New York S 2639: Requires applications for certain licenses to include specific information to evaluate such license applications for compliance with the goals set forth in the climate leadership and community protection act

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S02639 Summary:

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Requires applications for licenses granted by certain entities to include specific information to enable such entities to evaluate such license applications for compliance with the goals set forth in the New York state climate leadership and community protection act.

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01/22/2025REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

03/02/2026RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2639

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic Devel-
 opment and Small Business

 AN ACT to amend the state administrative procedure act, in relation to
 requiring certain entities to evaluate license applications for
 compliance with the goals set forth in the New York state climate
 leadership and community protection act

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

 1 Section 1. The state administrative procedure act is amended by adding
 2 a new section 403 to read as follows:
 3 § 403. Compliance with the New York state climate leadership and
 4 community protection act. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
 5 contrary, the department of environmental conservation, the department
 6 of public service, the New York power authority, the Long Island power
 7 authority, the office of renewable energy siting, and the New York state
 8 energy research and development authority shall, by promulgation of
 9 regulations, require an application for a license to include information
 10 regarding compliance with the goals set forth in the New York state
 11 climate leadership and community protection act. Such information shall
 12 require that each applicant provide information stating:
 13 a. how the license aligns with the New York state climate leadership
 14 and community protection act, including:
 15 (i) how the license aligns with the greenhouse gas emission limits set
 16 forth in section 75-0107 of the environmental conservation law;
 17 (ii) what are the estimated greenhouse gas emissions resulting from
 18 the license;
 19 (iii) what energy source will be used;
 20 (iv) what are the short-term and long-term energy sources that will be
 21 used for the license and what are the anticipated short-term and long-
 22 term effects of using such energy sources;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06853-01-5

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 1 b. how the license will impact the goals set forth in the New York
 2 state climate leadership and community protection act, including calcu-
 3 lations of energy usage, incorporating upstream impacts from point of
 4 energy usage;
 5 c. an assessment of impact on environmental justice pursuant to arti-
 6 cle forty-eight of the environmental conservation law; and
 7 d. the number of jobs estimated to be created as a result of the
 8 license, if any.
 9 2. This section shall apply to applications for the issuance, modifi-
 10 cation or renewal of any permit, license, certificate, approval, regis-
 11 tration, charter, or similar form of permission or authority required by
 12 law, or by state agency rules having the force and effect of law, which
 13 is required for a business undertaking, project or activity for an
 14 applicant, but shall not include bonds or other forms of security
 15 required to be submitted by applicants, any individual licenses for
 16 practicing a profession prescribed in title eight of the education law,
 17 filings under the uniform commercial code, or routine licenses and
 18 permits for individual privileges, including licenses for operating a
 19 motor vehicle.
 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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