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Energy and Climate:
Ensuring Energy Choice and Diversity
01 Protect Energy Choice
Energy Choice Protection: Prohibit the governing board of a municipal corporation from adopting any law, ordinance, regulation, or policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the connection or reconnection of a utility service to a customer based upon the type or source of energy to be delivered to the customer (A.3836, Barclay).
Mixed-Fuel Buildings: Prohibit local governments from withholding a permit for the construction of any new commercial, residential, or mixed-use building on the basis that such building will be mixed-fuel (A.3495, DeStefano).
Rural Energy Freedom: Exempt the burning of wood for recreation, building heating, and cooking from greenhouse gas emission reduction requirements (A.9743, Smullen).
02 Ensure Diverse Energy Production
Small Modular Reactor Feasibility: Directs the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to conduct a feasibility study on the use of small modular reactors (A.10702, Durso).
Natural Gas Exploration: Allow counties to lease land for natural gas expansion, development, and production as long as gas is produced (A.2524, Angelino).
03 Keep Gas Appliances
Protecting our Fossil Fuel Appliances: Allow for continued use of fossil fuel- combusting equipment and building systems in new/existing construction by prohibiting the elimination of building systems or equipment used for the combustion of fossil fuels, including natural gas, propane, and fuel oil (A.6841, Palmesano).
Energy Source for Cooking: Prohibit banning the burning of wood, coal, natural gas, propane or other fuels for the purposes of cooking or preparing food (A.9698, Pirozzolo).