New York A 541: Relates to developing microgrids in preparation for extreme weather events and other risks to public security

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A00541 Summary:

BILL NOA00541A

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SAME ASSAME AS S04205-A

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSRCunningham, Santabarbara

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §66-x, Pub Serv L; add §1020-nn, Pub Auth L

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Establishes a program to develop microgrids that are capable of providing an uninterrupted supply of power to one or more community outage assets through an extended electric distribution outage.

Go to top A00541 Actions:

BILL NOA00541A

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01/08/2025referred to energy

03/11/2025reported referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

05/15/2026amend and recommit to ways and means

05/15/2026print number 541a

Go to topA00541 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ENERGY Chair:Barrett 
DATE:03/11/2025AYE/NAY:13/3 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means BarrettAyePalmesanoNay

SantabarbaraAyeBlankenbushAye

DilanAyeManktelowNay

SternAyeGrayAye

AndersonAyePirozzoloNay

RiveraAye

MamdaniAye

ConradAye

LucasExcused

ShresthaAye

ClarkAye

DaisAye

Go to topA00541 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA00541 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 541--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, CUNNINGHAM, SANTABARBARA -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Energy -- reported and referred to the
 Committee on Ways and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways
 and Means in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public service law and the public authorities law,
 in relation to developing microgrids in preparation for extreme weath-
 er events and other risks to public security

 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 66-x to read as follows:
 3 § 66-x. Microgrid development program. 1. Definitions. As used in this
 4 section:
 5 (a) "community outage asset" means a public or private entity that
 6 provides critical services to the public during an extended electric
 7 distribution outage. Community outage assets shall include, but are not
 8 limited to: telecommunications providers, hospitals, nursing homes,
 9 supermarkets, government agencies, transportation systems, gas stations,
 10 publicly available electric vehicle charging stations, educational
 11 institutions, large multi-family residential housing, wastewater treat-
 12 ment facilities, community centers and other customers deemed by the
 13 commission to provide a critical service to the public that would
 14 promote or enhance health and safety during an outage of the electric
 15 distribution system;
 16 (b) "extended electric distribution outage" means a total or partial
 17 outage of an electric corporation's distribution system that continues
 18 for a period of twenty-four hours or longer;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02060-03-6

 A. 541--A 2

 1 (c) "uninterrupted" means that the output of the microgrid system is
 2 delivered to the end-use customer throughout an extended electric
 3 distribution outage, with the exception of momentary interruptions asso-
 4 ciated with transitions to and from grid parallel and grid islanded
 5 operations; and
 6 (d) "microgrid" shall mean a load or group of interconnected loads and
 7 distributed energy resources within clearly defined electrical bounda-
 8 ries that acts as a single controllable entity with respect to the elec-
 9 tric grid. A microgrid can connect and disconnect from the electric
 10 grid to enable it to operate in both grid-connected or island-mode.
 11 2. On or within one hundred twenty days of the effective date of this
 12 section, the commission shall, after a hearing held on notice, adopt an
 13 order requiring the New York state energy research and development
 14 authority to establish a program to support the development of micro-
 15 grids that are capable of providing an uninterrupted supply of power to
 16 one or more community outage assets through a