Senate Bill S7834

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to qualified energy storage systems

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Current Bill Status - Stricken

  • 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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2023-S7834 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §94-c, Exec L

2023-S7834 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes qualified energy storage systems in the major renewable energy development program.

2023-S7834 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7834 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7834
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 22, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to qualified energy stor-
   age systems
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 4 and paragraph (d) of subdi-
 vision 7 of section 94-c of the executive law, paragraph (g) of subdivi-
 sion 4 as added by section 4 of part JJJ of chapter 58 of  the  laws  of
 2020, and paragraph (d) of subdivision 7 as amended by section 2 of part
 BBB of chapter 55 of the laws of 2021, are amended to read as follows:
   (g) Any person intending to construct (I) a facility that is a renewa-
 ble energy system, as such term is defined in section sixty-six-p of the
 public  service  law  as added by chapter one hundred six of the laws of
 two thousand nineteen, with a nameplate  capacity  of  at  least  twenty
 thousand  but less than twenty-five thousand kilowatts, OR (II) A QUALI-
 FIED ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVISION  ONE
 OF  SECTION  SEVENTY-FOUR  OF  THE  PUBLIC SERVICE LAW, WITH A NAMEPLATE
 CAPACITY OF MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND KILOWATTS AND NOT CO-LOCATED WITH  A
 MAJOR  RENEWABLE  ENERGY  FACILITY,  may  apply to become subject to the
 provisions of this section by filing an application for a siting permit.
 Upon submission of such application, the subject renewable energy facil-
 ity OR QUALIFIED ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM  INCLUSIVE  OF  RELATED  ELECTRIC
 TRANSMISSION  FACILITIES  LESS  THAN  TEN  MILES  IN LENGTH THAT PROVIDE
 ACCESS TO LOAD OR INTEGRATE SUCH SYSTEMS INTO THE STATE'S BULK  ELECTRIC
 TRANSMISSION  SYSTEM,  shall  be  treated  as  a "major renewable energy
 facility" exclusively for purposes of permitting under this section.
   (d) In addition to the fees established pursuant to paragraph  (a)  of
 this  subdivision,  the office, pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant
 to this section, may assess a fee for the purpose  of  recovering  costs
 the  office  incurs  AND MAY REQUIRE APPLICATIONS FOR A QUALIFIED ENERGY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13652-01-3

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