S2481 • 2025

Requires the New York state energy research and development authority conduct a study on the feasibility, storing and transferring of hydrogen energy to residential and commercial structures

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Sponsor: Kevin S. Parker
Last action: 2026-05-19
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Requires the New York state energy research and development authority conduct a study on the feasibility, storing and transferring of hydrogen energy to residential and commercial structures

Requires the New York state energy research and development authority conduct a study on the feasibility, storing and transferring of hydrogen energy to residential and commercial structures Requires the New York state energy research and development authority conduct a study on the feasibility, storing and transferring of hydrogen energy to residential and commercial structures in cities and towns with a population greater than twenty thousand.

What This Bill Does

Requires the New York state energy research and development authority conduct a study on the feasibility, storing and transferring of hydrogen energy to residential and commercial structures Requires the New York state energy research and development authority conduct a study on the feasibility, storing and transferring of hydrogen energy to residential and commercial structures in cities and towns with a population greater than twenty thousand.

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Bill History

2026-05-19 Senate
PASSED SENATE
2026-05-19 Senate
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-05-19 Assembly
REFERRED TO ENERGY
2026-05-18 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-05-14 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-05-13 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.1117
2026-01-07 Assembly
DIED IN ASSEMBLY
2026-01-07 Assembly
RETURNED TO SENATE
2026-01-07 Senate
REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
2025-04-08 Senate
PASSED SENATE
2025-04-08 Senate
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2025-04-08 Assembly
REFERRED TO ENERGY
2025-02-24 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2025-02-12 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2025-02-11 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.340
2025-01-21 Senate
REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Official Summary Text

Requires the New York state energy research and development authority conduct a study on the feasibility, storing and transferring of hydrogen energy to residential and commercial structures
Requires the New York state energy research and development authority conduct a study on the feasibility, storing and transferring of hydrogen energy to residential and commercial structures in cities and towns with a population greater than twenty thousand.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2481

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    January 21, 2025
                                       ___________

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

        AN  ACT  directing  the  New  York state energy research and development
          authority study the feasibility of creating, storing and  transferring
          hydrogen energy to residential and commercial structures

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

     1    Section 1. For the purposes of this act, "municipality" shall mean any
     2  city or town with a population greater than 20,000.
     3    § 2. The New York state energy research and development  authority  is
     4  authorized  and  directed  to study the feasibility of creating, storing
     5  and transferring hydrogen energy to residential  and  commercial  struc-
     6  tures  in  municipalities.  Such study shall include, but not be limited
     7  to:
     8    (a) the ability of municipalities to power residential and  commercial
     9  structures via hydrogen power;
    10    (b)  the effectiveness of hydrogen power in supplementing or supplant-
    11  ing the electrical grids of municipalities;
    12    (c) the cost of building hydrogen power plants in municipalities;
    13    (d) the cost of storing power generated by hydrogen power; and
    14    (e) the cost of transferring hydrogen power to residential and commer-
    15  cial structures in municipalities.
    16    § 3. The New York state  energy  research  and  development  authority
    17  shall make a report to the governor and the legislature of its findings,
    18  conclusions,  and  recommendations  no  later  than  15 months after the
    19  effective date of this act and shall submit with this report such legis-
    20  lative proposals as it deems necessary to implement its recommendations.
    21    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06637-01-5