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Assembly Bill A7728

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to standard utility interconnection of sub-transmission lines for particular projects

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2025-A7728 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5834
Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Energy Law
Laws Affected:
Add §21-107, Energy L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7611, S6881

2025-A7728 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits the standard utility interconnection of sub-transmission lines for particular projects.

2025-A7728 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7728
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to explicitly permitting the
   standard utility interconnection of sub-transmission lines for partic-
   ular projects
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The energy law is amended by adding a new section 21-107 to
 read as follows:
   §  21-107.  INTERCONNECTION AT SUB-TRANSMISSION LINES. NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY LAW, RULE, REGULATION, POLICY OR  GUIDELINE  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ALL
 FORMS  OF  ENERGY  CONSIDERED  DISTRIBUTED  GENERATION UNDER THE STATE'S
 STANDARDIZED INTERCONNECTION REQUIREMENTS  (SIR)  SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  TO
 CONNECT  TO  THE  UTILITIES  DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AT THE SUB-TRANSMISSION
 LEVEL PROVIDED THAT THE GENERATOR HAS MET ALL OTHER  STATE  AND  FEDERAL
 REQUIREMENTS.  THE PROCESS FOR SUCH INTERCONNECTION SHALL PROCEED IN THE
 SAME METHOD AND FASHION AS INTERCONNECTIONS AT THE TRANSMISSION LEVEL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04344-01-5

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