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Senate Bill S2485

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmission to establish a mapping, installation and efficiency plan for the purpose of building new electric transmission lines

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2025-S2485 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §149, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8618

2025-S2485 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmission to establish a mapping, installation and efficiency plan for the purpose of building new electric transmission lines.

2025-S2485 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2485 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2485
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public service law, in relation to expanding elec-
   tric transmission lines throughout the state of New York

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Article 8 of the public service law is amended by adding a
 new section 149 to read as follows:
   § 149. ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINE EXPANSION PLAN. 1. ORES SHALL ESTAB-
 LISH A MAPPING, INSTALLATION AND EFFICIENCY  PLAN  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF
 ALLOWING  ORES  AND OTHER APPLICABLE NEW YORK STATE ENTITIES TO IDENTIFY
 LOCATIONS IN THE STATE WHERE NEW OR EXISTING ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES
 CAN BE BUILT OR UPGRADED, EXCLUDING SPECIFIED INDIGENOUS LAND  OR  PRIME
 AGRICULTURAL  AREAS  THAT  MAY  BE  NEGATIVELY IMPACTED. SUCH PLAN SHALL
 FOCUS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW  OR  EXISTING  ELECTRIC  TRANSMISSION
 LINES  TO  ALLOW  THE EXPANSION OF TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION INFRAS-
 TRUCTURE IN UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES.
   2. ORES SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS
 AND MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCY FOR INSTALLING NEW OR EXISTING  ELECTRIC  TRANS-
 MISSION  LINES, AND SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL CONSIDER MAN HOURS,
 TIME, AND COST.
   3. ORES, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT,  ELECTRIC  AND  COMBINED
 ELECTRIC-GAS  CORPORATIONS  SHALL  GATHER  DATA  REGARDING THE AVAILABLE
 CAPACITY OF ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE AND ITS EFFICIENCY  FOR
 COMMUNITIES  SERVED IN AREAS WITH HIGH LEVELS OF LINE CONGESTION, AND/OR
 AREAS WITH HIGH RENEWABLE PENETRATION WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. ORES
 AND THE DEPARTMENT IN GATHERING SUCH DATA SHALL INCLUDE THE RESOURCE MIX
 OF WIND, SOLAR, HYDROGEN, ELECTRIC AND GAS POWER GENERATING FACILITIES.
   4. ONCE ORES HAS IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL NEW LOCATIONS OR SITES REQUIRING
 UPGRADES FOR ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE  OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06647-01-5

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