New York A 8141: Requires notice to elected officials when there is a proposed battery energy storage system in such officials district

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A08141 Summary:

BILL NOA08141 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPirozzolo

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 22 §§22-101 & 22-103, Energy L; add §149, Pub Serv L; amd §§1901 & 1902, Pub Auth L

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Requires notice to elected officials when there is a proposed battery energy storage system in such officials district; defines what qualifies as a battery energy storage system.

Go to top A08141 Actions:

BILL NOA08141 

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05/01/2025referred to energy

01/07/2026referred to energy

05/19/2026held for consideration in energy

Go to topA08141 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ENERGY Chair:Barrett 
DATE:05/19/2026AYE/NAY:12/5 Action: Held for Consideration BarrettAyeGrayNay

SantabarbaraAyeBlankenbushNay

DilanAyeManktelowNay

SternAyePirozzoloNay

AndersonAyeBolognaNay

RiveraAye

ConradAye

LucasAye

ShresthaAye

ClarkAye

DaisAye

JacobsonAye

Go to topA08141 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA08141 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8141

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 1, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PIROZZOLO -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Energy

 AN ACT to amend the energy law, the public service law and the public
 authorities law, in relation to mandatory notice to elected officials
 of battery energy storage system siting proposals and mandatory peri-
 odic updates throughout the entirety of the siting proposal process

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

 1 Section 1. The energy law is amended by adding a new article 22 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 22
 4 BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM NOTICE
 5 Section 22-101. Definitions.
 6 22-103. Mandatory notice to elected officials of battery energy
 7 storage system siting proposals.
 8 § 22-101. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms
 9 shall have the following meanings:
 10 1. "Applicant" means a developer or other entity or individual propos-
 11 ing a battery energy storage system.
 12 2. "Battery energy storage site" means for purposes of the siting of
 13 battery energy storage systems (BESSs), both those that are standalone
 14 BESSs, those that are tied to a major renewable energy facility or major
 15 electric transmission facility as defined in section one hundred forty-
 16 nine of the public service law, as well as storage sites as well as such
 17 term is defined in section nineteen hundred one of the public authori-
 18 ties law, shall be defined as a site housing a BESS equipped with
 19 rechargeable batteries that can store electricity from the grid or,
 20 directly or indirectly, from, for example, renewable sources like solar
 21 and wind power, to be released later when needed, helping to balance
 22 energy supply and demand, and whereby BESS denotes one or more devices,
 23 assembled together, capable of storing energy in order to supply elec-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11721-01-5

 A. 8141 2

 1 trical energy at a future time, not to include a stand-alone twelve-volt
 2 car battery or an electric motor vehicle, and which is classified as a
 3 tier one or tier two battery energy storage system as follows: (a) tier
 4 one battery energy storage systems shall possess an aggregate energy
 5 capacity less than or equal to six hundred kilowatt hours and, if in a
 6 room or enclosed area, consist of only a single energy storage system
 7 technology; (b) tier two battery energy storage systems shall possess an
 8 aggregate energy capacity greater than six hundred kilowatt hours or are
 9 comprised of more than one storage battery technology in a room or
 10 enclosed area. Neither "battery energy storage site" nor "battery energy
 11 storage system" shall include those reserved for use in industrial
 12 zones, nor those reserved for small-scale residential applications.
 13 3. "Elected state official" means the senator representing the senate
 14 district in which the facility is proposed to be sited and the assembly-
 15 member representing the assembly district in which the facility is
 16 proposed to be sited.
 17 4.