Directs the New York state energy resource and development authority, in collaboration with the New York state thruway authority, the department of transportation, and the New York power authority, to conduct a feasibility study on installing solar panels and other renewable energy systems along state highways and to submit a report relating thereto.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9030
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
September 5, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Energy
AN ACT to direct the New York state energy resource and development
authority to conduct a feasibility study on installing solar panels
and other renewable energy systems along state highways; and providing
for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The New York state energy resource and development authori-
ty, in collaboration with the New York state thruway authority, the
department of transportation, and the New York power authority, shall
study the viability of installing solar panels and other renewable ener-
gy systems, as such term is defined in section sixty-six-p of the public
service law, along state highways including, but not limited to, the New
York state thruway.
§ 2. No later than one year after the effective date of this act, the
New York state energy resource and development authority shall report
its findings of such study to the governor and the legislature, as
described under section one of this act.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be
deemed repealed two years after such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13562-02-5
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