Ensure at least 20% of investments in residential energy efficiency benefit disadvantaged communities.
- Date Due:
- N/A
- Responsible Entity:
- PSC
- Action:
- Ensure at least 20% of investments in residential energy efficiency benefit disadvantaged communities.
- Summary:
- In certain proceedings, the PSC must ensure that at least 20% of investments in residential energy efficiency can be invested in a manner which will benefit disadvantaged communities.
- Status:
- ONGOING: Information on an example proceeding in which the PSC complied with this requirement is available here.
- Statute:
- CLCPA § 4 adds new Public Service Law § 66-p(6)
The CLCPA amends the Public Service Law by adding a new section 66-P that requires the Public Service Commission to ensure that any proceeding it commences with the goal of achieving 185 trillion BTUs of end-use energy savings below the 2025 energy-use forecast will include mechanisms that guarantee at least 20% of investments in residential energy efficiency can be invested in a manner which will benefit disadvantaged communities, as defined in article seventy-five of the Environmental Conservation Law and identified by the Climate Justice Working Group.
Statutory Language:
CLCPA § 66-P (6): "In any proceeding commenced by the commission with a goal of achieving one hundred eighty-five trillion British thermal units of end-use energy savings below the 2025 energy-use forecast, the commission will include mechanisms to ensure that, where practicable, at least 20% of investments in residential energy efficiency, including multi-family housing, can be invested in a manner which will benefit disadvantaged communities, as defined in article seventy-five of the environmental conservation law, including low to moderate income consumers."