NY State Senate Bill 2025-S5834

Senate Bill S5834

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to standard utility interconnection of sub-transmission lines for particular projects

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

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Mar 03, 2025	referred to energy and telecommunications

2025-S5834 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7728
Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Energy Law
Laws Affected:: Add §21-107, Energy L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S6881, A7611

2025-S5834 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits the standard utility interconnection of sub-transmission lines for particular projects.

2025-S5834 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S5834

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the energy law, in relation to explicitly permitting the
standard utility interconnection of sub-transmission lines for partic-
ular projects

 
PURPOSE:

This bill seeks to provide clarity that certain distributed energy
sources may interconnect to a sub-transmission line in the same way they
currently interconnect to other such lines.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends the energy law by adding a section 21-107, to ensure
all forms of distributed generation under the state's Standardized
Interconnection Requirements (SIR) are permitted to connect to the util-
ity distribution system at the sub-transmission level, provided they
meet all state and federal requirements. The interconnection process

will follow the same procedures as those at the transmission level.

Section 2: Sets Effective Date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York State is a leader in the fight against climate change and has
worked toward crafting state policies that would allow for the transi-
tion to 10096 renewable power by the year 2050. Article 3 of the State
Energy Law, among other documents, clearly states these goals, partic-
ularly considering the adoption of the Climate Leadership and Community
Protection Act(CLCPA).

It is in the best interest of the State of New York to adopt policies
that reasonably advance the goals outlined in the CLCPA and create
uniformity in their application across all utility service territories.
This legislation addresses one small obstacle in the interconnection
process for distributed renewable generation. Some state utilities allow
a renewable developer to interconnect at the sub-transmission level, and
others do not. This incongruence causes delays and additional costs in
the system that can not afford them, given our 2050 goals. This legis-
lation is needed to make clear that distributed generation must be
allowed to interconnect at the sub-transmission levels in all areas of
the State of New York. This will encourage faster development and
deployment and assist the state in further reducing emissions and its
dependence on fossil fuels.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Senate

2023: S6881, Referred to Energy and Telecommunications

2024: S6881, Referred to Energy and Telecommunications

Assembly

2023: A7611, Referred to Energy

2024: A7611, Referred to Energy

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

2025-S5834 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5834
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 3, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to explicitly permitting the
   standard utility interconnection of sub-transmission lines for partic-
   ular projects

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The energy law is amended by adding a new section 21-107 to
 read as follows:
   § 21-107. INTERCONNECTION AT SUB-TRANSMISSION  LINES.  NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY  LAW,  RULE,  REGULATION,  POLICY  OR GUIDELINE TO THE CONTRARY, ALL
 FORMS OF ENERGY CONSIDERED  DISTRIBUTED  GENERATION  UNDER  THE  STATE'S
 STANDARDIZED  INTERCONNECTION  REQUIREMENTS  (SIR)  SHALL  BE ALLOWED TO
 CONNECT TO THE UTILITIES DISTRIBUTION  SYSTEM  AT  THE  SUB-TRANSMISSION
 LEVEL  PROVIDED  THAT  THE GENERATOR HAS MET ALL OTHER STATE AND FEDERAL
 REQUIREMENTS. THE PROCESS FOR SUCH INTERCONNECTION SHALL PROCEED IN  THE
 SAME METHOD AND FASHION AS INTERCONNECTIONS AT THE TRANSMISSION LEVEL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04344-01-5

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