What's happening
This bill expands municipal sustainable energy loan programs to include new construction and clarifies definitions related to eligible properties and improvements.
Why it matters
Broadens access to energy loans. by allowing municipal sustainable energy loan programs to finance not just retrofits for existing buildings, but also energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy systems incorporated into new construction—potentially increasing market demand for greener building practices.
Clarifies what properties are eligible. by defining "real property" in a way that could cover a wider variety of ownership types, which may make more property owners able to participate in these programs and thus upgrade or build energy-efficient properties.
Defines and tightens eligible improvements. by specifying that energy efficiency improvements must be permanently fixed and cost-effective, helping ensure public funding supports meaningful, lasting upgrades rather than temporary or easily removed items.
May accelerate local climate action. by making it easier for municipalities to incentivize energy-efficient new builds, supporting state and local goals for emission reductions and potentially lowering long-term energy costs for residents and businesses.
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Sponsors
28 Co-sponsors
- Amy Paulin
- Thomas Abinanti
- David Buchwald
- Sandy Galef
- Catalina Cruz
- Anthony D'Urso
- Michael Blake
- Ellen C. Jaffee
- William Colton
- Joseph Lentol
- Fred Thiele
- John T. McDonald III
- Nader Sayegh
- Felix Ortiz
- Robert C. Carroll
- Inez E. Dickens
- Steven Englebright
- Kimberly Jean-Pierre
- Jonathan Jacobson
- Harvey Epstein
- Jo Anne Simon
- Vivian Cook
- Rebecca Seawright
- Marianne Buttenschon
- Walter T. Mosley
- Judy Griffin
- Peter Abbate
- Charles Barron
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Substituted by S6523A
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.309
- Rules report cal.309
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Print number 7805c
- Amend and recommit to energy
- Print number 7805b
- Amend and recommit to energy
- Referred to energy
- Print number 7805a
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- Amend and recommit to energy
- Referred to energy
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Expand Energy Loan Programs
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Kevin S. Parker
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7805--C
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 23, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, PAULIN, ABINANTI, BUCHWALD, GALEF, CRUZ, D'URSO, BLAKE, JAFFEE, COLTON, LENTOL, THIELE, McDONALD, SAYEGH, ORTIZ, CARROLL, DICKENS, ENGLEBRIGHT, JEAN-PIERRE, JACOBSON, EPSTEIN, SIMON, COOK, SEAWRIGHT, BUTTENSCHON, MOSLEY,… Show allHide
Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, PAULIN, ABINANTI, BUCHWALD, GALEF, CRUZ, D'URSO, BLAKE, JAFFEE, COLTON, LENTOL, THIELE, McDONALD, SAYEGH, ORTIZ, CARROLL, DICKENS, ENGLEBRIGHT, JEAN-PIERRE, JACOBSON, EPSTEIN, SIMON, COOK, SEAWRIGHT, BUTTENSCHON, MOSLEY, GRIFFIN, ABBATE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FRONTUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Energy in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to municipal sustainable energy loan programs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 119-ff of the general municipal law, as added by chapter 497 of the laws of 2009, subdivision 6 as amended by chapter 320 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
§ 119-ff. Definitions. For purposes of this article:
1. "Authority" means the New York state energy research and development authority, as defined by subdivision two of section eighteen hundred fifty-one of the public authorities law, or its successor.
2. "Credit support" means and includes direct loans, letters of credit, loan guarantees, and insurance products; and the purchase of or commitment to purchase, or the sale of or commitment to sell, debt instruments, including subordinated securities.
3. "Energy audit" means a formal evaluation of the energy consumption of a permanent building or structural improvement to real property, conducted by a contractor certified by the authority, or certified by a certifying entity approved by the authority for purposes of this arti-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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cle, for the purpose of identifying appropriate energy efficiency improvements that could be made to or incorporated into the construction of the property. A municipal corporation may, by local law, provide for the certification of such contractors based upon criteria at least as stringent as the state-wide criteria for certification adopted by the authority for purposes of this article.
4. "Energy efficiency improvement" means [and includes] any improvement to real property, whether as a component of the new construction of a building or as the renovation or retrofitting of [a] an existing building to reduce energy consumption, such as window and door replacement, lighting, caulking, weatherstripping, air sealing, insulation, and heating and cooling system upgrades, and similar improvements, determined to be cost-effective pursuant to criteria established by the authority. However, "energy efficiency improvement" shall not include lighting measures or household appliances that are not permanently fixed to real property.
5. "Municipal corporation" means a county, town, city or village.
6. "Real property" means any property, an interest in which is or is eligible to be recorded or registered on municipal land ownership records by the possessor of such interest.
7. "Renewable energy system" means an energy generating system for the generation of electric or thermal energy, to be used primarily at such property, except when the owner of real property is a commercial entity, by means of solar thermal, solar photovoltaic, wind, geothermal, anaerobic digester gas-to-electricity systems, fuel cell technologies, or other renewable energy technology approved by the authority not including the combustion or pyrolysis of solid waste.
[7.] 8. "Renewable energy system feasibility study" means a written study, conducted by a contractor certified by the authority, or certified by a certifying entity approved by the authority for purposes of this article, for the purpose of determining the feasibility of installing a renewable energy system. A municipal corporation may, by local law, provide for the certification of such contractors based upon criteria at least as stringent as the state-wide criteria for certification adopted by the authority for purposes of this article.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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