New York S 4066: Enacts the "affordable clean energy (ACE) act"

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S04066 Summary:

BILL NOS04066A

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SAME ASSAME AS A10635

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSRHARCKHAM

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Amd §§68, 69 & 70, Pub Serv L; amd Part JJJ §7, Chap 58 of 2020; amd §3-c, Gen Muni L; amd §2023-a, Ed L

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Enacts the "affordable clean energy (ACE) act"; exempts renewable energy systems from certain requirements related to energy facilities (Part A); directs the New York power authority to propose a minimum of two priority transmission projects to address the areas of highest need on the bulk transmission system (Part B); exempts payment in lieu of taxes revenue from property tax cap calculations (Part C).

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BILL NOS04066A

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01/31/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

03/03/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

03/03/2026PRINT NUMBER 4066A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4066--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Investigations and
 Government Operations in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to exempting renewa-
 ble energy systems from certain requirements related to energy facili-
 ties (Part A); to amend part JJJ of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020,
 amending the public service law and other laws relating to accelerat-
 ing the growth of renewable energy facilities to meet critical state
 energy policy goals, in relation to directing the New York power
 authority to propose a minimum of two priority transmission projects
 to address the areas of highest need on the bulk transmission system
 (Part B); and to amend the general municipal law and the education
 law, in relation to exempting payment in lieu of taxes revenue from
 property tax cap calculations (Part C);

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "affordable
 2 clean energy (ACE) act".
 3 § 2. This act enacts into law major components of legislation which
 4 are necessary to implement the "affordable clean energy (ACE) act". Each
 5 component is wholly contained within a Part identified as Parts A
 6 through C. The effective date for each particular provision contained
 7 within such Part is set forth in the last section of such Part. Any
 8 provision in any section contained within a Part, including the effec-
 9 tive date of the Part, which makes a reference to a section "of this
 10 act", when used in connection with that particular component, shall be
 11 deemed to mean and refer to the corresponding section of the Part in

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08364-02-6

 S. 4066--A 2

 1 which it is found. Section four of this act sets forth the general
 2 effective date of this act.

 3 PART A

 4 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 68 of the public service law, as
 5 amended by section 5 of part X of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is
 6 amended to read as follows:
 7 1. Certificate required. No gas corporation or electric corporation
 8 shall begin construction of a gas plant or electric plant, except for
 9 renewable energy systems as defined in section sixty-six-p of this arti-
 10 cle or energy storage systems not paired with electric generation
 11 systems, without first having obtained the permission and approval of
 12 the commission. No such corporation shall exercise any right or privi-
 13 lege under any franchise hereafter granted, or under any franchise here-
 14 tofore granted but not heretofore actually exercised, or the exercise of
 15 which shall have been suspended for more