S 7132 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Requires the establishment of a renewable hydrogen incentive program

Summary
Requires the establishment of a renewable hydrogen incentive program to support the production, processing, delivery, storage, or end use of hydrogen in New York for the purpose of meeting the greenhouse gas emissions goals of the climate leadership and community protection act (CLCPA).
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Apr 1, 2025 Last action May 13, 2026
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What changed between versions

S7132 S7132A · 6 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended to shift its legal authority from the Public Service Law to the Public Authorities Law, changing the responsible agency from the Public Service Commission to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. Additionally, the bill was reclassified from a standard introduction to a version that has been reported favorably by the Energy Committee and committed to the Finance Committee.
Scope change
The bill's scope changed from applying to the Public Service Commission to applying to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, altering which government body is responsible for establishing the renewable hydrogen incentive program.
SCOPE

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.

REQUIREMENT

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.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'renewable energy sources' was updated to add 'or' before 'biogas energy sources' for grammatical consistency.

TECHNICAL

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.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Amendments
2
May 13, 2026
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
upper
May 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 7132A
upper
May 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
upper
May 13, 2025
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
upper
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
upper
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Kevin Parker
DDemocratic/Working Families
NY
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