S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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Cal. No. 403
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
cations -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first
and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered
reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to authorize and direct the department of public service to
conduct a study on the deployment of energy interconnection processes
into the electrical grid
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Study. The department of public service is authorized and
directed to conduct a study on the regulatory barriers, if any, to the
rapid deployment of energy interconnection processes in the state that
shall include, but not be limited to:
(a) Potential changes to the interconnection process to rapidly bring
new renewable energy onto the electrical grid to meet the state's renew-
able energy goals set out under the climate leadership and community
protection act, as amended;
(b) The state's ability to comply with goals established in the
climate leadership and community protection act, as amended, with
current energy interconnection process timelines, including the effect
of recent reforms by the federally designated bulk system operator and
any additional anticipated reforms;
(c) The experience of other interconnection systems using "Connect and
Manage" or other alternative connection agreements in terms of the speed
of resource deployments and electrical grid reliability;
(d) The extent to which the studies and network upgrades currently
required for projects by the federally designated bulk system operator
go beyond the minimal set of studies and network upgrades needed to
safely operate the system with a new resource;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(e) Whether it is possible to identify more efficient system upgrades
in the context of New York's federally designated bulk system operator's
comprehensive system planning process rather than certain studies and
upgrades currently in the energy interconnection process;
(f) Improvements to the interconnection process for qualified energy
storage systems as defined by subdivision 1 of section 74 of the public
service law; and
(g) Whether any changes identified in this study at the transmission
level would also improve processes at the distribution level.
§ 2. Report. No later than one year after the effective date of this
act, the department of public service shall submit to the governor, the
speaker of the assembly and the temporary president of the senate, a
report assessing its findings under the study conducted pursuant to
section one of this act, and any recommendations to rapidly bring new
renewable energy onto the electrical grid to meet the state's renewable
energy goals set out under the climate leadership and community
protection act, as amended.
§ 3. Definitions. For the purposes of this act, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Energy interconnection process" means the process of integrating
new sources of renewable energy, as defined by section 66-p of the
public service law, into the electrical grid.
(b) "Electrical grid" means the network of electric plants and other
electric generating facilities and equipment, and electricity trans-
mission and distribution systems in the state.
(c) "Renewable energy" shall have the same meaning as defined by
section 66-p of the public service law.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.