Prohibits the public service commission authority to order collection of charges from ratepayers for greenhouse gas reduction unrelated to the electric grid.
Creates an exception in the uniform fire prevention and building code for zero on-site greenhouse gas emissions for buildings whose building permit was issued prior to a certain date.
This bill repeals New York's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), which established the state's primary climate goals including 100% clean electricity by 2040. It removes the legal framework for climate targets, renewable energy requirements, and related provisions for disadvantaged communities. The bill also makes technical updates to references in other laws that previously cited the repealed CLCPA. This action eliminates the state's binding climate policy without creating new requirements.
Repeals the New York state climate leadership and community protection act and establishes the nineteen member common sense energy council which will prepare and approve recommendations for achieving affordable and attainable statewide greenhouse gas reductions; requires a statewide greenhouse gas emissions report by the department of environmental conservation; makes technical corrections thereto.
S 8607 repeals Section 75-0109 of the Environmental Conservation Law, which previously required the development of regulations to achieve statewide greenhouse gas emissions reductions. This repeal removes a specific legal mandate for creating emissions-reduction regulations, directly affecting the state's regulatory framework for climate policy. The bill takes immediate effect upon enactment, eliminating the requirement without establishing new provisions or altering emissions targets.
Repeals provisions of law relating to prohibiting the installation of fossil-fuel equipment and building systems in new construction and to establishing decarbonization action plans for state-owned facilities.
Enacts the "upstate energy choice act"; limits the prohibition on the installation of fossil-fuel equipment and building systems in new construction to buildings located in a city with a population of one million or more; limits the requirement of establishing decarbonization action plans for state-owned facilities to facilities located in a city with a population of one million or more.
Establishes a moratorium on the adoption and/or implementation of certain local laws or ordinances, or certain rules or regulations, by a city with a population of one million or more, related to achieving certain reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
This bill exempts wood burning used for recreation, building heating, cooking, or food preparation from certain greenhouse gas emissions regulations. It directly affects rural residents and small communities who rely on wood-burning for these everyday purposes. The law modifies environmental conservation rules to exclude these specific wood-burning activities from compliance requirements tied to New York's 2019 climate law. The exemption applies immediately upon the bill's enactment.
