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Int 1630-2017

Promoting an increase in solar energy use by city employees.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Environmental Protectionintroduced 2017-06-06Local Law 2017/230

Enacted as Local Law 2017/230.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2017-06-06Passed: 2017-12-01Enacted: 2017-12-01

Summary

This bill calls for the creation of a plan to encourage city employees to voluntarily increase their use of solar energy.

Committee on Environmental ProtectionDepartment of Environmental Protection and Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability and Office of Recovery and Resiliency.

How it compares

36% of similar bills passed

18 passed · 32 died

This bill: 146 days in committee

Similar bills: median 611 days · 303 days when passed

Sponsors (7)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2017-06-06 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2017-06-06 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2017-06-27 · Committee on Environmental Protection
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2017-06-27 · Committee on Environmental Protection
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2017-10-30 · Committee on Environmental Protection
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2017-10-30 · Committee on Environmental Protection
ActionAmended by Committee
2017-10-30 · Committee on Environmental Protection
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2017-10-30 · Committee on Environmental Protection
AdvancedApproved by Council
2017-10-31 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2017-10-31 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Mayor
2017-11-20 · Mayor
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2017-12-01 · City Council

Votes (5)

Aye (4)
Stephen T. LevinEric A. UlrichRory I. LancmanCosta G. Constantinides
Absent (1)
Donovan J. Richards

Heard at (4)

City Council · 2017-10-31 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Environmental Protection · 2017-10-30 · 2:00 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl.
Committee on Environmental Protection · 2017-06-27 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2017-06-06 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (17)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. a. No later than one year after the effective date of this local law, an office or agency designated by the mayor pursuant to subdivision c of this section shall electronically submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and make publicly available online, a plan to encourage city employees to voluntarily increase their use of solar energy. The plan shall include, but need not be limited to, the following: 1. Strategies to facilitate bulk purchase and installation of solar energy systems by city employees; and 2. Strategies to facilitate subscription by city employees to electricity produced by community shared solar energy systems. b. In preparing the plan required by subdivision a of this section, such office or agency shall seek cooperation and assistance from the city university of New York, in addition to any other persons such office or agency deems appropriate. c. The mayor shall, in writing, designate one or more offices or agencies to administer the provisions of this local law and may, from time to time at the mayor's discretion, change such designation. Within 10 days after such designation or change thereof, a copy of such designation or change thereof shall be published on the website of each such office or agency, and shall be electronically submitted to the speaker of the council. � 2. This local law takes effect immediately. LS 9835 10/19/2017 4:01PM