NY A09392

Adds "waste to energy" to the definition of renewable energy systems in the Public Service Law, defining it as thermal and non-thermal technologies that produce energy from waste without direct combustion.

Excludes biogas from the definition of "fossil fuel" in the Energy Law and creates a new definition of biogas as a mixture of gases produced from agricultural waste, manure, plant material, green waste, and food waste.

Adds biogas to the definition of materials that can be burned in "combustion installations" under the Environmental Conservation Law.

Replaces references to "anaerobic digester gas-to-electricity systems" with "waste to energy systems" in the General Municipal Law and Environmental Conservation Law renewable energy definitions.

Takes effect immediately upon enactment.