Senate Bill S2708A

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   2708
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  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 and the public authorities law,
   in relation to advancing grid enhancement technologies

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 66-x to read as follows:
   § 66-X. ADVANCING GRID ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES. 1. FOR  THE  PURPOSES
 OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "GRID  ENHANCING TECHNOLOGY" MEANS ANY HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE TECH-
 NOLOGY THAT ENABLES ENHANCED OR  MORE  EFFICIENT  PERFORMANCE  FROM  THE
 ELECTRIC  TRANSMISSION  SYSTEM,  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DYNAMIC
 LINE RATING, ADVANCED POWER FLOW CONTROL TECHNOLOGY, TOPOLOGY  OPTIMIZA-
 TION AND ADVANCED RECONDUCTORING.
   (B) "ADVANCED RECONDUCTORS" MEANS HARDWARE TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN CONDUCT
 ELECTRICITY  ACROSS TRANSMISSION LINES AND DEMONSTRATE ENHANCED PERFORM-
 ANCE OVER TRADITIONAL CONDUCTOR PRODUCTS.
   (C) "DYNAMIC LINE RATING" MEANS HARDWARE AND/OR SOFTWARE  TECHNOLOGIES
 USED  TO  APPROPRIATELY UPDATE THE CALCULATED THERMAL LIMITS OF EXISTING
 TRANSMISSION LINES BASED ON REAL-TIME AND FORECASTED WEATHER CONDITIONS.
   (D) "ADVANCED POWER FLOW CONTROL" MEANS HARDWARE AND/OR SOFTWARE TECH-
 NOLOGIES USED TO PUSH OR PULL ELECTRIC POWER IN A MANNER  THAT  BALANCES
 OVERLOADED  LINES  AND  UNDERUTILIZED  CORRIDORS WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION
 NETWORK.
   (E) "TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION" MEANS HARDWARE AND/OR  SOFTWARE  TECHNOLO-
 GIES  THAT  IDENTIFY  RECONFIGURATIONS  OF THE TRANSMISSION GRID AND CAN
 ENABLE THE ROUTING OF POWER FLOWS AROUND CONGESTED OR OVERLOADED  TRANS-
 MISSION ELEMENTS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (F)  "ELECTRIC  CORPORATION"  AND "COMBINATION ELECTRIC AND GAS CORPO-
 RATION" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (G)  "TRANSMISSION"  SHALL  HAVE  THE  SAME MEANING AS "MAJOR ELECTRIC
 TRANSMISSION FACILITY" AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF
 THIS CHAPTER.
   2. FOR PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COMMISSION IN WHICH AN  ELECTRIC  CORPO-
 RATION  OR  COMBINATION  ELECTRIC  AND  GAS CORPORATION PROPOSES CAPITAL
 IMPROVEMENTS OR ADDITIONS TO THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, THE DEPARTMENT MAY
 AUTHORIZE SUCH ELECTRIC CORPORATIONS OR  COMBINATION  ELECTRIC  AND  GAS
 CORPORATIONS TO CONDUCT A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE STRAT-
 EGIES,  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE DEPLOYMENT OF GRID ENHANCING
 TECHNOLOGIES, AND ADVANCED RECONDUCTORING.  WHERE GRID  ENHANCING  TECH-
 NOLOGIES  OR  ADVANCED  RECONDUCTORING,  WHETHER  IN COMBINATION WITH OR
 INSTEAD OF OTHER CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, OFFER A MORE COST-EFFECTIVE STRAT-
 EGY TO ACHIEVE  TRANSMISSION  GOALS,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
 DISTRIBUTED  ENERGY RESOURCE INTERCONNECTION, THE COMMISSION MAY APPROVE
 THE DEPLOYMENT OF GRID ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES OR ADVANCED RECONDUCTORING
 AS PART OF THE OVERALL SOLUTIONS STRATEGY.
   3. AS PART OF A PROCEEDING BEFORE THE COMMISSION IN WHICH IT  PROPOSES
 CAPITAL  IMPROVEMENTS  OR ADDITIONS TO THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AN ELEC-
 TRIC CORPORATION OR COMBINATION ELECTRIC AND GAS CORPORATION MAY PROPOSE
 A PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE MECHANISM THAT PROVIDES  A  FINANCIAL  INCENTIVE
 FOR  THE  COST-EFFECTIVE  DEPLOYMENT  OF  GRID ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES OR
 ADVANCED RECONDUCTORING.
   4. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE ANY  RULES  AND/OR  REGULATIONS  IT
 DEEMS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   5.  BEGINNING FIVE YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, AND
 EVERY FIVE YEARS THEREAFTER, EACH ELECTRIC  CORPORATION  OR  COMBINATION
 ELECTRIC  AND  GAS  CORPORATION SHALL REPORT TO THE FEDERALLY DESIGNATED
 BULK SYSTEM OPERATOR, AND THE COMMISSION ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER FIRST ON
 THE DEPLOYMENT OF ANY GRID ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES OR ADVANCED  RECONDUC-
 TORING IN A FORMAT DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   § 2. Section 1005 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 31 to read as follows:
   31. FOR ANY TRANSMISSION FACILITY THE AUTHORITY CONSTRUCTS OR UPGRADES
 IN  CONNECTION WITH THIS SECTION THE AUTHORITY MAY CONDUCT A COST-EFFEC-
 TIVENESS ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE STRATEGIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 THE DEPLOYMENT OF GRID ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES AND ADVANCED  RECONDUCTOR-
 ING.  WHERE  GRID  ENHANCING  TECHNOLOGIES  OR  ADVANCED RECONDUCTORING,
 WHETHER IN COMBINATION WITH OR INSTEAD  OF  OTHER  CAPITAL  INVESTMENTS,
 OFFER  A  MORE  COST-EFFECTIVE  STRATEGY  TO ACHIEVE TRANSMISSION GOALS,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  DISTRIBUTED  ENERGY  RESOURCE  INTERCON-
 NECTION, THE AUTHORITY, AS DEEMED FEASIBLE AND ADVISABLE BY THE TRUSTEES
 AND  WITH  ANY NECESSARY APPROVAL FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, IS
 AUTHORIZED TO DEPLOY GRID ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES OR  ADVANCED  RECONDUC-
 TORING, AS PART OF THE OVERALL SOLUTIONS STRATEGY.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

                             
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                                  2708--B
     Cal. No. 454
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations  --  recommitted  to  the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
   cations in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- 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 -- passed by Senate and  delivered  to  the
   Assembly,  recalled,  vote  reconsidered,  restored  to third reading,
   amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of
   third reading
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public service law, in relation to advanced trans-
   mission technologies; and to direct the New York state energy research
   and development authority to conduct a study on the  effectiveness  of
   such technologies
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a  new  section
 66-x to read as follows:
   §  66-X.  ADVANCED  TRANSMISSION  TECHNOLOGIES. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "ADVANCED TRANSMISSION  TECHNOLOGIES"  OR  "ATTS"  MEANS  HARDWARE
 AND/OR SOFTWARE THAT ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE, EFFICIENCY, OR CAPACITY OF
 THE  ELECTRIC  TRANSMISSION  SYSTEM,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, GRID
 ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES, ADVANCED  CONDUCTORS,  ADVANCED  RECONDUCTORING,
 AND ENERGY STORAGE USED AS A TRANSMISSION RESOURCE.
   (B)  "GRID  ENHANCING  TECHNOLOGY"  MEANS ANY HARDWARE AND/OR SOFTWARE
 TECHNOLOGY THAT ENABLES ENHANCED OR MORE EFFICIENT PERFORMANCE FROM  THE
 ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION OR TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO DYNAMIC LINE RATING, ADVANCED POWER FLOW CONTROL TECHNOLOGY, TOPOLOGY
 OPTIMIZATION, AND ENERGY STORAGE WHEN USED AS A DISTRIBUTION RESOURCE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (C) "ADVANCED CONDUCTOR" MEANS A CONDUCTOR WITH A DIRECT CURRENT ELEC-
 TRICAL  RESISTANCE  SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN TRADITIONAL CONDUCTORS OF A
 SIMILAR DIAMETER, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY INCREASING  CAPACITY,  WHICH  MAY
 INCLUDE REBUILDING SUPPORT STRUCTURES OR OTHER ASSOCIATED FACILITIES.
   (D)  "DYNAMIC LINE RATING" MEANS HARDWARE AND/OR SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES
 USED TO UPDATE THE CALCULATED THERMAL LIMITS  OF  EXISTING  TRANSMISSION
 LINES BASED ON REAL-TIME AND FORECASTED WEATHER CONDITIONS.
   (E) "ADVANCED POWER FLOW CONTROL" MEANS HARDWARE AND/OR SOFTWARE TECH-
 NOLOGIES  USED  TO PUSH OR PULL ELECTRIC POWER IN A MANNER THAT BALANCES
 OVERLOADED LINES AND UNDERUTILIZED  CORRIDORS  WITHIN  THE  TRANSMISSION
 SYSTEM.
   (F)  "TOPOLOGY  OPTIMIZATION" MEANS HARDWARE AND/OR SOFTWARE TECHNOLO-
 GIES THAT IDENTIFY  RECONFIGURATIONS  OF  THE  TRANSMISSION  SYSTEM  AND
 ENABLE  THE  ROUTING OF ELECTRICAL POWER FLOWS AROUND CONGESTED OR OVER-
 LOADED ELEMENTS OF THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM.
   (G) "ELECTRIC CORPORATION" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS  DEFINED  BY
 SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (H)  "COMBINATION  ELECTRIC  AND  GAS CORPORATION" SHALL HAVE THE SAME
 MEANING AS DEFINED BY SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (I) "TRANSMISSION", EXCEPT AS USED WITHIN  THE  TERM  ADVANCED  TRANS-
 MISSION  TECHNOLOGIES,  SHALL  HAVE  THE  SAME MEANING AS THE TERM MAJOR
 ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION FACILITY AS DEFINED BY SECTION ONE  HUNDRED  THIR-
 TY-SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
   2.  (A) IN ANY HEARING CONSIDERING A MAJOR CHANGE IN RATES OR CHARGES,
 TRANSMISSION PLANNING PROCEEDING, OR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROPOSAL BEFORE
 THE COMMISSION INITIATED ONE YEAR  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  EACH  ELECTRIC  CORPORATION  OR  COMBINATION  ELECTRIC AND GAS
 CORPORATION SHALL FILE WITH THE COMMISSION A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
 RELATING  TO  THE  DEPLOYMENT  OF  ADVANCED  TRANSMISSION  TECHNOLOGIES;
 PROVIDED  HOWEVER NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT
 AN ELECTRIC CORPORATION OR COMBINATION ELECTRIC AND GAS CORPORATION FROM
 FILING A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS RELATING TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF  ATTS
 PRIOR  TO  SUCH  DATE.   SUCH COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS SHALL EVALUATE
 SUCH STRATEGIES AGAINST A SET OF ENUMERATED TRANSMISSION GOALS,  INCLUD-
 ING:
   (I) INCREASED TRANSMISSION CAPACITY;
   (II) REDUCED TRANSMISSION SYSTEM CONGESTION;
   (III) REDUCED CURTAILMENT OF RENEWABLE AND ZERO-EMISSION RESOURCES;
   (IV) INCREASED RELIABILITY AND RESILIENCY;
   (V)  REDUCED  RISK  OF  EQUIPMENT  FAILURE  IN LIGHT OF CLIMATE-DRIVEN
 HAZARDS;
   (VI) INCREASED CAPACITY TO CONNECT  NEW  RENEWABLE  AND  ZERO-EMISSION
 RESOURCES;
   (VII)  INCREASED  FLEXIBILITY  AND  OPTIONALITY IN LONG-TERM PLANNING,
 INCLUDING FOR MAJOR LOAD GROWTH; AND
   (VIII) IMPROVEMENT OF CONSUMER AFFORDABILITY, REDUCED OVERALL RATEPAY-
 ER COSTS, AND/OR MITIGATION OF RATE INCREASES.
   (B) DURING OR SUBSEQUENT TO ANY HEARING CONSIDERING A MAJOR CHANGE  IN
 RATES, TRANSMISSION PLANNING PROCEEDING, OR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROPOSAL
 BEFORE  THE  COMMISSION, EACH ELECTRIC CORPORATION AND COMBINATION ELEC-
 TRIC AND GAS CORPORATION SHALL FILE COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS WITH THE
 FEDERALLY DESIGNATED BULK SYSTEM OPERATOR.   SUCH FILING  SHALL  REFLECT
 ANALYSES  CONDUCTED WITHIN SUCH PROCEEDINGS AND SHALL NOT REQUIRE DUPLI-
 CATIVE STANDALONE EVALUATIONS.
   3. (A) WHERE A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS CONDUCTED UNDER SUBDIVISION
 TWO OF THIS SECTION IDENTIFIES ONE OR MORE ADVANCED  TRANSMISSION  TECH-
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 NOLOGIES OR ADVANCED CONDUCTORS AS COST-EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES, THE UTILI-
 TY SHALL SUBMIT TO THE COMMISSION A STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WITHIN
 NINETY DAYS OF COMPLETION OF SUCH ANALYSIS.
   (B)  AN  IMPLEMENTATION  PLAN  SUBMITTED  UNDER  PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL INCLUDE PROPOSED  TIMELINES,  PROCUREMENT  STRATEGIES,
 INCLUDING  SOLICITATIONS  WHERE  APPROPRIATE, AND MEASURABLE PERFORMANCE
 METRICS.
   (C) THE COMMISSION SHALL REVIEW IMPLEMENTATION PLANS  SUBMITTED  UNDER
 PARAGRAPH  (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND, WHERE CONSISTENT WITH THE PUBLIC
 INTEREST, DIRECT THE TIMELY DEPLOYMENT OF THE TECHNOLOGIES IDENTIFIED IN
 SUCH IMPLEMENTATION PLANS.
   4. EACH ELECTRIC CORPORATION AND COMBINATION ELECTRIC AND  GAS  CORPO-
 RATION  SHALL SUBMIT A FILING ON THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS SECTION TO THE COMMISSION, AND PROVIDE A  SEPARATE  REPORT  TO  THE
 FEDERALLY DESIGNATED BULK SYSTEM OPERATOR AND THE LEGISLATURE'S STANDING
 COMMITTEES  ON  ENERGY,  WITHIN  ONE  YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION, AND EVERY TWO YEARS THEREAFTER, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO:
   (A) THE STATUS OF DEPLOYMENT OF ATTS;
   (B) RESULTS OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSES;
   (C) IMPLEMENTATION PLANS AND PROGRESS; AND
   (D) PROJECTED OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE DEPLOYMENT.
   § 2. Study on effectiveness of advanced transmission technologies.  1.
 For  the  purposes  of  this section, the following terms shall have the
 following meanings:
   (a) "Advanced transmission technologies" or "ATTs" shall have the same
 meaning as defined in section 66-x of the public service law.
   (b) "Transmission", except as used within  the  term  advanced  trans-
 mission  technologies,  shall  have  the  same meaning as the term major
 electric transmission facility as defined by section 137 of  the  public
 service law.
   (c) "NYSERDA" means the New York state energy research and development
 authority.
   2.  Within  12 months of the effective date of this act, NYSERDA shall
 conduct and complete a study evaluating the use and benefits of advanced
 transmission technologies within this state and other jurisdictions.
   3. The study shall include:
   (a) a description of all advanced transmission  technologies  deployed
 by utilities in New York state;
   (b)  an evaluation of the impacts of ATTs on transmission performance,
 including but not limited to:
   (i) increased capacity and efficiency;
   (ii) congestion reduction;
   (iii) curtailment reduction;
   (iv) reliability and resiliency improvements;
   (v) cost savings to ratepayers; and
   (vi) integration of new renewable energy and load growth;
   (c) at least two multi-technology case studies, including cost,  time-
 line, reliability, and consumer impacts; and
   (d)  a  projection  of  future opportunities for deployment of ATTs to
 meet demand growth and improve affordability.
   4. NYSERDA may consult with the federally designated bulk system oper-
 ator, federal energy regulatory commission, consumer  advocates,  utili-
 ties, academic experts, and other stakeholders in conducting the study.
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   5.  Upon completion of the study, NYSERDA shall submit a report on the
 results of such study to the legislature and the governor, and make such
 study available on its website.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.