New York S 2417: Enacts the "coal to gas plant conversion and redevelopment blueprint act"

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Add §§66-x & 168-a, amd §168, Pub Serv L; add §§1020-nn & 1874, Pub Auth L; amd §19-0301, En Con L

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Enacts the "coal to gas plant conversion and redevelopment blueprint act"; requires the development of a blueprint to guide the replacement and redevelopment of New York's coal burning facilities and their sites by 2031.

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01/17/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2417

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, the public authorities law and
 the environmental conservation law, in relation to enacting the "coal
 to gas plant conversion and redevelopment blueprint act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "coal to gas plant conversion and redevelopment blueprint act".
 3 § 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 66-x to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 66-x. Coal to gas plant conversion and redevelopment. 1. The New
 6 York state energy research and development authority is hereby author-
 7 ized and directed to:
 8 (a) conduct a study of competitive options to facilitate the phase
 9 out, replacement and redevelopment of the state's coal burning facili-
 10 ties and their sites by the year two thousand thirty-one, with gas
 11 facilities, and the appropriate transmission and distribution systems
 12 and equipment, if necessary, while ensuring resource adequacy and other
 13 reliability services are maintained, and to do so in consultation with
 14 the department, the department of environmental conservation, the Long
 15 Island power authority, and other relevant agencies, authorities and
 16 entities with subject matter expertise, including but not limited to the
 17 federally designated electric bulk system operator, the New York State
 18 Reliability Council, and the owners of such facilities. Such study shall
 19 prioritize the replacement and redevelopment of such coal burning facil-
 20 ities with gas facilities that will directly assist in achieving the
 21 energy, environmental justice and emissions reductions requirements of
 22 section sixty-six-p of this article. The study shall include recommenda-
 23 tions of standards and requirements that:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06435-01-5

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 1 (i) would significantly reduce the state's electricity system reliance
 2 on fossil fuels, taking into account the requirements and timing of the
 3 state's emission reduction programs;
 4 (ii) would establish a competitive program to promote private sector
 5 investment in eligible technologies that the public service commission
 6 has determined, after notice and provision for the opportunity to
 7 comment, ensure resource adequacy, while achieving the requirements of
 8 section sixty-six-p of this article;
 9 (iii) would provide significant environmental, health and other bene-
 10 fits to disadvantaged communities as defined in section 75-0111 of the
 11 environmental conservation law; and
 12 (iv) would have significant potential for job creation and retention,
 13 economic development, and just transition opportunities benefiting New
 14 Yorkers and the state's workforce;
 15 (b) receive and utilize new operating plans to convert coal burning
 16 plants to gas plants;
 17 (c) provide public notice of the study and an opportunity for public
 18 comment on the study of not less than sixty days and conduct at least
 19 two public hearings on the study, with such public hearings offering
 20 vid