New York - Session 2025-2026
Title: Establishes the office of energy and equity within the department of state
Establishes the office of energy and equity within the department of state to help ensure equitable access to all energy affordability initiatives available in the state by streamlining the administration of energy affordability and access programs, maximizing the support available to each eligible household, and enhancing the transparency, accountability, and effectiveness of energy affordability and access programs; establishes the energy affordability fund.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-02-03 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-02-03 | Latest Action | In Senate Committee |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A 10723 | Relates to prohibiting the construction of certain energy storage systems within five hundred feet of a school or dwelling in N.Y. City | in_committee |
| A 10160 | Requires utilities accept public assistance payments | in_committee |
| S 120 | Prohibits termination of electricity or heat service during forecasts of extreme temperatures | in_committee |
| S 1553 | Provides that credits for excess electricity generated by customer-generators subject to net energy metering may be carried over and used to offset electricity used | in_committee |
| S 1668 | Relates to authorizing the New York state energy research and development authority to administer a program to provide grants related to enabling switching residences to electric heat pumps | in_committee |
| S 4357 | Authorizes vocational training, where practicable, to incarcerated individuals on the installation of solar hot water systems for the provision of hot water to correctional facilities | in_committee |
| S 4534 | Ensures proper administration and enforcement of the uniform fire prevention and building code and the state energy conservation construction code; and makes conforming technical changes | in_committee |
| S 5111 | Enacts the "just energy transition act" | in_committee |