New York S 7429: Relates to establishing the energy performance benchmarking program

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S07429 Summary:

BILL NOS07429 

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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Add §1018, Pub Auth L; add Art 19 Title 13 §19-1301, En Con L

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Relates to establishing the energy performance benchmarking program.

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04/16/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7429

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 16, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommu-
 nications

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the environmental conser-
 vation law, in relation to establishing the energy performance bench-
 marking program

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

 1 Section 1. The legislature hereby finds and declares that New York
 2 state is dedicated to the mutually compatible goals of environmental
 3 protection, energy security, and economic growth; increasing energy
 4 efficiency has been identified as among the most cost-effective methods
 5 for reducing greenhouse gas and other environmental pollutant emissions
 6 and increasing energy security; increasing energy efficiency can lead to
 7 increased jobs and a reduction in building operating expenses; and New
 8 York state is committed to implementing new policies to promote the
 9 efficient use of energy and natural resources in the interest of the
 10 long-term protection and enhancement of the state's environment, economy
 11 and public health.
 12 § 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section
 13 1018 to read as follows:
 14 § 1018. Benchmarking. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this
 15 section, the following terms are defined as follows:
 16 a. "Affected state entities" means (i) all agencies and departments
 17 over which the governor has executive authority, and (ii) all public
 18 benefit corporations, public authorities and commissions, for which the
 19 governor appoints the chair, the chief executive, or the majority of
 20 board members, except for the port authority of New York and New Jersey.
 21 b. "Average source energy use intensity" or "average EUI" means the
 22 average source energy use per square foot for all state-owned and
 23 managed buildings.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07768-01-5

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 1 c. "Source energy" means all the energy used in delivering energy to a
 2 site, including power generation, transmission and distribution losses.
 3 2. Energy reduction target. By April first, two thousand thirty, all
 4 affected state entities shall collectively reduce the average EUI in
 5 state-owned and managed buildings by at least twenty percent from a
 6 baseline of the average EUI of such buildings for state fiscal year two
 7 thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one ("target").
 8 3. Obligations to meet target. a. Central management and implementa-
 9 tion team: the New York power authority ("NYPA") shall establish a
 10 central management and implementation team ("CMIT") to administer this
 11 section. (i) The CMIT is hereby directed and authorized to:
 12 (a) take all appropriate measures to ensure that the target is met;
 13 (b) direct affected state entities to comply with the requirements of
 14 this section;
 15 (c) create guidelines ("guidelines") within nine months of the effec-
 16 tive date of this section to assist affected state entities in complying
 17 with this section, and thereafter update such guidelines as necessary;
 18 (d) provide strategic, technical, and other assistance to each
 19 affected state entity to support implementation of this section;
 20 (e) develop annual milestones for achieving the target over the next
 21 seven years within twelve months of the effective date of this section;
 22 (f) develop and implement reporting requirements to document e