Requires an applicant filing any application for a permit or authorization relating to the siting or construction of a qualified energy storage system that has a storage capacity greater than one megawatt hour, is connected to the local distribution system and primarily operated for commercial or electric retail purposes, and is not constructed in connection with a major renewable energy facility to provide notice of such application to the chief executive of the city, town, or village in which it is located and each member of the state legislature within whose district the proposed energy storage system is to be located.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10594
IN SENATE
May 28, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- 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, in relation to the siting or
construction of a qualified energy storage system
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 74 of the public service law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
3 5. Upon the filing of any application for a permit or authorization
4 with any city, town, village, county, public authority, or state agency
5 relating to the siting or construction of a qualified energy storage
6 system that (a) has a storage capacity greater than one megawatt hour,
7 (b) is connected to the local distribution system and primarily operated
8 for commercial or electric retail purposes, and (c) is not constructed
9 in connection with a major renewable energy facility pursuant to article
10 eight of this chapter, the applicant shall provide notice of such appli-
11 cation, as well as a brief overview of the proposed energy storage
12 system, to the chief executive of the city, town, or village and each
13 member of the state legislature within whose district the proposed ener-
14 gy storage system is to be located.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027; provided that the
16 provisions of this act shall not apply to any qualified energy storage
17 system projects which have filed any application for a permit or author-
18 ization on or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15847-01-6
