New York S 9830: Exempts a certain parcel of land in the town of Islip from certain use restrictions and alienates certain parklands

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S09830 Summary:

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Add §138-a, Pub Serv L

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Authorizes renewable owners to enter into enhanced community benefit agreements with the governing bodies of host municipalities under which direct bill credits are offered to residential customers.

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04/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

05/15/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

05/15/2026PRINT NUMBER 9830A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9830--A

 IN SENATE

 April 7, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
 cations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to enhanced communi-
 ty benefit agreements between renewable owners and host municipalities

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 2 138-a to read as follows:
 3 § 138-a. Enhanced community benefit agreements. 1. For the purposes of
 4 this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "Renewable owner" means the owner of a major renewable energy
 6 facility constructed after the effective date of section eight of part
 7 JJJ of chapter fifty-eight of the laws of two thousand twenty that is
 8 proposed to be located in a host community, for which the New York state
 9 energy research and development authority has executed an agreement for
 10 the acquisition of environmental attributes related to a solicitation
 11 issued by such authority after the effective date of section eight of
 12 part JJJ of chapter fifty-eight of the laws of two thousand twenty.
 13 (b) "Host municipality" means a municipality in which a major renewa-
 14 ble energy facility or a portion thereof is located.
 15 (c) "Enhanced community benefit agreement" means a voluntary written
 16 agreement entered into between a renewable owner and the governing body
 17 of a host municipality providing for direct bill credits for residential
 18 customers or other remunerative benefits pursuant to subdivision two of
 19 this section.
 20 2. The commission shall establish a program under which renewable
 21 owners may enter into enhanced community benefit agreements with the
 22 governing body of host municipalities under which direct bill credits or
 23 other remunerative benefits, including but not limited to direct
 24 payments, are offered to residential customers in such host munici-
 25 palities. Such enhanced community benefit agreements shall be in addi-
 26 tion to, and shall not supersede or alter, any mandatory discounts,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15410-03-6

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 1 credits, or compensatory or environmental benefits otherwise provided
 2 under the program established pursuant to section eight of part JJJ of
 3 chapter fifty-eight of the laws of two thousand twenty.
 4 3. An enhanced community benefit agreement shall:
 5 (a) provide for benefits in the form of bill credits to be applied
 6 directly by the utility corporation to the energy bills of residential
 7 customers located in the host municipality in which the major renewable
 8 energy facility is sited, or other remunerative benefits including but
 9 not limited to direct payments;
 10 (b) specify the amounts of such bill credits or other benefits, and
 11 the payment frequency of such credits or other benefits on a monthly,
 12 quarterly, or annual basis;
 13 (c) be structured to maximize the direct financial benefits to resi-
 14 dential customers; and
 15 (d) when such benefits take the form of bill credits, require any such
 16 bill credit to appear as an identified line item on each eligible resi-
 17 dential customer's bill, naming the major r