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Assembly Bill A1573A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to approval of electric transmission line facilities

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2015-A1573 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2378
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
2017-2018: A88, S2292
2019-2020: A161, S1608
2021-2022: A1112, S2985
2023-2024: S374

2015-A1573 - 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.

2015-A1573 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1573

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON,
  MOYA, 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 (d) of subdivision 1 of section 126 of the public
service  law, as added by chapter 272 of the laws of 1970, is amended to
read as follows:
  (d) 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;
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06225-01-5

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2015-A1573A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2378
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
2017-2018: A88, S2292
2019-2020: A161, S1608
2021-2022: A1112, S2985
2023-2024: S374

2015-A1573A (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.

2015-A1573A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 1573--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON,
  MOYA, ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Energy
  --  recommitted to the Committee on Energy in accordance with Assembly
  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

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;
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06225-03-6

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