Authorizes and directs the public service commission and the New York state energy research and development authority to conduct a study on peaker plant electric generating facilities on Long Island.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A6405
SPONSOR: Brown K TITLE OF BILL:
An act authorizing and directing the public service commission and the
New York state energy research and development authority to conduct a
study on peaker plant electric generating facilities on Long Island; and
providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Authorizes and directs the public service commission and the New York
state energy research and development authority to conduct a study on
peaker plant electric generating facilities on Long Island
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: For the purposes of this act, the term "peaker plant electric
generating facility" shall mean a major electric generating facility as
defined in paragraph b of subdivision one of section 19-0312 of the
environmental conservation law that burns coal, oil, diesel or natural
gas and was operational and generated electricity less than fifteen
percent of the year during at least two.years between two thousand and
twelve through two thousand and twenty two.
Section 2: The public service commission, in conjunction with the New
York state energy • research and development authority, is authorized
and directed to conduct a study of peaker plant electric generating
facilities on Long Island.
Section 3: The public service commission, in conjunction with the New
York state energy research and development authority, may conduct any
hearings or take any written testimony as it deems necessary in order to
aid such study, and shall take all other steps necessary to provide a
thorough analysis of all issues related to the provisions listed in
section one of this act.
Section 4: The public service commission, in conjunction with the New
York state energy research and development authority, shall issue its
final report no later than one year after the effective date of this act
to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the temporary president of
the senate, and the chair of the assembly committee to energy and the
senate committee on energy and telecommunications, and post a copy of
such report on its website..
Section 5: Establishes the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
The climate leadership and community protection act (the "Climate Change
Law") and scoping plan requires all fossil fuel power plants throughout
the state to be decommissioned by 2050.
Host communities where these power plants are located have borne the
burden of these power plants for year with respect to poor air quality,
noise and noxious orders. As a result of living with these poor environ-
mental conditions, the host community school districts have received
property tax revenue that have subsidized their school district budgets
for many years. The closure of these power plants will have a dramatic
impact on the host community school district budget. The power plants
have substantial assets that have been paid for by the energy company
ratepayers, such as substation equipment, transmission lines, transfor-
mers, etc. These assets are important infrastructure that assist the
power grid function reliably and efficiently and will be critical
infrastructure for the future power grid. This bill will require a study
and cost benefit analysis be conducted of the future of power plants in
New York State and include, at a minimum, an assessment of each of the
following:
(a) the factors enumerated in subdivision two of section 6-108 of this
article;
(b) the integrity and impacts of new electric power system infrastruc-
ture;
(c) constraints in the supply of natural gas as it relates to the elec-
tric power system;
(d) demand for additional electric power systems in New York state; and
(e) the status of and future opportunities for investment in and expan-
sion of the electric power system in New York state under the state
energy plan. The state energy planning board shall conduct and deliver
the study on or before December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-four.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6405
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 6, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Energy
AN ACT authorizing and directing the public service commission and the
New York state energy research and development authority to conduct a
study on peaker plant electric generating facilities on Long Island;
and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
of
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. For the purposes of this act, the term "peaker plant elec-
2 tric generating facility" shall mean a major electric generating facili-
3 ty as defined in paragraph b of subdivision one of section 19-0312 of
4 the environmental conservation law that burns coal, oil, diesel or
5 natural gas and was operational and generated electricity less than
6 fifteen percent of the year during at least two years between two thou-
7 sand twelve through two thousand twenty-two.
8 § 2. The public service commission, in conjunction with the New York
9 state energy research and development authority, is authorized and
10 directed to conduct a study of peaker plant electric generating facili-
11 ties on Long Island. Such study shall include, but not be limited to:
12 (a) the number of peaker plant electric generating facilities on Long
13 Island;
14 (b) the number of peaker plant electric generating facilities that are
15 necessary on Long Island; and
16 (c) how to reduce the number of peaker plant electric generating
17 facilities on Long Island.
18 § 3. The public service commission, in conjunction with the New York
19 state energy research and development authority, may conduct any hear-
20 ings or take any written testimony as it deems necessary in order to aid
21 such study, and shall take all other steps necessary to provide a thor-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 ough analysis of all issues related to the provisions listed in section
2 one of this act.
3 § 4. The public service commission, in conjunction with the New York
4 state energy research and development authority, shall issue its final
5 report no later than one year after the effective date of this act to
6 the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the temporary president of
7 the senate, and the chair of the assembly committee on energy and the
8 senate committee on energy and telecommunications, and post a copy of
9 such report on its website.
10 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
11 deemed repealed two years after such effective date.
