Requires certain construction project contracts to include siting of renewable energy systems, qualified energy storage systems, or electric major utility transmission facilities

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Requires certain construction project contracts to include siting of renewable energy systems, qualified energy storage systems, or electric major utility transmission facilities

Requires certain construction project contracts to include siting of renewable energy systems, qualified energy storage systems, or electric major utility transmission facilities Requires certain construction project contracts with a value of greater than or equal to five million dollars to include siting of renewable energy systems, qualified energy storage systems, or major electric transmission facilities.

What This Bill Does

• Requires certain construction project contracts to include siting of renewable energy systems, qualified energy storage systems, or electric major utility transmission facilities Requires certain construction project contracts with a value of greater than or equal to five million dollars to include siting of renewable energy systems, qualified energy storage systems, or major electric transmission facilities.

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Official Summary Text

Requires certain construction project contracts to include siting of renewable energy systems, qualified energy storage systems, or electric major utility transmission facilities
Requires certain construction project contracts with a value of greater than or equal to five million dollars to include siting of renewable energy systems, qualified energy storage systems, or major electric transmission facilities.

Current Bill Text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                       May 1, 2026
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        Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Economic Development

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the economic development law, in relation to certain
          construction project contracts  to  include  siting  of  solar  energy
          arrays,  major  renewable  energy facilities, or major electric trans-
          mission facilities

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1.  The  economic  development law is amended by adding a new
     2  section 107 to read as follows:
     3    § 107. SOLAR SITING REQUIREMENTS. ANY CONTRACT  FOR  NEW  CONSTRUCTION
     4  PROJECTS  ENTERED  INTO,  OVERSEEN, OR ENFORCED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR THE
     5  EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WITH A VALUE  OF  GREATER  THAN  OR
     6  EQUAL  TO  FIVE  MILLION  DOLLARS  IN  STATE FUNDING PARTICIPATION SHALL
     7  INCLUDE, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT FEASIBLE, SITING OF SOLAR ENERGY ARRAYS,
     8  MAJOR RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITIES, OR MAJOR ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION FACIL-
     9  ITIES WITHIN THE TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH PROJECT.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11820-02-5