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Senate Bill S1608

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to approval of electric transmission line facilities

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2019-S1608 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A161
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, A7399
2013-2014: S699, A1244
2015-2016: S2378, A1573
2017-2018: S2292, A88
2021-2022: S2985, A1112
2023-2024: S374

2019-S1608 (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.

2019-S1608 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1608 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1608
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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.
                                                            LBD01880-01-9

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