S 1173: Establishes the climate leadership and community protection act cost task force to study the impact on taxpayers and ratepayers of the implementation of the mandates set forth by the climate leadership and community protection act.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1173 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni- cations AN ACT in relation to establishing the climate leadership and community protection act cost task force The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Climate leadership and community protection act cost task 2 force. 1. There is hereby created, within the New York state energy 3 research and development authority, a climate leadership and community 4 protection act cost task force, which shall consist of fourteen members 5 to be appointed as follows: 6 (a) The president of the New York state energy research and develop- 7 ment authority or their designee; 8 (b) The commissioner of environmental conservation or their designee; 9 (c) The commissioner of the department of public service or their 10 designee; 11 (d) The president of the New York power authority or their designee; 12 (e) One member to be appointed by the governor; 13 (f) One member to be appointed by the temporary president of the 14 senate; 15 (g) One member to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly; 16 (h) One member to be appointed by the minority leader of the senate; 17 (i) One member to be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly; 18 (j) One member to be appointed by the New York energy coalition; 19 (k) One member to be appointed by the independent power producers of 20 New York; 21 (l) One member to be appointed by the New York independent system 22 operator; 23 (m) One member to be appointed by the business council of New York 24 state; and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03625-01-5 
 S. 1173 2 1 (n) One member to be appointed by the largest group representing rate- 2 payers. 3 2. The at-large members shall have expertise in one or more of the 4 following areas: utility management, electrical engineering, economics, 5 finance, electrical infrastructure development, or power production. 6 3. Task force members shall receive no compensation for their services 7 but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in 8 the performance of their duties. 9 4. The chairperson of the task force shall be voted on by the task 10 force members. The task force shall meet no less than six times and at 11 other times at the call of the chairperson. 12 5. All members shall be appointed no later than sixty days following 13 the effective date of this act. Any vacancies on the task force shall be 14 filled in the manner provided for in the initial appointment. 15 6. The task force shall be authorized to hold public hearings and 16 meetings to enable it to accomplish its duties. 17 7. The task force may consult with any organization, educational 18 institution, other government entity or agency or person in the develop- 19 ment of its report required by subdivision 10 of this section. 20 8. The New York state energy research and development authority shall 21 provide the task force with such facilities, assistance and data as will 22 enable the task force to carry out its powers and duties. Additionally, 23 all other agencies of the state or subdivisions thereof shall, at the 24 request of the chairperson, provide the task force with such facilities, 25 assistance, and data as will enable the task force to carry out its 26 powers and duties. 27 9. The purpose of the climate leadership and community protection act 28 cost task force shall be to study the impact on taxpayers and ratepayers 29 of the implementation of the mandates set forth by the climate leader- 30 ship and community protection act (CLCPA) including, but not limited to: 31 (a) the impact on monthly bills for ratepayers; 32 (b) the total cost of spending by the state of New York to meet CLCPA 33 mandates; 34 (c) the total cost of any tax credits to state revenues; 35 (d) the cost to municipalities for infrastructure development needed 36 to meet electrification requirements; 37 (e) the cost for businesses to convert manufacturing processes to meet 38 emissions goals; and 39 (f) the cost to school districts to convert school buses to electric 40 and to adopt renewable energy power sources. 41 10. No later than December 31, 2026 the task force shall submit to the 42 governor and the legislature a report detailing its findings and provide 43 recommendations for legislation to implement its recommendations. 44 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.