§ 66-p. Establishment of a renewable energy program. 1. As used in\nthis section:\n (a) "jurisdictional load serving entity" means any entity subject to\nthe jurisdiction of the commission that secures energy to serve the\nelectrical energy requirements of end-use customers in New York state.\n (b) "renewable energy systems" means systems that generate electricity\nor thermal energy through use of the following technologies: solar\nthermal, photovoltaics, on land and offshore wind, hydroelectric,\ngeothermal electric, geothermal ground source heat, tidal energy, wave\nenergy, ocean thermal, and fuel cells which do not utilize a fossil fuel\nresource in the process of generating electricity.\n (c) "bill credit" shall have the same meaning as in subparagraph (i)\nof paragraph (a) of subdivision twenty-seven-b of section one thousand\nfive of the public authorities law.\n (d) "disadvantaged community" means a community defined as a\ndisadvantaged community under article seventy-five of the environmental\nconservation law.\n (e) "renewable energy" means electrical energy produced by a renewable\nenergy system.\n (f) "low-income or moderate-income end-use consumer" shall mean\nend-use customers of electric corporations and combination gas and\nelectric corporations regulated by the public service commission whose\nincome is found to be below the state median income based on household\nsize.\n 2. No later than June thirtieth, two thousand twenty-one, the\ncommission shall establish a program to require that: (a) a minimum of\nseventy percent of the state wide electric generation secured by\njurisdictional load serving entities to meet the electrical energy\nrequirements of all end-use customers in New York state in two thousand\nthirty shall be generated by renewable energy systems; and (b) that by\nthe year two thousand forty (collectively, the "targets") the statewide\nelectrical demand system will be zero emissions. In establishing such\nprogram, the commission shall consider and where applicable formulate\nthe program to address impacts of the program on safe and adequate\nelectric service in the state under reasonably foreseeable conditions.\nThe commission may, in designing the program, modify the obligations of\njurisdictional load serving entities and/or the targets upon\nconsideration of the factors described in this subdivision.\n 3. No later than July first, two thousand twenty-four and every two\nyears thereafter, the commission shall, after notice and provision for\nthe opportunity to comment, issue a comprehensive review of the program\nestablished pursuant to this section. The commission shall determine,\namong other matters: (a) progress in meeting the overall targets for\ndeployment of renewable energy systems and zero emission sources,\nincluding factors that will or are likely to frustrate progress toward\nthe targets; (b) distribution of systems by size and load zone; and (c)\nannual funding commitments and expenditures.\n 4. The commission may temporarily suspend or modify the obligations\nunder such program provided that the commission, after conducting a\nhearing as provided in section twenty of this chapter, makes a finding\nthat the program impedes the provision of safe and adequate electric\nservice; the program is likely to impair existing obligations and\nagreements; and/or that there is a significant increase in arrears or\nservice disconnections that the commission determines is related to the\nprogram.\n 5. No later than July first, two thousand twenty-four, the commission\nshall establish programs to require the procurement by the state's load\nserving entities of at least nine gigawatts of offshore wind electricity\ngeneration by two thousand thirty-five and six gigawatts of photovoltaic\nsolar generation by two thousand twenty-five, and to support three\ngigawatts of statewide energy storage capacity by two thousand thirty.\n 6. In any proceeding commenced by the commission with a goal of
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