Requires the establishment of a renewable hydrogen incentive program
What changed between versions
The governing statute changed from the Public Service Law to the Public Authorities Law, and the responsible agency changed from the Public Service Commission to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
The agency's consultation partner was changed from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to the Public Service Commission.
The list of required program actions was shortened by removing the requirement to authorize gas corporations to develop blending quality standards and removing the requirement to identify barriers to development.
The requirement to provide 'appropriate ratebase treatment' for eligible projects was removed from the list of actions.
The definition of 'renewable energy sources' was updated to add 'or' before 'biogas energy sources' for grammatical consistency.
The bill number was updated to include a suffix '-A', and the committee status was updated to reflect favorable reporting and recommitment to the Finance Committee.