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NY A06761
Bill
Status
3/29/2021
Primary Sponsor
Zohran Kwame Mamdani
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AI Summary
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Prohibits the Public Service Commission from issuing certificates for new major electric generating facilities powered wholly or partly by fossil fuels (coal, petroleum products, natural gas, and related fuel gases).
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Creates an exception allowing fossil fuel facilities if developers provide written attestation from the New York Independent System Operator and transmission owner confirming an electricity reliability need that cannot be met by transmission upgrades or other means.
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Requires developers to demonstrate that existing reliability needs cannot be addressed within a reasonable timeframe through transmission, energy storage, zero-carbon generation, demand response, or energy efficiency.
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Prohibits the Department of Environmental Conservation from issuing permits for fossil fuel-powered major electric generating facilities unless the reliability conditions are satisfied.
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Requires all written communications between applicants and state agencies regarding proposed facilities to be made publicly available on the respective department websites.
Legislative Description
Prohibits the development of any new major electric generating facilities that would be powered in whole or in part by any fossil fuel, unless the developer of such facility can demonstrate a need for such facility, and that there is no other reasonable method to satisfy such need.
Last Action
referred to energy
1/5/2022