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NY A03118

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/28/2019

Primary Sponsor

Felix Ortiz

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Origin

Assembly

2019-2020 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Enacts the "Electric Super Highway Act of 2019" to increase availability of alternative fuels along the New York state thruway.

  • Defines "alternative fuel" to include ethanol, methanol, natural gas, propane, electricity (including solar), hydrogen, and other non-petroleum-based fuels that reduce air pollutant emissions.

  • Requires each gas station facility on the thruway to offer at least one alternative fuel starting November 1, 2019.

  • Mandates that each alternative fuel recommended by the State Energy Research and Development Authority be available at intervals of no more than 120 miles on each side of the thruway.

  • Directs the State Energy Research and Development Authority to identify at least three feasible alternative fuels and assist the thruway authority in implementation.

Legislative Description

Enacts the "electric super highway act of 2019", requiring alternative fuels to be available for public use along the New York state thruway after November 1, 2019 and providing each recommended alternative fuel at least every one hundred twenty miles on both sides of the thruway; defines "alternative fuel".

Last Action

referred to energy

1/8/2020

Committee Referrals

Energy1/28/2019

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