Relates to transparency and other requirements for applications submitted to ORES for siting of major renewable energy and major electric transmission facilities.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN ASSEMBLY
April 24, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. KAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to certain reforms
for ORES oversight of siting of major renewable energy facilities and
major electric transmission facilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3-c of the public service law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
3 (g) ORES shall maintain a centralized, publicly accessible online
4 dashboard that shall contain up-to-date information on all projects
5 pursuant to siting permits pending or approved under article eight of
6 this chapter. Such dashboard shall include, at a minimum, for each such
7 project:
8 (i) name, location, and megawatt capacity;
9 (ii) current status of such project;
10 (iii) dates and status of all public comment periods and hearings;
11 (iv) links to relevant public documents, including application materi-
12 als, deficiency letters, responses, and determinations;
13 (v) a summary of procedural milestones and anticipated timelines; and
14 (vi) a tracker for the status of applications submitted pursuant to
15 subdivision one of section one hundred forty-two and subdivision one of
16 section one hundred forty-three of this chapter, which shall include,
17 but not be limited to:
18 (1) the date of submission;
19 (2) the date of determination of completeness; and
20 (3) if applicable, any notices and communications between ORES and the
21 applicant, including extensions of the time period for a determination
22 of application completeness.
23 § 2. Section 3-c of the public service law is amended by adding a new
24 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
25 3. For any public comment hearing operated by ORES:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (a) anyone who pre-registers to speak during the public comment
2 portion shall be given at least two minutes to speak; and
3 (b) the transcript of public comments shall be part of the administra-
4 tive record.
5 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
6 it shall have become a law; provided, however that the amendments to
7 section 3-c of the public service law made by sections one and two of
8 this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall expire
9 and be deemed repealed therewith. Effective immediately, the addition,
10 amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the
11 implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be
12 made and completed on or before such effective date.
