---
type: "Bill"
title: "Includes geothermal energy systems within the meaning of the term \"qualified energy efficiency services\" for purposes of on-bill financing under the power NY act of 2011"
description: "Includes geothermal energy systems within the meaning of the term \"qualified energy efficiency services\" for purposes of on-bill financing under the power NY act of 2011."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 688"
citation: "New York S 688 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ORTT"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-04"
last_action: "2017-11-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/675efe12-5b05-4172-9788-1b6bb92d53dc"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S688"
source_hash: "457cf99e39946457c51f3a9bb550b5975ed0306b6cbd0746d9740b8a3a3e5ab1"
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 S 688 (2017-2018) — Includes geothermal energy systems within the meaning of the term "qualified energy efficiency services" for purposes of on-bill financing under the power NY act of 2011

Includes geothermal energy systems within the meaning of the term "qualified energy efficiency services" for purposes of on-bill financing under the power NY act of 2011.

## Version chain

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

1. **S688 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S688&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S688 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S688)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Energy And Telecommunications Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ORTT — primary (person)
- AVELLA — cosponsor (person)
- BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- FUNKE — cosponsor (person)
- GALLIVAN — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- SAVINO — cosponsor (person)
- VALESKY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-04** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** 1ST REPORT CAL.171
- **2017-02-13** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2017-02-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2017-05-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-05-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-05-02** REFERRED TO ENERGY `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7117
- **2017-06-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.231
- **2017-06-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-14** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-29** SIGNED CHAP.425 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/675efe12-5b05-4172-9788-1b6bb92d53dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).