S 2085: Establishes new targets for offshore wind electricity generation; includes the requirements that there is at least 15 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2040, at least 18 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2045 and at least 20 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2050.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2085 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KAVANAGH, ADDABBO, ASHBY, BRISPORT, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SI- GAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE, PALUMBO, PARKER, SALA- ZAR, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, SKOUFIS, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications AN ACT to amend the public service law and the environmental conserva- tion law, in relation to establishing new targets for offshore wind electricity generation The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 137 of the public service law, as 2 added by section 11 of part O of chapter 58 of the laws of 2024, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 1. "CLCPA targets" shall mean the public policies established in the 5 climate leadership and community protection act enacted in chapter one 6 hundred six of the laws of two thousand nineteen, including but not 7 limited to the requirement that a minimum of seventy percent of the 8 statewide electric generation be produced by renewable energy systems by 9 two thousand thirty, that by the year two thousand forty the statewide 10 electrical demand system will generate zero emissions, and the procure- 11 ment of at least nine gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation 12 by two thousand thirty-five, at least fifteen gigawatts of offshore wind 13 electricity generation by two thousand forty, at least eighteen giga- 14 watts of offshore wind electricity generation by two thousand forty- 15 five, at least twenty gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation 16 by two thousand fifty, six gigawatts of photovoltaic solar generation by 17 two thousand twenty-five and to support three gigawatts of statewide 18 energy storage capacity by two thousand thirty. 19 § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 66-p of the public service law, as added 20 by chapter 106 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00195-03-5 
 S. 2085 2 1 5. No later than July first, two thousand twenty-four, the commission 2 shall establish programs to require the procurement by the state's load 3 serving entities of at least nine gigawatts of offshore wind electricity 4 generation by two thousand thirty-five, at least fifteen gigawatts of 5 offshore wind electricity generation by two thousand forty, at least 6 eighteen gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by two thou- 7 sand forty-five, at least twenty gigawatts of offshore wind electricity 8 generation by two thousand fifty, and six gigawatts of photovoltaic 9 solar generation by two thousand twenty-five, and to support three giga- 10 watts of statewide energy storage capacity by two thousand thirty. 11 § 3. Paragraph e of subdivision 13 of section 75-0103 of the environ- 12 mental conservation law, as added by chapter 106 of the laws of 2019, is 13 amended to read as follows: 14 e. Measures to achieve six gigawatts of distributed solar energy 15 capacity installed in the state by two thousand twenty-five, nine giga- 16 watts of offshore wind capacity installed by two thousand thirty-five, 17 at least fifteen gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 18 two thousand forty, at least eighteen gigawatts of offshore wind elec- 19 tricity generation by two thousand forty-five and at least twenty 20 gigawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by two thousand fifty, 21 a statewide energy efficiency goal of one hundred eighty-five trillion 22 British thermal units energy reduction from the two thousand twenty-five 23 forecast; and three gigawatts of statewide energy storage capacity by 24 two thousand thirty. 25 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 26 the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 137 of the public service law 27 made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such 28 section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.