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This bill requires New York to achieve 100% clean renewable electricity by 2034, excluding nuclear, gas, biomass, and fossil fuels.
Why it matters
By mandating 100% clean renewable electricity by 2034 (excluding nuclear, gas, biomass, and fossil fuels), the bill would force a rapid and comprehensive overhaul of New York’s energy infrastructure, driving investment in solar, wind, geothermal, and tidal technologies.
The legislation explicitly excludes nuclear and biomass, marking a significant shift from some current “clean energy” definitions and potentially impacting existing and proposed projects that rely on these sources.
Achieving this goal could have wide-reaching economic and societal impacts, including job creation in renewable sectors, potential increases in electricity prices during the transition, and significant reductions in air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
The bill’s aggressive timeline and strict definitions could set a new national or international benchmark for climate policy, putting pressure on other states or countries to adopt similarly ambitious and exclusive standards.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
962
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy
AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to establishing a one hundred percent clean renewable energy system for electricity by two thousand thirty
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Legislative intent. New York state has a goal to transition away from fossil fuels to clean renewable energy. Since New York state is facing a climate emergency, it shall set a goal of achieving one hundred percent clean renewable energy for electricity by two thousand thirty for the purpose of creating jobs, promoting economic growth, improving public health, protecting the environment, and to avoid climate catastrophe.
§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 6-104 of the energy law, as added by chapter 433 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
1. The board shall adopt a state energy plan in accordance with the provisions of this article. Such plan shall establish a goal of achieving a one hundred percent clean renewable energy system for electricity by two thousand thirty-four, with zero net greenhouse gas emissions. As used in this section, "clean renewable energy" shall include energy derived from solar, wind, geothermal, and tidal sources, but does not include nuclear power, natural gas, biomass, or fossil fuels.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date upon which it shall have become a law.
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LBD03130-01-5
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