New York S 2485: Requires the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmission to establish a mapping, installation and efficiency plan for the purpose of building new electric transmission lines

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S02485 Summary:

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Requires the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmission to establish a mapping, installation and efficiency plan for the purpose of building new electric transmission lines.

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BILL NOS02485 

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01/21/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

04/28/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

06/12/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/12/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1962

06/13/2025PASSED SENATE

06/13/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/13/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

02/03/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

04/28/20261ST REPORT CAL.844

04/29/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/04/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/12/2026PASSED SENATE

05/12/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/12/2026referred to governmental employees

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2485

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 expanding elec-
 tric transmission lines throughout the state of New York

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

 1 Section 1. Article 8 of the public service law is amended by adding a
 2 new section 149 to read as follows:
 3 § 149. Electric transmission line expansion plan. 1. ORES shall estab-
 4 lish a mapping, installation and efficiency plan for the purpose of
 5 allowing ORES and other applicable New York state entities to identify
 6 locations in the state where new or existing electric transmission lines
 7 can be built or upgraded, excluding specified indigenous land or prime
 8 agricultural areas that may be negatively impacted. Such plan shall
 9 focus on the implementation of new or existing electric transmission
 10 lines to allow the expansion of transmission and distribution infras-
 11 tructure in under-served communities.
 12 2. ORES shall promulgate rules and regulations to simplify the process
 13 and maximize efficiency for installing new or existing electric trans-
 14 mission lines, and such rules and regulations shall consider man hours,
 15 time, and cost.
 16 3. ORES, in consultation with the department, electric and combined
 17 electric-gas corporations shall gather data regarding the available
 18 capacity of electric distribution infrastructure and its efficiency for
 19 communities served in areas with high levels of line congestion, and/or
 20 areas with high renewable penetration within the state of New York. ORES
 21 and the department in gathering such data shall include the resource mix
 22 of wind, solar, hydrogen, electric and gas power generating facilities.
 23 4. Once ORES has identified potential new locations or sites requiring
 24 upgrades for electric transmission lines pursuant to subdivision one of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06647-01-5

 S. 2485 2

 1 this section and has established processes for installing new electric
 2 transmission lines in an efficient manner pursuant to subdivision two of
 3 this section, ORES shall release the mapping tool, the efficiency plan
 4 and a report on the ORES website. The report shall detail:
 5 (a) any processes ORES found regarding the efficient installation of
 6 new electric transmission lines;
 7 (b) any relevant data gathered regarding the availability of capacity
 8 for distribution lines in communities that have high rates of renewable
 9 penetration and/or high levels of line congestion;
 10 (c) a detailed list of potential locations for new electric trans-
 11 mission lines; and
 12 (d) any other data or information ORES and the department finds rele-
 13 vant to thi