Int. No. 1820
By Council Member Levin
A Local Law in relation to a study and plan relating to community choice aggregation programs
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. a. By March 1, 2019, the department of environmental protection, in consultation with any other relevant agencies or offices, shall conduct, submit electronically to the mayor and the speaker of the council and make publicly available online a study determining the feasibility of implementing in the city one or more community choice aggregation opt-out programs, as described in the order issued by the New York state public service commission on April 20, 2016, relating to such programs. Such study shall include, at a minimum, analyses of potential economic and environmental impacts of implementing one or more such programs in the city and regulatory barriers thereto and shall indicate whether such department recommends implementing such programs.
b. If such department determines that implementing one or more such programs would be feasible and such department recommends implementing such programs, then such department, in consultation with any other relevant agencies or offices, shall, by March 1, 2020, develop, electronically submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council and make publicly available online a plan for implementing one or more such programs in a manner consistent with the findings of such study.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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