Establishes the green affordable pre-electrification program to assist owners and tenants in residential properties in curing structural and building code defects which render the properties ineligible for climate change adaptation and resiliency project grants.
Ensures that residential gas, electric and steam service customers will receive a written determination regarding rate related complaints explaining the reasoning for the decision; requires that decisions are made by the public service commission within 90 days of receiving the complaint; requires utility corporations to retain customer billing statements dating back at least eight years.
Enacts the "NY B.O.W. act"; authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to administer a program to provide funds related to enabling clean wind projects.
Requires every renewable energy generating project receiving grants, guaranteed loans, tax benefits or funding from New York state to enter into a memorandum of understanding for the operation and maintenance of such project with a bona fide labor organization of jurisdiction that is actively engaged in representing transitioning utility workers in the fossil fuel industry.
Directs the public service commission and the Long Island power authority to extend appropriate elements of the compensation under the "Value Stack" to resources located behind customer electric meters.
Relates to establishing electric vehicle charging station reliability reporting and standards; requires the commission to develop reliability, recordkeeping and reporting standards for electric vehicle charging stations by January 1, 2025.
Directs the office of renewable energy, in consultation with the public service commission, to post a map on its website containing certain information about proposed major renewable energy facility sites and create an informational tab that calculates the regional impacts of such proposed sites.
Relates to residential gas service rate discount programs for low-income and senior households; establishes the residential gas service rate discount for low-income and senior households fund; provides that an eligible household shall pay no more than six percent of such eligible household's total monthly income on gas, oil, kerosene or petroleum services and gas corporations shall offer a discount to ensure such eligible household's gas, oil, kerosene or petroleum bill or payment agreement reflect such discounted price.
Prohibits the monitoring, collection, recording or storing of data from gas and electric meters any more frequently than on a monthly or billing cycle basis, unless the express written consent of the consumer has been provided; requires the consent of the property owner for entry upon residential property.
Requires the superintendent of financial services to examine the Green Bank at least once every calendar year; requires that a copy of such examination shall be furnished to NYSERDA, the state comptroller, the senate and the assembly.