Senate Bill S374

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to approval of electric transmission line facilities

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S374 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §126, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5626
2013-2014: S699
2015-2016: S2378
2017-2018: S2292
2019-2020: S1608
2021-2022: S2985

2023-S374 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that, prior to granting a certificate for the construction of an electric transmission line facility, the public service commission must find that the facility conforms to the most recent state energy plan and consider whether approval of the facility would cause adverse impacts on the state's environmental quality due to electric generation.

2023-S374 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S374 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    374
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to approval of elec-
   tric transmission line facilities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 126 of the public
 service law, as amended by chapter 521 of the laws of 2015,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (e)  in  the  case of an electric transmission line, (1) what part, if
 any, of the line shall be located underground; (2)  that  such  facility
 conforms  to [a long-range plan for expansion of the electric power grid
 of the electric systems serving this state  and  interconnected  utility
 systems,  which  will serve the interests of electric system economy and
 reliability] THE MOST RECENT STATE ENERGY PLAN AS  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT
 TO  ARTICLE  SIX  OF THE ENERGY   LAW, WITH CONSIDERATION OF WHETHER THE
 APPROVAL OF SUCH FACILITY WOULD CAUSE ADVERSE  IMPACTS  ON  THE  STATE'S
 ENVIRONMENTAL  QUALITY  DUE  TO  AN INCREASE IN IN-STATE OR OUT-OF-STATE
 ELECTRIC GENERATION;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02359-01-3

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