2. By December thirty-first, two thousand eighteen, the commission shall, in consultation with the New York state energy research and development authority and the Long Island power authority, after a hearing held on notice, establish by order, rules and regulations, both a two thousand thirty energy storage goal for the state and a deployment policy to support that goal. The energy storage deployment policy shall include the following:

1. (a) avoided or deferred costs associated with transmission, distribution, or generation capacity;
2. (b) minimization of peak load in constrained areas; (c) systems that are connected to customer facilities and systems that are directly connected to transmission and distribution facilities;
3. (d) cost-effectiveness;
4. (e) assisting the integration of variable-output energy resources;
5. (f) reducing emissions of greenhouse gases;
6. (g) reducing demand for peak electrical generation; and
7. (h) improving the reliable operation of the electrical transmission or distribution systems;
8. (i) Annual reports on the achievements and effectiveness of the policy to be submitted to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly; and
9. (j) Such other issues deemed appropriate by the commission.