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NY S02183

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/15/2025

Primary Sponsor

Kevin Parker

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires all gas stations along the New York State Thruway to offer at least one alternative fuel for sale beginning November 1, 2029

  • Defines "alternative fuel" to include ethanol, bio-diesel, electricity (including solar), green hydrogen, and other non-petroleum-based fuels consistent with state climate goals

  • Mandates the NY State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to provide the Thruway Authority with a list of at least three most feasible alternative fuels

  • Requires each NYSERDA-recommended alternative fuel to be available at intervals of no more than 120 miles on each side of the Thruway

  • Aligns alternative fuel requirements with the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act of 2019 and applicable federal alternative fuel standards

Legislative Description

Enacts the "electric super highway act", requiring alternative fuels to be available for public use along the New York state thruway after November 1, 2025 and providing each recommended alternative fuel at least every one hundred twenty miles on both sides of the thruway; defines "alternative fuel".

Last Action

REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

2/24/2026

Committee Referrals

Finance2/24/2026
Energy and Telecommunications1/7/2026
Finance2/25/2025
Energy and Telecommunications1/15/2025

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