What's happening
This bill establishes a temporary moratorium on zero-emission credit requirements for certain upstate New York nuclear power plants.
Why it matters
Temporarily halting zero-emission credit (ZEC) payments to specific upstate nuclear plants (Fitzpatrick, Ginna, and Nine Mile Point) could impact their financial stability. , potentially influencing whether these facilities remain operational or face economic challenges.
By suspending ZEC requirements retroactively to August 1, 2016, the bill could affect past and current contracts, utility rate structures, and state clean energy planning. , leading to financial uncertainty for utilities and plant operators.
This moratorium may shift short-term electricity costs or savings onto ratepayers or other stakeholders. , depending on whether nuclear plants continue to receive subsidies or if costs are redistributed within the energy market.
The bill also signals broader debates about how New York should manage its transition to clean energy, including the role of nuclear power in reducing carbon emissions and the appropriate use of ratepayer-funded incentives.
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Sponsors
32 Co-sponsors
- Deborah Glick
- Barbara Lifton
- Kenneth Zebrowski
- Felix Ortiz
- Crystal Peoples-Stokes
- Patricia Fahy
- Aileen Gunther
- Walter T. Mosley
- Steven Englebright
- Edward Braunstein
- Jo Anne Simon
- Kimberly Jean-Pierre
- Jeffrey Dinowitz
- Kevin Cahill
- Sandy Galef
- Robert J. Rodriguez
- Anthony D'Urso
- Luis R. Sepúlveda
- Earlene Hooper
- Linda Rosenthal
- Phil Steck
- Andrew Raia
- Michael Montesano
- Ellen C. Jaffee
- Charles Lavine
- John T. McDonald III
- Matthew Titone
- William Colton
- Michaelle C. Solages
- Richard Gottfried
- Donna Lupardo
- Charles Barron
3 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to energy
- Print number 5985a
- Amend and recommit to energy
- Referred to energy
Companion bill
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Pause Nuclear Zero-Emission Credits
In Senate Committee · Energy And Telecommunications · Sponsor Tony Avella
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5985--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 21, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, GLICK, LIFTON, ZEBROWSKI, ORTIZ, PEOPLES-STOKES, FAHY, GUNTHER, MOSLEY, ENGLEBRIGHT, BRAUNSTEIN, SIMON, JEAN-PIERRE, DINOWITZ, CAHILL, GALEF, RODRIGUEZ, D'URSO, SEPULVEDA, HOOPER, ROSENTHAL, STECK, RAIA, MONTESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, WEINSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to establish a moratorium on that portion of the order of the state of New York public service commission, issued August 1, 2016 in cases 15-E-0302 and 16-E-0270 enacting a zero-emission credit requirement in relation to certain upstate nuclear generating facilities; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby established a moratorium on that portion of the order of the state of New York public service commission, issued August 1, 2016 in cases 15-E-0302 and 16-E-0270 enacting a zero-emission credit requirement in relation to certain upstate nuclear generating facilities. Such upstate nuclear generating facilities shall be the Fitzpatrick, Ginna and Nine Mile Point nuclear generating facilities referred to in such order. Specifically, paragraphs ten, eleven, and twelve of said order shall be subject to the moratorium established by this act.
§ 2. Severability. If any provision of this act or the application thereof shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this act, but shall be confined in its operation to the provision thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after August 1, 2016 and shall expire July 1, 2017 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
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[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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