NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A276
SPONSOR: Barrett TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public service law and the environmental conserva-
tion law, in relation to increasing the statewide energy storage capaci-
ty
PURPOSE OF THE BILL:
This bill increases the State's energy storage target for 2030 estab-
lished by the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA)
from 3 GW to 6 GW.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
§ 1: Subdivision 1 of Section 137 of the Public Service Law is amended
to increase the statewide energy storage capacity target for 2030 from 3
GW to 6 GW.
§ 2: Paragraph e of subdivision 13 of Section 75-0103 of the Environ-
mental Conservation Law is amended to increase the statewide energy
storage capacity target for 2030 from 3 GW to 6 GW.
§ 3: Subdivision 5 of section 66-p of the Public Service Law is amended
to increase the statewide,,, energy storage capacity target for 2030
from 3. GW to 6 GW.
§ 4: Effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
In 2019, New York State enacted the Climate Leadership and Community
Protection Act (CLCPA), the nation's most comprehensive climate legis-
lation. In 2020, the State enacted specific statutory CLCPA targets for
renewable energy generation, including a requirement that the State
procure a minimum of 3 gigawatts (GW) of energy storage capacity by
2030.
On January 5, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced in her
State of the State address an intention to double the state's 2030 ener-
gy storage deployment target, from the currently legislated 3 GW of
storage to 6 GW of storage by 2030. The Department of Public.Service
(DPS) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
(NYSERDA) were directed to, and subsequently did, update New York
State's Energy Roadmap to achieve at least 6 GW of energy storage
deployment by 2030.
Energy storage is a key enabling technology to achieve the state's
renewable energy and climate goals, providing increased grid flexibili-
ty, enabling the widescale deployment of renewable energy, promoting
efficient use of grid resources, and enhancing grid resiliency.
This legislation will codify the increase of energy storage capacity
from 3 GW to 6 GW by 2030, enabling us to meet our CLCPA goals while
maintaining reliability.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2024: A.8614/S.8229
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; provided, that the amendments to
section 137 of the public service law made by section one of this act
shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed
therewith.
