The CLCPA Scoping Plan Tracker monitors New York's progress in implementing the recommendations made by the Climate Action Council's Scoping Plan under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.
Actions can be sorted by the suggested date for implementing the recommendation, the responsible entity, or recommendation status, and readers may use the keyword filter to search for actions based on subject matter.
The following links provide additional information:
- Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act
- Climate Action Council Final Scoping Plan
- New York State Climate Law Tracker
- Compilation of Recommendations to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in New York State.
Please email Vincent Nolette (vmn2106@columbia.edu) with questions or feedback. The Sabin Center is grateful to Emma Shumway, Sophie Patka, and Timo Rautiainen for their contributions to the tracker.
Scoping Plan Tracker
- Date
- 2035
- Action
- Prohibit fossil fuel use in large fuel burning equipment for heating and domestic hot water
- Responsible Entity
- DEC, DOS, NYSERDA
- Status
- Pending
- Summary
Prohibit fossil fuel use in equipment for heating and domestic hot water by promulgating zero-emissions standards targeting large combustion equipment
- Date
- 2035
- Action
- Prohibit replacements of fossil fuel appliances for cooking and clothes drying
- Responsible Entity
- DEC, DOS, NYSERDA
- Status
- Pending
- Summary
Prohibit replacement of fossil fuel cooking and clothes drying appliances
- Date
- 2035
- Action
- Prohibit replacements of large and commercial sized fossil fuel HVAC appliances
- Responsible Entity
- DEC, DOS, NYSERDA
- Status
- Pending
- Summary
Prohibit replacement of fossil-fuel-burning equipment in large residential buildings
- Date
- 2032
- Action
- Increase investment in freshwater wetlands
- Responsible Entity
- Legislature
- Status
- Pending
- Summary
Increase investment in freshwater wetland protection, restoration, and monitoring
- Date
- 2030
- Action
- Prohibit replacements of fossil fuel HVAC appliances
- Responsible Entity
- DEC, DOS, NYSERDA
- Status
- Pending
- Summary
Prohibit replacement of fossil-fuel-burning equipment in single-family homes and other small residential buildings
- Date
- 2030
- Action
- Energy efficiency performance standards for large commercial and multifamily properties
- Responsible Entity
- DOL, DPS, NYSERDA, Office of Just Transition, PSC
- Status
- Pending
- Summary
Adopt energy efficiency standards for large commercial and multifamily properties informed by New York City's Local Law 97
- Date
- 2028
- Action
- Prohibit building systems or equipment used for combustion of fossil fuels in commercial and large multifamily construction
- Responsible Entity
- Code Council, DOS, NYSERDA
- Status
- In Progress
- Summary
Adopt codes that prohibit building systems or equipment used for the combustion of fossil fuels in new construction of multifamily and commercial buildings
- Date
- 2027
- Action
- Require disclosure of energy performance rating in building sale
- Responsible Entity
- Legislature
- Status
- Pending
- Summary
Require owners of single-family homes to obtain and disclose the home's energy performance rating in the property's sale listing.
- Date
- 2027
- Action
- Require energy performance rating disclosure at sale
- Responsible Entity
- Department of Taxation and Finance, DOS, NYSERDA
- Status
- Pending
- Summary
After the enactment of any necessary legislation, require owners of single-family properties to disclose the building's energy performance rating as part of the sale listing
- Date
- 2027
- Action
- Energy-efficient lighting in large properties
- Responsible Entity
- DOL, DPS, NYSERDA, Office of Just Transition, PSC
- Status
- Pending
- Summary
Require large properties to utilize energy-efficient lighting
- Date
- 2025
- Action
- Enhance landfill gas capture regulations
- Responsible Entity
- DEC
- Status
- Pending
- Summary
Enhance existing regulations for gas capture in landfills to reduce methane leakage
- Date
- 2025
- Action
- Prohibit building systems or equipment used for combustion of fossil fuels in single-family and low-rise multifamily construction
- Responsible Entity
- Code Council, DOS, NYSERDA
- Status
- In Progress
- Summary
Adopt codes that prohibit building systems or equipment used for the combustion of fossil fuels in new construction single-family or low-rise multifamily buildings.
- Date
- 2025
- Action
- Adopt improved building resilience code
- Responsible Entity
- Code Council, DOS, NYSERDA
- Status
- Pending
- Summary
Require additional building resilience features in new construction, including energy storage and on-site renewable generation.
- Date
- 2025
- Action
- Adopt improved energy efficiency code for new construction
- Responsible Entity
- Code Council, DOS, NYSERDA
- Status
- Pending
- Summary
Adopt a highly efficient energy code for new construction of residential and commercial buildings.
- Date
- 2025
- Action
- Require building energy-related disclosures during sale and lease processes
- Responsible Entity
- Legislature
- Status
- Pending
- Summary
Require residential and commercial property owners to disclose energy consumption information as part of the lease or sale of the property.
- Date
- 2025
- Action
- Require energy audits and reporting
- Responsible Entity
- Legislature
- Status
- Pending
- Summary
Require owners of large multifamily and commercial properties to undertake regular energy audits filed with NYSERDA.
- Date
- 2025
- Action
- Require energy consumption disclosure at sale
- Responsible Entity
- Department of Taxation and Finance, DOS, NYSERDA
- Status
- Pending
- Summary
After the enactment of any necessary legislation, require residential and commercial building owners to disclose prior-year energy consumption data as part of the lease or sale of any unit, space, or building
- Date
- 2025
- Action
- Require energy audits and reporting
- Responsible Entity
- Department of Taxation and Finance, DOS, NYSERDA
- Status
- Pending
- Summary
After the enactment of any necessary legislation, require energy audits of large residential and commercial properties at least once every ten years, as well as filing of an audit report with NYSERDA
- Date
- 2024
- Action
- Expand the Food Donation and Food Scraps Recycling law
- Responsible Entity
- Legislature
- Status
- In Progress
- Summary
Expand the existing Food Donation and Food Scraps Recycling law to include generators of one ton per week or more in 2024, one half ton per week in 2025, and all generators by 2028.
- Date
- 2024
- Action
- Require energy consumption information and disclosures
- Responsible Entity
- Legislature
- Status
- Pending
- Summary
Require owners of large multifamily and commercial properties to report their energy and water consumption data to NYSERDA.
- Date
- 2024
- Action
- Require energy and water consumption reporting by large properties
- Responsible Entity
- Department of Taxation and Finance, DOS, NYSERDA
- Status
- Pending
- Summary
Require owners of commercial and multifamily buildings to report energy and water consumption data to NYSERDA
- Date
- 2024
- Action
- Require utilities to provide customer data to US EPA
- Responsible Entity
- PSC
- Status
- Pending
- Summary
Require electric, gas, and water utilities to automatically upload aggregated whole-building data to U.S. EPA's Energy Star program
- Date
- 2023
- Action
- Incorporate embodied carbon into permitting
- Responsible Entity
- DOS
- Status
- Pending
- Summary
Require submission of an embodied carbon budget as part of permitting process for commercial and institutional construction
- Date
- 2023
- Action
- Expand the Mercury Thermostat Collection Act
- Responsible Entity
- Legislature
- Status
- Pending
- Summary
Extend and improve the Mercury Thermostat Collection Act
| Date | Action | Responsible Entity | Page Number | Status | Summary |
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2035
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Prohibit fossil fuel use in large fuel burning equipment for heating and domestic hot water
#/table_listing6/node/2352
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DEC,
DOS,
NYSERDA
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Pending
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Prohibit fossil fuel use in equipment for heating and domestic hot water by promulgating zero-emissions standards targeting large combustion equipment |
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2035
|
Prohibit replacements of fossil fuel appliances for cooking and clothes drying
#/table_listing6/node/2351
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DEC,
DOS,
NYSERDA
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Pending
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Prohibit replacement of fossil fuel cooking and clothes drying appliances |
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2035
|
Prohibit replacements of large and commercial sized fossil fuel HVAC appliances
#/table_listing6/node/2350
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DEC,
DOS,
NYSERDA
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Pending
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Prohibit replacement of fossil-fuel-burning equipment in large residential buildings |
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2032
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Legislature
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Pending
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Increase investment in freshwater wetland protection, restoration, and monitoring |
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2030
|
DEC,
DOS,
NYSERDA
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Pending
|
Prohibit replacement of fossil-fuel-burning equipment in single-family homes and other small residential buildings |
||
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2030
|
Energy efficiency performance standards for large commercial and multifamily properties
#/table_listing6/node/2331
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DOL,
DPS,
NYSERDA,
Office of Just Transition,
PSC
|
Pending
|
Adopt energy efficiency standards for large commercial and multifamily properties informed by New York City's Local Law 97 |
|
|
2028
|
Code Council,
DOS,
NYSERDA
|
In Progress
|
Adopt codes that prohibit building systems or equipment used for the combustion of fossil fuels in new construction of multifamily and commercial buildings |
||
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2027
|
Legislature
|
Pending
|
Require owners of single-family homes to obtain and disclose the home's energy performance rating in the property's sale listing. |
||
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2027
|
Department of Taxation and Finance,
DOS,
NYSERDA
|
Pending
|
After the enactment of any necessary legislation, require owners of single-family properties to disclose the building's energy performance rating as part of the sale listing |
||
|
2027
|
DOL,
DPS,
NYSERDA,
Office of Just Transition,
PSC
|
Pending
|
Require large properties to utilize energy-efficient lighting |
||
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2025
|
DEC
|
Pending
|
Enhance existing regulations for gas capture in landfills to reduce methane leakage |
||
|
2025
|
Code Council,
DOS,
NYSERDA
|
In Progress
|
Adopt codes that prohibit building systems or equipment used for the combustion of fossil fuels in new construction single-family or low-rise multifamily buildings. |
||
|
2025
|
Code Council,
DOS,
NYSERDA
|
Pending
|
Require additional building resilience features in new construction, including energy storage and on-site renewable generation. |
||
|
2025
|
Code Council,
DOS,
NYSERDA
|
Pending
|
Adopt a highly efficient energy code for new construction of residential and commercial buildings. |
||
|
2025
|
Require building energy-related disclosures during sale and lease processes
#/table_listing6/node/2363
edit
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Legislature
|
Pending
|
Require residential and commercial property owners to disclose energy consumption information as part of the lease or sale of the property. |
|
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2025
|
Legislature
|
Pending
|
Require owners of large multifamily and commercial properties to undertake regular energy audits filed with NYSERDA. |
||
|
2025
|
Department of Taxation and Finance,
DOS,
NYSERDA
|
Pending
|
After the enactment of any necessary legislation, require residential and commercial building owners to disclose prior-year energy consumption data as part of the lease or sale of any unit, space, or building |
||
|
2025
|
Department of Taxation and Finance,
DOS,
NYSERDA
|
Pending
|
After the enactment of any necessary legislation, require energy audits of large residential and commercial properties at least once every ten years, as well as filing of an audit report with NYSERDA |
||
|
2024
|
Legislature
|
In Progress
|
Expand the existing Food Donation and Food Scraps Recycling law to include generators of one ton per week or more in 2024, one half ton per week in 2025, and all generators by 2028. |
||
|
2024
|
Legislature
|
Pending
|
Require owners of large multifamily and commercial properties to report their energy and water consumption data to NYSERDA. |
||
|
2024
|
Department of Taxation and Finance,
DOS,
NYSERDA
|
Pending
|
Require owners of commercial and multifamily buildings to report energy and water consumption data to NYSERDA |
||
|
2024
|
PSC
|
Pending
|
Require electric, gas, and water utilities to automatically upload aggregated whole-building data to U.S. EPA's Energy Star program |
||
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2023
|
DOS
|
Pending
|
Require submission of an embodied carbon budget as part of permitting process for commercial and institutional construction |
||
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2023
|
Legislature
|
Pending
|
Extend and improve the Mercury Thermostat Collection Act |