New York S 5498: Provides for a pilot solicitation of climate leadership and community protection act projects relating to wind energy in Lake Erie and requirements therefor

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S05498 Summary:

BILL NOS05498 

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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Provides for a pilot project in furtherance of climate leadership and community protection act clean energy standards in Lake Erie; establishes standards for wind energy procured therefrom.

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BILL NOS05498 

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02/21/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5498

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT in relation to a pilot project in furtherance of climate leader-
 ship and community protection act clean energy standards in Lake Erie
 and establishing standards for wind energy procured therefrom

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby
 2 finds and determines:
 3 1. New York is a national leader in developing and implementing
 4 climate policy and promoting the development of renewable energy
 5 resources.
 6 2. To further the state's climate change goals and to promote and
 7 incentivize the development of renewable energy, New York state adopted
 8 the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), which,
 9 among other things, mandates that New York have fully, one hundred
 10 percent zero-emission electricity by 2040, with a target of absolute net
 11 zero emissions by 2050.
 12 3. Achieving the CLCPA milestones with respect to zero-emission elec-
 13 tricity and decarbonization may not be possible without harnessing the
 14 wind resources over the Great Lakes. Given the lengthy timelines associ-
 15 ated with new offshore wind developments, an expedited pilot project to
 16 fully assess the viability of such development is crucial to ensure that
 17 the resource is available when needed.
 18 4. In order to initiate such a pilot project in a timely manner, it
 19 will be beneficial for the state agencies having jurisdiction, under the
 20 leadership and direction of the governor, to coordinate efforts with a
 21 common goal - compliance with the CLCPA.
 22 5. The pilot project will provide valuable data for future projects,
 23 as well as serve to develop a reasonable and predictable path from
 24 concept to applications, approvals and implementation for companies

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10097-01-5

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 1 expressing an interest in offshore wind energy production in New York's
 2 Great Lakes.
 3 § 2. Pilot solicitation. 1. The New York state energy research and
 4 development authority (NYSERDA) is hereby authorized and directed to
 5 issue a solicitation for the procurement of up to two hundred megawatts
 6 of offshore wind renewable energy certificates (ORECs) generated by
 7 offshore wind located in Lake Erie (hereinafter the "pilot solicita-
 8 tion").
 9 2. The pilot solicitation shall take similar form and structure to the
 10 most recent solicitation NYSERDA issued for Atlantic Ocean offshore wind
 11 development (ORECRFP22-1), including the requirement that the competi-
 12 tively selected project (hereinafter the "Lake Erie project") enter into
 13 a contract to sell ORECs to NYSERDA, and for NYSERDA to buy those ORECs
 14 on behalf of New York's electric ratepayers statewide, with appropriate
 15 modifications given the differences between salt water and fresh water
 16 offshore development. The pilot solicitation shall include a requirement
 17 that the selected developer enter into at least one project labor agree-
 18 ment consistent with the optional process and terms for such agreement
 19 included in ORECRFP22-1. As used in this section, the term "project
 20 labor agreement" shall mean a single collective bargaining agreement,
 21 including a pre-hire agreement, coverin