S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8189
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
October 27, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Energy
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the office
of renewable energy siting, in consultation with the public service
commission, to create a statewide map of all proposed major renewable
energy facility sites and an informational tab that calculates
regional impacts of such proposed sites
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 5 of section 94-c of the exec-
utive law is amended by adding three new subparagraphs (iii), (iv), and
(v) to read as follows:
(III) IN ADDITION TO THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF
THIS PARAGRAPH, THE OFFICE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION, SHALL POST, MAINTAIN, AND REGULARLY UPDATE ON ITS WEBSITE A
STATEWIDE MAP WITH THE LOCATION, APPROXIMATE ACREAGE, AND GENERATION
CAPACITY OF EACH APPROVED AND PROPOSED FACILITY PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE
OR RENEWABLE ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITY PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TEN OF THE
PUBLIC SERVICE LAW FOR WHICH PERMITTED, COMPLETE, OR INCOMPLETE APPLICA-
TIONS OR NOTICES OF INTENT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE OR THE
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. SUCH STATEWIDE MAP SHALL INCLUDE ANY ADDI-
TIONAL INFORMATION THE OFFICE DEEMS NECESSARY. THE INFORMATION REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO THIS SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL BE UPDATED UPON THE COMPLETION OF
EACH NEW OR UPDATED APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED FACILITY.
(IV) IN ADDITION TO THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF
THIS PARAGRAPH, THE OFFICE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION, SHALL CREATE AN INFORMATIONAL TAB, USING PREVIOUSLY ESTAB-
LISHED REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL REGIONS, THAT CALCULATES
REGIONAL IMPACTS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION FACILITIES FOR WHICH
PERMITTED, COMPLETE, OR INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS OR NOTICES OF INTENT
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE OR THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. SUCH
IMPACTS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, TOTAL ACREAGE OF:
A. THE PROPOSED PROJECT;
B. THE PROJECT'S PRIME AGRICULTURAL LAND AND PRIME SOILS, UNIQUE FARM-
LAND, AND FARMLAND OF STATEWIDE OR LOCAL IMPORTANCE, INCLUDING MINERAL
SOILS GROUP (MSG) 1-4, AS DEFINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND
MARKETS;
C. THE PROJECT'S OPEN SPACE, AS DEFINED BY SECTION TWO HUNDRED FORTY-
SEVEN OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW; AND
D. THE PROJECT'S FOREST LAND, AS DEFINED BY SECTION 9-0101 OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
(V) THE MAP SHALL BE UPDATED IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIPT OF PERMITTED,
COMPLETE, OR INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS OR NOTICES OF INTENT FOR THE
PROPOSED PROJECT BY THE OFFICE OR THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to paragraph
(c) of subdivision 5 of section 94-c of the executive law made by
section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
shall be deemed repealed therewith. Effective immediately, the addition,
amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the
implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be
made and completed on or before such effective date.