Ensure energy storage projects serve disadvantaged communities.
- Date Due:
- 1/1/2020
- Responsible Entity:
- PSC
- Action:
- Ensure energy storage projects serve disadvantaged communities.
- Summary:
- The PSC will specify that a minimum percentage of energy storage projects should deliver clean energy benefits into NYISO zones that serve disadvantaged communities.
- Status:
- ONGOING
- Statute:
- CLCPA § 4 adds new Public Service Law § 66-p(7)(a)
The CLCPA amends the Public Service Law by adding a new section 66-P to create a Renewable Energy Program. In implementing section 66-P, the PSC must ensure substantial benefits to disadvantaged communities, as that term is defined by the Climate Justice Working Group.
Statutory Language:
CLCPA § 4(7): "In the implementation of this section, the commission shall design programs in a manner to provide substantial benefits for disadvantaged communities, as defined in article seventy-five of the environmental conservation law, including low to moderate income consumers, at a reasonable cost while ensuring safe and reliable electric service. Specifically, the commission shall:
(a) To the extent practicable, specify that a minimum percentage of energy storage projects should deliver clean energy benefits into NYISO zones that serve disadvantaged communities, as defined in article seventy-five of the environmental conservation law, including low to moderate income consumers, and that energy storage projects be deployed to reduce the usage of combustion-powered peaking facilities located in or near 35 disadvantaged communities."