NYSERDA Annual Reporting Obligations Bill Amends Public Authorities Law

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S8019

2025-2026 Legislative Session Relates to the annual reporting obligations of the New York state energy research and development authority

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Leroy Comrie

(D) 14th Senate District

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Peter Oberacker

(R, C) 51st Senate District

Steven D. Rhoads

(R, C) 5th Senate District

Mark Walczyk

(R, C) 49th Senate District

Jeremy J. Zellner

(D) 61st Senate District

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See Assembly Version of this Bill: A8410 Law Section: Public Authorities Law Laws Affected: Amd §1867, Pub Auth L

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Increases the number of entities to whom the New York state energy research and development authority must submit an annual report; requires the report to include a brief summary of all proceeds collected and administered by the authority pursuant to an order of the public service commission or pursuant to regulation, including, but not limited to, assessments, fees, taxes, transfers, corporate income or surcharges imposed on energy consumers or power generators.

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BILL NUMBER: S8019

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the annual
reporting obligations of the New York state energy research and develop-
ment authority

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is increase the accessibility and transparency
of information related to the New York State Energy Research and Devel-
opment Authority's (NYSERDA) funding.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

The changes to paragraph (a) of this section of law would require NYSER-
DA submit a report the Authority already prepares to the chairs of the
Assembly and Senate Energy Committees.

The addition of subparagraph seven requires NYSERDA to prepare a brief
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K

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8019

2025-2026 Regular Sessions

I N S E N A T E

May 15, 2025

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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
cations

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the annual
reporting obligations of the New York state energy research and devel-
opment authority

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 7 of section 1867 of
the public authorities law, as added by section 1 of part RR of chapter
58 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The authority shall submit to the governor, the chair of the
senate finance committee, [and] the chair of the assembly ways and means
committee, THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMIT-
TEE, AND THE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY ENERGY COMMITTEE, and publish on the
authority's public website a semi-annual report for the time period
ending March thirty-first no later than June first and for the time
period ending September thirtieth no later than December first of each
year detailing the authority's activities for the previous six month
reporting period.
(b) The semi-annual report required pursuant to paragraph (a) of this
subdivision shall include information with respect to all proceeds
collected and administered by the authority pursuant to an order of the
public service commission, including assessments, fees, taxes, trans-
fers, corporate income or surcharges imposed on energy consumers or
power generators. The semi-annual report shall include, at a minimum,
the following:
1. total revenues collected by the authority in the reporting period;
2. a list of requests for proposals, program opportunity notices, or
similar solicitations, that have been issued in the reporting period;

EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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