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A04098 Summary:

BILL NOA04098
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04305
 
SPONSORCunningham
 
COSPNSRShimsky
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §92-j, Pub Serv L
 
Relates to requiring cellular telephone companies and third-party service providers to provide plans to the public service commission to make all cell towers one hundred percent renewable energy powered by 2031.
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A04098 Actions:

BILL NOA04098
 
02/09/2023referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
01/03/2024referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
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A04098 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A4098
 
SPONSOR: Cunningham
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring cellu- lar telephone companies and third- party service providers to provide plans to the public service commission to make all cell towers one hundred percent renewable energy powered by 2031   PURPOSE: This legislation amends the public service law by requiring cellular telephone companies and third party providers to present plans in prepa- ration to convert cell tower energy usage to renewable energy resources.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the public service law through the addition of section 92-J Subsection 92-J sets forth the provision that all cellular telephone service providers shall provide full plans by December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-four for the conversion of all respective cell towers to renewable energy by two thousand thirty. Section 2 sets forth the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) sets goals to reduce emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and than to 85% below 1990 levels by 2050. To meet our targets it will take an "all hands on deck approach", meaning that providers from different sectors and many areas will be called upon to help us meet our climate goals. By requiring that cellular providers and third party tower owners provide plans for converting energy usage in cell towers to renewable energy resources, we would be taking a preliminary and incremental step to cleaning up all power within the state. Furthermore, by setting such targets the cellular service industry is prompted to develop innovative ways to convert its infrastructure to renewable energy.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: XXX   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately
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A04098 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4098
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 9, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
        AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring  cellu-
          lar  telephone companies and third- party service providers to provide
          plans to the public service commission to make  all  cell  towers  one
          hundred percent renewable energy powered by 2031
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a  new  section
     2  92-j to read as follows:
     3    §  92-j.  Cell towers; renewable energy.  Notwithstanding section five
     4  of this chapter or any other law to the contrary, no later than December
     5  thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five, any cellular  telephone  company
     6  or  third-party  service  provider  who  operates cell towers within the
     7  state shall provide plans to the commission to  make  all  cell  towers,
     8  maintained  and  constructed  by such company or service provider within
     9  the state, one hundred percent renewable energy powered by two  thousand
    10  thirty-one.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06272-01-3
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