Assembly Bill A3346

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Expands the definition of major utility transmission facility to include certain facilities in which electric current is transformed

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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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2011-A3346 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6007
2013-2014: A5355
2015-2016: A3858

2011-A3346 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the definition of major utility transmission facility to include a facility in which electric current is transformed from the transmission system to the distribution system or a facility within the distribution system that is larger than five hundred square feet and in which electric current is transformed.

2011-A3346 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3346

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 24, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, JACOBS, MILLMAN -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A.  COLTON, GLICK, McENENY,  PHEFFER,  ROBINSON,
  RUSSELL,  TOWNS  --  read once and referred to the Committee on Corpo-
  rations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation  to  the  siting  of
  electric substations

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 120 of the public service law,  as
amended  by  chapter  538  of  the  laws  of 1981, is amended to read as
follows:
  2. "Major utility transmission facility" means: (a) an electric trans-
mission line of a design capacity of one hundred  twenty-five  kilovolts
or  more  extending  a  distance  of one mile or more, or of one hundred
kilovolts or more and  less  than  one  hundred  twenty-five  kilovolts,
extending  a  distance of ten miles or more, including associated equip-
ment, but shall not include any such transmission  line  located  wholly
underground  in  a city with a population in excess of one hundred twen-
ty-five thousand or a primary transmission line approved by the  federal
energy regulatory commission in connection with a hydro-electric facili-
ty;  [and]  (b) a fuel gas transmission line extending a distance of one
thousand feet or more to be used to transport fuel gas at  pressures  of
one hundred twenty-five pounds per square inch or more, excluding appur-
tenant  facilities,  but  shall  not  include any such transmission line
which is located wholly underground in a city or wholly within the right
of way of a state, county or town highway or  village  street  as  those
terms  are  defined in article one of the highway law and article six of
the village law,  or  which  replaces  an  existing  transmission  line,
including  appurtenant  facilities,  and extends a distance of less than
one mile; AND (C) A FACILITY IN WHICH ELECTRIC  CURRENT  IS  TRANSFORMED
FROM  THE  TRANSMISSION  SYSTEM TO THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OR A FACILITY
WITHIN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM THAT IS LARGER THAN FIVE  HUNDRED  SQUARE
FEET AND IN WHICH ELECTRIC CURRENT IS TRANSFORMED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

              

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