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Assembly Bill A11687

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmission function in line with the state's commitment to environmental conservation

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2025-A11687 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §49-0113, En Con L; amd §138, Pub Serv L

2025-A11687 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmission function in line with the state's commitment to environmental conservation including but not limited to the state's thirty by thirty conservation goal, open space conservation plan, and forest preserves.

2025-A11687 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11687
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 2, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Simpson) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend  the  environmental  conservation  law  and  the  public
   service  law,  in relation to requiring the office of renewable energy
   siting and electric transmission function in  line  with  the  state's
   commitment to environmental conservation

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. In an  effort  to  fulfill
 New York's overly ambitious environmental goals, the Office of Renewable
 Energy  Siting  was  created  with  the  intention  of stream-lining the
 permitting of major renewable energy projects. However,  it  has  become
 increasingly  apparent  that  ORES  does  not  function in line with the
 state's purported commitment to environmental conservation.  The  enact-
 ment of the RAPID Act in 2024 gave ORES the unchecked authority to over-
 ride  local  control  over  proposed  energy  projects,  even where such
 projects would adversely affect the  residents,  wildlife,  and  overall
 ecological  value  of the sited land. It is imperative that ORES is held
 accountable for its actions, and that the  rights  of  small  towns  and
 municipal governments are restored.
   §  2. Section 49-0113 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. THE OFFICE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SITING  AND  ELECTRIC  TRANSMISSION,
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE-C OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW, SHALL
 ADHERE  TO THE GOALS, STRATEGIES, AND METHODOLOGIES STATED AND DEVELOPED
 UNDER THIS SECTION.
   § 3. Section 138 of the public service law is amended  by  adding  two
 new subdivisions 6 and 7 to read as follows:
   6. (A) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (I)  "THIRTY-BY-THIRTY"  MEANS  THE THIRTY BY THIRTY CONSERVATION GOAL
 ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION 49-0113 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
   (II) "CONSERVATION EASEMENT" MEANS A VOLUNTARY, LEGAL  AGREEMENT  THAT
 PROTECTS THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF A PARCEL OF LAND BY RESTRICTING FUTURE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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