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NY A02720
Bill
Status
1/22/2025
Primary Sponsor
Sarahana Shrestha
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AI Summary
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Establishes the "Solar for Schools Act" creating a competitive grant program administered by NYSERDA and the New York Power Authority to fund solar and geothermal energy projects at public school facilities
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Provides grants covering 50% of eligible project costs, with $500 million appropriated for the program, and funds disbursed before work begins
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Requires applicants to seek federal Inflation Reduction Act funding and prohibits total outside funding from exceeding project costs
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Mandates all projects be performed under project labor agreements with prevailing wage requirements, apprenticeship agreements, and U.S.-made components (with waiver provisions)
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Prioritizes grants based on factors including location in disadvantaged communities, projected energy production, lack of air conditioning, local asthma rates, and emission reduction potential; program runs from July 1, 2025 through the 2035-2036 academic year
Legislative Description
Enacts the solar for schools act which provides grants for eligible school districts to purchase and install solar and geothermal power sources; defines terms; directs the New York state energy and research development authority to establish such grant program; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof; makes an appropriation therefor.
Last Action
referred to energy
1/7/2026