---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the assessment of solar or wind energy systems"
description: "Relates to additional considerations regarding the assessment of solar or wind energy systems through a discounted cash flow approach."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8012"
citation: "New York S 8012 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pete Harckham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-15"
last_action: "2025-12-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bae4801-2a82-47c9-a6e8-e0d4ab982ab3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8012"
source_hash: "10aa2f23913ffe440c10a20403773bf7c5cade6ddbb421eeb45e7a295b75b052"
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 8012 (2025-2026) — Relates to the assessment of solar or wind energy systems

Relates to additional considerations regarding the assessment of solar or wind energy systems through a discounted cash flow approach.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8012** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8012&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **17–2** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **43–15** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **88–56** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pete Harckham — primary (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-15** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1779
- **2025-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-10** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8332
- **2025-06-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.467
- **2025-06-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-03** SIGNED CHAP.575 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bae4801-2a82-47c9-a6e8-e0d4ab982ab3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).