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NY S00641
Bill
Status
6/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Sean Ryan
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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 bona fide 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 pre-tax approved rate of return
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Requires quarterly progress reports to the Commission on completed projects, implementation barriers, costs, and jobs created, with data made publicly available online
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
6/4/2025