Increases the time certain parties have to submit a notice of intent to be a party to the certification proceedings for the siting of major utility transmission facilities from thirty days to forty-five days.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9119
IN SENATE
February 4, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- 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 increasing the
time certain parties have to submit a notice of intent to be a party
to the certification proceedings for the siting of major utility tran-
smission facilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs (i), (j), and (k) of subdivision 1 of section
2 124 of the public service law, as added by chapter 272 of the laws of
3 1970 and as relettered by chapter 119 of the laws of 1978, are amended
4 to read as follows:
5 (i) a municipality entitled to receive notice under paragraph (a) of
6 subdivision two of section one hundred twenty-two, if it has filed with
7 the commission a notice of intent to be a party, within [thirty] forty-
8 five days after the date given in the notice as the date for filing of
9 the application.
10 (j) any individual resident in a municipality entitled to receive
11 notice under paragraph (a) of subdivision two of section one hundred
12 twenty-two, if [he has] they have filed with the commission a notice of
13 intent to be a party, within [thirty] forty-five days after the date
14 given in the published notice as the date for filing of the application.
15 (k) any domestic non-profit corporation or association, formed in
16 whole or in part to promote conservation or natural beauty, to protect
17 the environment, personal health or other biological values, to preserve
18 historical sites, to promote consumer interests, to represent commercial
19 and industrial groups or to promote the orderly development of the areas
20 in which the facility is to be located, if it has filed with the commis-
21 sion a notice of intent to become a party, within [thirty] forty-five
22 days after the date given in the published notice as the date for filing
23 of the application.
24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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