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A6270 • 2025

Relates to residential solar and energy storage permitting

Relates to residential solar and energy storage permitting

Energy
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Brian Cunningham
Last action
2026-05-28
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relates to residential solar and energy storage permitting

Relates to residential solar and energy storage permitting Requires all authorities having jurisdiction over a population exceeding five thousand residents to adopt a residential automated solar permitting platform by June thirtieth, two thousand twenty-seven.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to residential solar and energy storage permitting Requires all authorities having jurisdiction over a population exceeding five thousand residents to adopt a residential automated solar permitting platform by June thirtieth, two thousand twenty-seven.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-28 Assembly

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY

  2. 2026-05-28 Assembly

    PRINT NUMBER 6270C

  3. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    REFERRED TO ENERGY

  4. 2025-06-10 Assembly

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY

  5. 2025-06-10 Assembly

    PRINT NUMBER 6270B

  6. 2025-03-07 Assembly

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY

  7. 2025-03-07 Assembly

    PRINT NUMBER 6270A

  8. 2025-03-03 Assembly

    REFERRED TO ENERGY

Official Summary Text

Relates to residential solar and energy storage permitting
Requires all authorities having jurisdiction over a population exceeding five thousand residents to adopt a residential automated solar permitting platform by June thirtieth, two thousand twenty-seven.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          6270

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                      March 3, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of A. CUNNINGHAM, SIMON -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Energy

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to residential solar  and
          energy storage permitting

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraphs i and j of subdivision 1 of section 381  of  the
     2  executive  law,  as  amended by section 3 of part T of chapter 57 of the
     3  laws of 2023, are amended and a new paragraph k  is  added  to  read  as
     4  follows:
     5    i.  standards and procedures for measuring the rate of compliance with
     6  the state energy conservation construction code, and provisions  requir-
     7  ing that such rate of compliance be measured on an annual basis; [and]
     8    j.  procedures  requiring  the  documentation of compliance with regu-
     9  lations adopted pursuant to section thirteen  hundred  seventy-seven  of
    10  the  public  health  law  as a condition to issuance of a certificate of
    11  occupancy or certificate of compliance following a periodic fire  safety
    12  and property maintenance inspection for multiple dwellings[.]; AND
    13    K. (I) STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES REQUIRING:
    14    (A)  ALL  MUNICIPALITIES WITH A POPULATION OF FIVE THOUSAND OR MORE TO
    15  IMPLEMENT SOLARAPP PLUS BY JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, FOR
    16  FEATURES SUPPORTING RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS FOR SOLAR  PHOTOVOLTAIC
    17  SYSTEMS,  ENERGY  STORAGE SYSTEMS PAIRED WITH A RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ENERGY
    18  SYSTEM, MAIN ELECTRIC PANEL UPGRADES, AND MAIN ELECTRIC  PANEL  DERATES.
    19  THE  AUTHORITY  MAY  MAKE  AVAILABLE  STATE  OR FEDERAL FUNDS TO PROVIDE
    20  FINANCIAL OR TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO MUNICIPALITIES  IMPLEMENTING  SOLARAPP
    21  PLUS.
    22    (B)  A  MUNICIPALITY  TO  REPORT TO THE AUTHORITY ON OR BEFORE JANUARY
    23  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN CERTIFYING ITS COMPLIANCE  WITH  CLAUSE
    24  (A)  OF  THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH. MUNICIPALITIES THAT FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE
    25  TIMEFRAMES IN CLAUSE (A) OF THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH  MAY  BE  INELIGIBLE  FOR

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06584-01-5
        A. 6270                             2

     1  FUNDING  OPPORTUNITIES  OFFERED  BY THE AUTHORITY. THE AUTHORITY MAY, IN
     2  ITS SOLE DISCRETION, CONDITION OR DENY  A  MUNICIPALITY  DIRECT  FUNDING
     3  FROM ANY OF ITS PROGRAMS IF IT IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PARAGRAPH.
     4  THE  AUTHORITY SHALL MAKE THE STATUS OF A MUNICIPALITY'S COMPLIANCE WITH
     5  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE.
     6    (II) AS USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH, THE FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL  HAVE  THE
     7  FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
     8    (A)  "AUTHORITY" MEANS THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
     9  MENT AUTHORITY.
    10    (B) "RESIDENTIAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM" MEANS  COMMERCIALLY  AVAILABLE
    11  TECHNOLOGY,  LOCATED BEHIND A CUSTOMER'S RESIDENTIAL UTILITY METER, THAT
    12  IS CAPABLE OF ABSORBING ELECTRICITY GENERATED FROM  A  CO-LOCATED  ELEC-
    13  TRICITY  GENERATOR  OR FROM THE ELECTRICAL GRID, STORING IT FOR A PERIOD
    14  OF TIME, AND THEREAFTER DISCHARGING IT TO MEET THE ENERGY OR POWER NEEDS
    15  OF THE HOST CUSTOMER OR FOR EXPORT.
    16    (C) "RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM" MEANS ANY CONFIGURATION OF SOLAR
    17  ENERGY DEVICES THAT  COLLECTS  AND  DISTRIBUTES  SOLAR  ENERGY  FOR  THE
    18  PURPOSE  OF  GENERATING  ELECTRICITY  AND  THAT HAS A SINGLE RESIDENTIAL
    19  INTERCONNECTION WITH THE ELECTRICAL GRID.
    20    (D) "SOLARAPP PLUS" MEANS THE  MOST  RECENT  VERSION  OF  A  WEB-BASED
    21  PORTAL,  DEVELOPED  BY  THE  NATIONAL  RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY, THAT
    22  AUTOMATES PLAN REVIEW, PRODUCES  CODE-COMPLIANT  APPROVALS,  AND  ISSUES
    23  PERMITS FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS.
    24    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
    25  the amendments to paragraphs i and j of subdivision 1 of section 381  of
    26  the  executive  law made by section one of this act shall take effect on
    27  the same date and in the same manner as section 3 of part T  of  chapter
    28  57 of the laws of 2023, takes effect.