Relates to the siting or construction of a qualified energy storage system

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Relates to the siting or construction of a qualified energy storage system

Relates to the siting or construction of a qualified energy storage system Requires an applicant filing any application for a permit or authorization relating to the siting or construction of a qualified energy storage system that has a storage capacity greater than one megawatt hour, is connected to the local distribution system and primarily operated for commercial or electric retail purposes, and is not constructed in connection with a major renewable energy facility to provide notice of such application to the chief executive of the city, town, or village in which it is located and each member of the state legislature within whose district the proposed energy storage system is to be located.

What This Bill Does

• Relates to the siting or construction of a qualified energy storage system Requires an applicant filing any application for a permit or authorization relating to the siting or construction of a qualified energy storage system that has a storage capacity greater than one megawatt hour, is connected to the local distribution system and primarily operated for commercial or electric retail purposes, and is not constructed in connection with a major renewable energy facility to provide notice of such application to the chief executive of the city, town, or village in which it is located and each member of the state legislature within whose district the proposed energy storage system is to be located.

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Official Summary Text

Relates to the siting or construction of a qualified energy storage system
Requires an applicant filing any application for a permit or authorization relating to the siting or construction of a qualified energy storage system that has a storage capacity greater than one megawatt hour, is connected to the local distribution system and primarily operated for commercial or electric retail purposes, and is not constructed in connection with a major renewable energy facility to provide notice of such application to the chief executive of the city, town, or village in which it is located and each member of the state legislature within whose district the proposed energy storage system is to be located.

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 13, 2026
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        Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Barrett) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Energy

        AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation  to  the  siting  or
          construction of a qualified energy storage system

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

     1    Section 1. Section 74 of the public service law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5. UPON THE FILING OF ANY APPLICATION FOR A  PERMIT  OR  AUTHORIZATION
     4  WITH  ANY CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE, COUNTY, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, OR STATE AGENCY
     5  RELATING TO THE SITING OR CONSTRUCTION OF  A  QUALIFIED  ENERGY  STORAGE
     6  SYSTEM  THAT  (A) HAS A STORAGE CAPACITY GREATER THAN ONE MEGAWATT HOUR,
     7  (B) IS CONNECTED TO THE LOCAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND PRIMARILY OPERATED
     8  FOR COMMERCIAL OR ELECTRIC RETAIL PURPOSES, AND (C) IS  NOT  CONSTRUCTED
     9  IN CONNECTION WITH A MAJOR RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITY PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
    10  EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER, THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE OF SUCH APPLI-
    11  CATION,  AS  WELL  AS  A  BRIEF  OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED ENERGY STORAGE
    12  SYSTEM, TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE CITY, TOWN, OR  VILLAGE  AND  EACH
    13  MEMBER OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE WITHIN WHOSE DISTRICT THE PROPOSED ENER-
    14  GY STORAGE SYSTEM IS TO BE LOCATED.
    15    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect January 1, 2027; provided that the
    16  provisions of this act shall not apply to any qualified  energy  storage
    17  system projects which have filed any application for a permit or author-
    18  ization on or before such date.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15847-01-6