New York S 7710: Relates to prohibiting the construction of certain energy storage systems within five hundred feet of a school or dwelling in a city of one million or more

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S07710 Summary:

BILL NOS07710 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10723

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SPONSORCHAN

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COSPNSRMATTERA, RHOADS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §11-104, Energy L

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Prohibits the construction or maintenance of energy storage systems capable of storing more than twenty kilowatt hours within five hundred feet of a school or dwelling in a city with a population of one million or more.

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BILL NOS07710 

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05/01/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

02/24/2026NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED

05/06/2026DEFEATED IN ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7710

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 1, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CHAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
 cations

 AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to prohibiting the
 construction and maintenance of certain energy storage systems within
 five hundred feet of a school or dwelling in a city with a population
 of one million or more

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 11-104 of the energy law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
 3 (c) "School property" shall mean in or within any building, structure,
 4 athletic playing field, playground, parking lot, or land contained with-
 5 in the real property boundary line of any daycare, preschool, public or
 6 private elementary school, public or private secondary school or any
 7 college or university.
 8 § 2. Section 11-104 of the energy law is amended by adding a new
 9 subdivision 10 to read as follows:
 10 10. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, in a
 11 city with a population of one million or more, no energy storage system
 12 capable of storing more than twenty kilowatt hours shall be constructed
 13 or maintained within five hundred feet of any school property or within
 14 five hundred feet of any dwelling.
 15 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 16 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11740-02-5

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