New York S 1173: Establishes the climate leadership and community protection act cost task force

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Establishes the climate leadership and community protection act cost task force to study the impact on taxpayers and ratepayers of the implementation of the mandates set forth by the climate leadership and community protection act.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

03/16/2026NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED

05/06/2026DEFEATED IN ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1173

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
 cations

 AN ACT in relation to establishing the climate leadership and community
 protection act cost task force

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

 1 Section 1. Climate leadership and community protection act cost task
 2 force. 1. There is hereby created, within the New York state energy
 3 research and development authority, a climate leadership and community
 4 protection act cost task force, which shall consist of fourteen members
 5 to be appointed as follows:
 6 (a) The president of the New York state energy research and develop-
 7 ment authority or their designee;
 8 (b) The commissioner of environmental conservation or their designee;
 9 (c) The commissioner of the department of public service or their
 10 designee;
 11 (d) The president of the New York power authority or their designee;
 12 (e) One member to be appointed by the governor;
 13 (f) One member to be appointed by the temporary president of the
 14 senate;
 15 (g) One member to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
 16 (h) One member to be appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
 17 (i) One member to be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly;
 18 (j) One member to be appointed by the New York energy coalition;
 19 (k) One member to be appointed by the independent power producers of
 20 New York;
 21 (l) One member to be appointed by the New York independent system
 22 operator;
 23 (m) One member to be appointed by the business council of New York
 24 state; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03625-01-5

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 1 (n) One member to be appointed by the largest group representing rate-
 2 payers.
 3 2. The at-large members shall have expertise in one or more of the
 4 following areas: utility management, electrical engineering, economics,
 5 finance, electrical infrastructure development, or power production.
 6 3. Task force members shall receive no compensation for their services
 7 but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in
 8 the performance of their duties.
 9 4. The chairperson of the task force shall be voted on by the task
 10 force members. The task force shall meet no less than six times and at
 11 other times at the call of the chairperson.
 12 5. All members shall be appointed no later than sixty days following
 13 the effective date of this act. Any vacancies on the task force shall be
 14 filled in the manner provided for in the initial appointment.
 15 6. The task force shall be authorized to hold public hearings and
 16 meetings to enable it to accomplish its duties.
 17 7. The task force may consult with any organization, educational
 18 institution, other government entity or agency or person in the develop-
 19 ment of its report required by subdivision 10 of this section.
 20 8. The New York state energy research and development authority shall
 21 provide the task force with such facilities, assistance and data as will
 22 enable the task force to carry out its powers and duties. Additionally,
 23 all other agencies of the state or subdivisions thereof shall, at the
 24 request of the chairpers