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Senate Bill S3535

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the granting of certificates for the construction or operation of industrial wind turbines

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2025-S3535 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9027
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §168, Pub Serv L; amd §15-0503, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S7620

2025-S3535 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the granting of a certificate for the construction or operation of an on-shore or off-shore industrial wind turbine or wind farm within the jurisdiction and control of the state and within any area of the state outside of the city of New York unless a certificate for the construction or operation of an on-shore or off-shore industrial wind turbine or wind farm within geographic boundaries of or the shoreline adjacent to the city of New York is granted simultaneously.

2025-S3535 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3535 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3535
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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 environmental conserva-
   tion law,  in  relation  to  the  granting  of  certificates  for  the
   construction or operation of industrial wind turbines

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 168 of the public service law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
   3-A.  THE  BOARD  MAY  NOT GRANT A CERTIFICATE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR
 OPERATION OF AN ON-SHORE OR OFF-SHORE INDUSTRIAL WIND  TURBINE  OR  WIND
 FARM  WITHIN  THE  JURISDICTION  AND CONTROL OF THE STATE AND WITHIN ANY
 AREA OF THE STATE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY  OF  NEW  YORK  UNLESS  THE  BOARD
 SIMULTANEOUSLY GRANTS A CERTIFICATE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR OPERATION OF
 AN  ON-SHORE  OR  OFF-SHORE  INDUSTRIAL WIND TURBINE OR WIND FARM WITHIN
 GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF OR THE SHORELINE ADJACENT TO THE  CITY  OF  NEW
 YORK.
   §  2. Section 15-0503 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
   3-A. THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT GRANT A PERMIT  FOR  THE  CONSTRUCTION  OR
 OPERATION OF AN ON-SHORE OR OFF-SHORE INDUSTRIAL WIND TURBINE WITHIN THE
 JURISDICTION  AND  CONTROL OF THE STATE AND WITHIN ANY AREA OF THE STATE
 OUTSIDE  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK  UNLESS  A  CERTIFICATE  FOR   THE
 CONSTRUCTION  OR  OPERATION  OF AN ON-SHORE OR OFF-SHORE INDUSTRIAL WIND
 TURBINE WITHIN GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF OR THE SHORELINE ADJACENT TO THE
 CITY OF NEW YORK IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  THREE-A  OF  SECTION
 ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08012-01-5

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