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NY A03655
Bill
Status
1/29/2025
Primary Sponsor
William Conrad
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AI Summary
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Requires gas and electric utilities to submit 1-10 neighborhood-scale weatherization and electrification-ready pilot projects to the Public Service Commission within 6 months, with at least 40% located in disadvantaged communities
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Projects must improve building envelopes (insulation, air sealing, weatherstripping) at no cost to building owners, targeting contiguous properties on a block-by-block basis
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Mandates that energy audits be conducted by utility employees represented by labor organizations, with all weatherization work subject to project labor agreements requiring apprenticeship programs
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Utilities may fully recover project costs through rate proceedings and defer unrecovered expenses as regulatory assets with carrying charges at their approved rate of return
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Requires quarterly reporting to the commission on project status, costs, barriers, jobs created, and outcomes to support New York's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act goals of 40% emissions reduction by 2030 and 85% by 2050
Legislative Description
Enacts the "home utility weatherization jobs act"; requires each gas corporation, electric corporation, or combination gas or electric corporation to submit to the public service commission for review and approval at least one and up to ten neighborhood scale weatherization and electrification-ready projects.
Last Action
referred to energy
1/7/2026