BILL NUMBER: S8229
SPONSOR: KAVANAGH
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the executive law, the environmental conservation law,
and the public service law, in relation to increasing the statewide
energy storage capacity
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill increases the State's
energy storage target for 2030 established by the Climate Leadership and
Community Protection Act (CLCPA) from 3 GW to 6 GW.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of Section 94-c of the Execu-
tive Law, as added by Section 4 of part JJJ of Chapter 58 of the Laws of
2020, is amended to increase the statewide energy storage capacity
target for 2030 from 3 GW to 6 GW.
Section 2: Paragraph e of subdivision 13 of Section 75-0103 of the Envi-
ronmental Conservation Law, as added by Chapter 106 of the Laws of 2019,
is amended to increase the statewide energy storage capacity target for
2030 from 3 GW to 6 GW.
Section 3: Subdivision 5 of section 66-p of the Public Service Law, as
added by Chapter 106 of the Laws of 2019, is amended to increase the
statewide energy storage capacity target for 2030 from 3 GW to 6 GW.
Section 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 maintain-
ing reliability.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a new bill.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
To be determined.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; provided, that the amendments to
section 94-c of the executive law made by section one of this act shall
not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed ther-
ewith.

Statutes affected:
S8229: 66-p public service law, 66-p(5) public service law