S 10248 NY
Establishes a long-duration energy storage procurement target in New York state
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This bill establishes a long-duration energy storage procurement target for New York State of 3,000 megawatts by December 31, 2030. The target includes at least 1,500 megawatts of inter-day storage (10-24 hours capacity) and at least 1,500 megawatts of multi-day storage (24 or more hours capacity). Long-duration energy storage is defined as systems capable of storing and discharging electricity for 10 or more hours. The Public Service Commission must publish a roadmap by July 1, 2027 describing how the target will be achieved through competitive solicitations and incentive programs, and must adopt procurement programs by July 1, 2028. The bill takes effect immediately and does not limit additional long-duration energy storage deployments beyond the 3,000 megawatt target.
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Establishes a long-duration energy storage procurement target in New York state of three thousand megawatts by December thirty-first, two thousand thirty.
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- Pete Harckham Democratic · primary
Action history (1)
- May 8, 2026 REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS · upper
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  SPONSOR HARCKHAM   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Add §66-i, Pub Serv L   Establishes a long-duration energy storage procurement target in New York state of three thousand megawatts by December thirty-first, two thousand thirty.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
10248
IN SENATE
May 8, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 service law, in relation to establishing a long-duration energy storage procurement target in New York state
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 2 66-i to read as follows: 3 § 66-i. Long-duration energy storage procurement target. 1. Legisla- 4 tive findings and declaration. The legislature finds and declares that: 5 (a) Long-duration energy storage ("LDES") is critical to enabling 6 affordability for ratepayers, maintaining grid reliability, reducing 7 system-wide costs, strengthening energy independence and economic devel- 8 opment, supporting resilience to extreme weather events, and integrating 9 renewable resources. 10 (b) Achieving the state's clean energy goals at least cost, including 11 one hundred percent zero-emission electricity by two thousand forty, 12 requires deployment of a portfolio of energy storage technologies of 13 different durations. 14 (c) A statewide procurement target for LDES will provide regulatory 15 certainty, encourage investment, and support the economic development of 16 technologies that enable reliable, low-cost power. 17 2. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall 18 have the following meanings: 19 (a) "Long-duration energy storage" or "LDES" shall mean any energy 20 storage system capable of storing and discharging electricity for ten or 21 more hours at nameplate capacity, including both inter-day LDES and 22 multi-day LDES. 23 (b) "Inter-day LDES" shall mean any energy storage system capable of 24 storing and discharging electricity for a duration between ten and twen- 25 ty-four hours at nameplate capacity.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15809-01-6
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1 (c) "Multi-day LDES" shall mean any energy storage system capable of 2 storing and discharging electricity for twenty-four or more hours at 3 nameplate capacity. 4 (d) "Procurement target" shall mean the amount of incremental long-du- 5 ration energy storage capacity contracted by the authority pursuant to 6 this section. 7 (e) "Authority" shall mean the New York state energy research and 8 development authority. 9 3. Long-duration energy storage procurement target. (a) By December 10 thirty-first, two thousand thirty, the authority shall contract at least 11 three thousand megawatts of incremental long-duration energy storage 12 capacity, including at least one thousand five hundred megawatts of 13 inter-day LDES and at least one thousand five hundred megawatts of 14 multi-day LDES. 15 (b) No later than July first, two thousand twenty-seven, the commis- 16 sion, in consultation with the authority, shall publish an LDES roadmap 17 that establishes a plan and timeline to achieve the procurement target 18 established pursuant to this section. Such roadmap shall describe, but 19 shall not be limited to, competitive solicitations, incentive programs, 20 or other procurement mechanisms to achieve the procurement target, and 21 coordinate strategies with relevant agencies to ensure timely permitting 22 and interconnection to achieve the procurement target. 23 (c) The commission shall adopt one or more procurement programs to 24 achieve the procurement target and ensure such program or programs 25 commence no later than July first, two thousand twenty-eight. 26 (d) The procurement target shall not limit any additional LDES deploy- 27 ment beyond the required three thousand megawatts. 28 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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