Assembly Bill A1112

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to approval of electric transmission line facilities

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  • 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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2021-A1112 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2985
Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §126, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7399, S5626
2013-2014: A1244, S699
2015-2016: A1573, S2378
2017-2018: A88, S2292
2019-2020: A161, S1608
2023-2024: S374

2021-A1112 (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.

2021-A1112 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1112
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON,
   L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy
 
 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.
                                                            LBD01314-01-1



              

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