Senate Bill S2708B

                             
                     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--A
     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
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law and the public  authorities  law,
   in  relation  to advanced transmission 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
 SOFTWARE  THAT  ENHANCE  THE PERFORMANCE, EFFICIENCY, OR CAPACITY OF THE
 ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, GRID ENHANC-
 ING TECHNOLOGIES,  ADVANCED  CONDUCTORS,  ADVANCED  RECONDUCTORING,  AND
 ENERGY STORAGE USED AS A TRANSMISSION RESOURCE.
   (B)  "GRID  ENHANCING TECHNOLOGY" MEANS ANY HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE TECH-
 NOLOGY 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.
   (C) "ADVANCED CONDUCTOR" MEANS A CONDUCTOR WITH A DIRECT CURRENT ELEC-
 TRICAL RESISTANCE AT LEAST TEN PERCENT LOWER THAN EXISTING CONDUCTORS OF
 A SIMILAR DIAMETER, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY INCREASING CAPACITY BY AT LEAST
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT, 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
 NETWORK.
   (F)  "TOPOLOGY  OPTIMIZATION" MEANS HARDWARE AND/OR SOFTWARE TECHNOLO-
 GIES THAT IDENTIFY RECONFIGURATIONS OF THE TRANSMISSION GRID AND  ENABLE
 THE ROUTING OF POWER FLOWS AROUND CONGESTED OR OVERLOADED ELEMENTS.
   (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 BASE RATE PROCEEDING, TRANSMISSION PLANNING  PROCEEDING,
 OR  CAPITAL  IMPROVEMENT  PROPOSAL  BEFORE THE COMMISSION, EACH ELECTRIC
 CORPORATION OR COMBINATION ELECTRIC AND GAS  CORPORATION  SHALL  CONDUCT
 AND FILE A COST-EFFECTIVENESS AND TIMETABLE ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE STRATE-
 GIES,  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO DEPLOYMENT OF ADVANCED TRANSMISSION
 TECHNOLOGIES. SUCH COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS SHALL EVALUATE SUCH STRA-
 TEGIES AGAINST A SET OF ENUMERATED TRANSMISSION GOALS, INCLUDING:
   (I) INCREASED TRANSMISSION CAPACITY;
   (II) REDUCED TRANSMISSION SYSTEM CONGESTION;
   (III) REDUCED CURTAILMENT OF RENEWABLE AND ZERO-CARBON RESOURCES;
   (IV) INCREASED RELIABILITY AND RESILIENCY;
   (V) REDUCED RISK OF EQUIPMENT FAILURE AND CLIMATE-DRIVEN HAZARDS;
   (VI) INCREASED CAPACITY  TO  CONNECT  NEW  RENEWABLE  AND  ZERO-CARBON
 RESOURCES;
   (VII)  INCREASED  FLEXIBILITY  AND  OPTIONALITY IN LONG-TERM PLANNING,
 INCLUDING FOR DATA CENTER GROWTH AND OTHER 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  RATE-BASED  PROCEEDING,  TRANSMISSION
 PLANNING  PROCEEDING, OR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROPOSAL BEFORE THE COMMIS-
 SION, EACH ELECTRIC CORPORATION AND COMBINATION ELECTRIC AND GAS  CORPO-
 RATION SHALL FILE COST-EFFECTIVENESS AND TIMETABLE ANALYSIS WITH THE NEW
 YORK  INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF FILING SUCH COST-
 EFFECTIVENESS AND TIMETABLE ANALYSIS WITH THE  COMMISSION.  SUCH  FILING
 SHALL  REFLECT  ANALYSES CONDUCTED WITHIN SUCH PROCEEDINGS AND SHALL NOT
 REQUIRE DUPLICATIVE STANDALONE EVALUATIONS.
   3. (A) WHERE A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS CONDUCTED UNDER SUBDIVISION
 TWO OF THIS SECTION IDENTIFIES ONE OR MORE ADVANCED  TRANSMISSION  TECH-
 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.
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   (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 NEW
 YORK  INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR AND THE LEGISLATURE'S STANDING COMMIT-
 TEES 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" means hardware  and
 software  that  enhance  the performance, efficiency, or capacity of the
 electric transmission system, including but not limited to, grid enhanc-
 ing technologies,  advanced  conductors,  advanced  reconductoring,  and
 energy storage used as a transmission resource.
   (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 one hundred thir-
 ty-seven of this chapter.
   (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 a study evaluating the use and benefits of advanced transmission
 technologies  nationally  and  subsequent studies evaluating the use and
 benefits of advanced transmission technologies in New York state.
   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 New York independent system  operator,
 federal  energy  regulatory  commission,  consumer advocates, utilities,
 academic experts, and other stakeholders in conducting the study.
   5. Upon completion of the study, NYSERDA shall submit a report on  the
 results  of  such  study  to  the  legislature and the governor, and, if
 NYSERDA determines that ATTs are in the public interest, the  commission
 shall  promulgate regulations requiring utilities to incorporate ATTs in
 their planning and investments.
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   § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.