---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the energy storage deployment program"
description: "Establishes the energy storage deployment program to encourage the installation of qualified energy storage systems; relates to commercially available technology that is capable of absorbing energy, storing it for a period of time, and thereafter dispatching the energy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 6571"
citation: "New York A 6571 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-09"
last_action: "2017-11-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d06e165-4332-4d06-9990-9d884e6121b9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A6571"
source_hash: "960defd0179a6f19c68b74c9736e2a1316ae87ce6c0aea1c651010c8536f6016"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 6571 (2017-2018) — Establishes the energy storage deployment program

Establishes the energy storage deployment program to encourage the installation of qualified energy storage systems; relates to commercially available technology that is capable of absorbing energy, storing it for a period of time, and thereafter dispatching the energy.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A6571 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6571&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A6571 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A6571)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- BUCHWALD — cosponsor (person)
- CAHILL — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- HUNTER — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- JONES — cosponsor (person)
- LIFTON — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
- NIOU — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- PALMESANO — cosponsor (person)
- QUART — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
- SCHIMMINGER — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- WALKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-09** REFERRED TO ENERGY `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** REPORTED
- **2017-05-11** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.352
- **2017-05-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-05-17** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-05-17** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5190
- **2017-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1887
- **2017-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-29** SIGNED CHAP.415 `executive-signature`
- **2017-11-29** APPROVAL MEMO.20

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d06e165-4332-4d06-9990-9d884e6121b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).