 17 thousand fifty.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00201-04-6

 S. 2086--A 2

 1 § 2. Paragraph e of subdivision 13 of section 75-0103 of the environ-
 2 mental conservation law, as added by chapter 106 of the laws of 2019, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 e. Measures to achieve six gigawatts of distributed solar energy
 5 capacity installed in the state by two thousand twenty-five, nine giga-
 6 watts of offshore wind capacity installed by two thousand thirty-five, a
 7 statewide energy efficiency goal of one hundred eighty-five trillion
 8 British thermal units energy reduction from the two thousand twenty-five
 9 forecast; and [three] six gigawatts of statewide energy storage capacity
 10 by two thousand thirty, twelve gigawatts of statewide energy storage
 11 capacity by two thousand forty, and seventeen gigawatts of statewide
 12 energy storage capacity by two thousand fifty.
 13 § 3. Subdivision 5 of section 66-p of the public service law, as added
 14 by chapter 106 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 15 5. No later than July first, two thousand twenty-four, the commission
 16 shall establish programs to require the pro

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