This bill would accelerate the timeline for such plants to shift from using higher grade fuel oil (e.g. fuel oil grade number 6 or 4) to lower grade fuel oil (fuel oil grade number 2). Currently, power plants can burn fuel oil grade number 6 until 2020 and fuel oil grade number 4 until 2030. Under this bill, plant owners would have the option of either (1) continuing to burn fuel oil grade number 6 until 2021, but switching immediately thereafter to fuel oil grade number 2 or (2) switching from fuel oil grade number 4 to fuel oil grade number 2 by 2025 (instead of 2030).
- Ritchie J. Torres
- Costa G. Constantinides
- Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
- Donovan J. Richards
- Rosie Mendez
- Helen K. Rosenthal
- Margaret S. Chin
- Corey D. Johnson
- Karen Koslowitz
- Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.
- Ben Kallos
- Ydanis A. Rodriguez
- Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.
- Jumaane D. Williams
- Mark Levine
- Vincent J. Gentile
- Andrew Cohen
- Carlos Menchaca
- James G. Van Bramer
- Chaim M. Deutsch
- James Vacca
- Deborah L. Rose
- Mark Treyger
- Paul A. Vallone
- Vanessa L. Gibson
- Inez D. Barron
- Elizabeth S. Crowley
- Alan N. Maisel
- Enacted
History
Affirmative
- Adrienne E. Adams
- Inez D. Barron
- James G. Van Bramer
- Fernando Cabrera
- Margaret S. Chin
- Andrew Cohen
- Costa G. Constantinides
- Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.
- Elizabeth S. Crowley
- Laurie A. Cumbo
- Chaim M. Deutsch
- Daniel Dromm
- Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.
- Mathieu Eugene
- Julissa Ferreras-Copeland
- Daniel R. Garodnick
- Vincent J. Gentile
- Vanessa L. Gibson
- David G. Greenfield
- Barry S. Grodenchik
- Corey D. Johnson
- Ben Kallos
- Andy L. King
- Peter A. Koo
- Karen Koslowitz
- Rory I. Lancman
- Brad S. Lander
- Stephen T. Levin
- Mark Levine
- Alan N. Maisel
- Melissa Mark-Viverito
- Darlene Mealy
- Carlos Menchaca
- Rosie Mendez
- Annabel Palma
- Bill Perkins
- Antonio Reynoso
- Donovan J. Richards
- Ydanis A. Rodriguez
- Deborah L. Rose
- Helen K. Rosenthal
- Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
- Ritchie J. Torres
- Mark Treyger
- Eric A. Ulrich
- James Vacca
- Paul A. Vallone
- Jumaane D. Williams
Negative
Absent
Int. No. 1465-A
By Council Members Torres, Constantinides, Salamanca, Richards, Mendez, Rosenthal, Chin, Johnson, Koslowitz, Espinal, Kallos, Rodriguez, Cornegy, Williams, Levine, Gentile, Cohen, Menchaca, Van Bramer, Deutsch, Vacca, Rose, Treyger, Vallone, Gibson, Barron, Crowley and Maisel
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to phasing out the use of residual fuel oil and fuel oil grade no. 4 in boilers in in-city power plants
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 24-168 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 38 for the year 2015, is amended to read as follows:
§ 24-168 Use of proper fuel in fuel burning equipment. (a) No person shall cause or permit the use of a kind or grade of fuel in fuel burning equipment that is not designed to burn that kind or grade of fuel. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prohibit the use of bioheating fuel equipment that is adapted for such use.
(b) No person shall cause or permit the burning of refuse material in fuel burning equipment unless the equipment is designed to burn refuse material.
(c) [No] Except as provided in subdivision (f) of this section, no person shall cause or permit a boiler to burn residual fuel oil on or after January 1, 2020.
(d) [No] Except as provided in subdivision (f) of this section, no person shall cause or permit a boiler to burn fuel oil grade no. 4 on or after January 1, 2030, or for a boiler used to generate electricity and/or steam in an electric, steam, or combined electric and steam generation facility, on or after January 1, 2025.
(e) No person shall cause or permit the use of a kind or grade of fuel in a diesel powered generator other than ultra low sulfur diesel.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, at the election of the owner or operator of a boiler used to generate electricity and/or steam in an electric, steam, or combined electric and steam generation facility, residual fuel oil may be burned in such boiler until December 31, 2021, if such owner or operator notifies the department of such election on or before June 30, 2019, in a form and manner established by the department, and provided further that on and after January 1, 2022, no person shall cause or permit such boiler to burn residual fuel oil or fuel oil grade no. 4.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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