The New York City Council - File #: Int 0426-2018

• File #: Int 0426-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Installation of solar water heating and thermal energy systems on city-owned buildings.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 2/14/2018
• In control: Committee on Environmental Protection
• On agenda: 2/14/2018
• Final action: 10/26/2019
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York in relation to the installation of solar water heating and thermal energy systems on city-owned buildings
• Sponsors: Costa G. Constantinides, Antonio Reynoso, Ben Kallos, Diana I. Ayala, Carlina Rivera
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/13/2019	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
10/26/2019	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
9/25/2019	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
9/25/2019	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
9/23/2019	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Hearing Held by Committee
9/23/2019	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Hearing Held by Committee
9/23/2019	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Amendment Proposed by Comm
9/23/2019	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Amendment Proposed by Comm
9/23/2019	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Amended by Committee
9/23/2019	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Amended by Committee
9/23/2019	A	Committee on Environmental Protection	Approved by Committee	Pass
6/24/2019	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Hearing Held by Committee
6/24/2019	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Hearing Held by Committee
6/24/2019	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Laid Over by Committee
6/24/2019	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Laid Over by Committee
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 426-A

By Council Members Constantinides, Reynoso, Kallos, Ayala and Rivera

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York in relation to the installation of solar water heating and thermal energy systems on city-owned buildings
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 2 of title 4 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 4-207.4 to read as follows:
? 4-207.4 Solar water heating and thermal energy systems for city-owned buildings. a. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
City building. The term "city building" means a building that is owned by the city or for which the city regularly pays all of the annual energy bills, or a cultural institution that is in the cultural institutions group as determined by the department of cultural affairs for which the city regularly pays all or part of the annual energy bills.
Commissioner. The term "commissioner" means the commissioner of citywide administrative services.
Cost effective. The term "cost effective" means, with respect to the installation of a solar water heating or thermal energy system, that the cumulative savings expected to result from the use of such system, including expected savings in energy costs, will, within 25 years of such installation, be equal to or exceed the expected costs of the acquisition, installation, and maintenance of such system during that same time period. The determination of cost effectiveness shall not include any savings in costs directly attributed to federal, state and other non-city governmental assistance, but shall include the social cost of carbon value, as provided in paragraph 3 of subdivision d of section 3-125 or pursuant to paragraph 4 of subdivision d of section 3-125, provided, however, that a site- or project-specific social cost of carbon value may be developed and used in ...