| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to energy and telecommunications |
| Jan 07, 2015 |
referred to energy and telecommunications |
Senate Bill S494
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee
Actions
2015-S494 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S494 (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.
2015-S494 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S494
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public service law, in relation
to the siting of electric substations
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL : Provides for a review by the
Public Service Commission of the siting of electric substations.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : The bill amends Article VII of the
Public Service Law ("Siting of Transmission Facilities") 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" within the definition of
a "transmission facility." This would extend all the requirements of
Article VII to electric substations.
Article VII sets out a procedure for the granting of a certificate of
environmental capability and public need before a facility can be
built. This procedure includes environmental impact studies, public
hearings, and judicial review of the decision.
JUSTIFICATION : Siting a substation is within the unreviewed
discretion of a utility. No procedure exists for the siting of
electric substations, even though a utility can take property for a
substation site by condemnation. These substations can have
2015-S494 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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494
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 7, 2015
___________
Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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 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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