New York S 1340: Ensures the safe and efficient delivery of materials for the timely construction of major renewable energy facilities in furtherance of the goals mandated by the New York state climate leadership and community

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BILL NOS01340 

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Ensures the safe and efficient delivery of materials for the timely construction of major renewable energy facilities in furtherance of the goals mandated by the New York state climate leadership and community protection act; provides that vehicles carrying materials intended for the construction of any major renewable energy facility, including oversize and superload transport vehicles, shall be permitted to travel on the thruway and state highways, on any day of the week, including Saturday and Sunday.

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BILL NOS01340 

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01/09/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1340

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to ensure the safe and efficient delivery of materials for the
 timely construction of major renewable energy facilities in further-
 ance of the goals mandated by the New York state climate leadership
 and community protection act

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings and declaration. In 2019, the state
 2 enacted the historic New York state climate leadership and community
 3 protection act to mitigate the impacts of climate change and reduce
 4 greenhouse gas emissions from anthropogenic sources 100% over 1990
 5 levels by the year 2050. In 2020, the state enacted the accelerated
 6 renewable energy growth and community benefit act, which provided for
 7 the expedited siting of major renewable energy facilities and related
 8 transmission. The legislature hereby finds and declares that to mean-
 9 ingfully and timely achieve the historic goals mandated in the New York
 10 state climate leadership and community protection act, and to meet the
 11 technology-specific requirements set forth therein, including the
 12 installation of wind and solar-powered electric generation, the
 13 construction of new and repowered wind turbines and solar arrays is an
 14 urgent matter of great importance to New York. The legislature further
 15 finds that current rules, regulations, and policies addressing the
 16 transport of large loads on the state highways and the thruway present
 17 impediments to the efficient transport of construction materials used
 18 for these projects, including large loads such as wind turbines, which
 19 is inconsistent with the goals of the accelerated renewable energy
 20 growth and community benefit act. Because of the unprecedented volume
 21 and size of materials planned for transport, the current rules regarding
 22 the use of police escorts for the transport of such loads may result in
 23 delays, shortages of police officer escorts, and retention of truck

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01246-01-5

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 1 traffic, that may hinder construction of major renewable energy facili-
 2 ties. Therefore, it is the intent of this act to supersede any such rule
 3 or policy, and to allow materials used for the construction of any major
 4 renewable energy facility to be transported on state highways and on the
 5 thruway safely using either a police escort, or a private security
 6 escort.
 7 § 2. (a) For the purposes of this act, the term "major renewable ener-
 8 gy facility" shall have the same meaning as defined in section 137 of
 9 the public service law.
 10 (b) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, regulation, or internal poli-
 11 cy of any state department, agency, public authority, or public benefit
 12 corporation, vehicles carrying materials intended for the construction
 13 of any major renewable energy facility, including oversize and superload
 14 transport vehicles, shall be permitted to travel on the thruway and
 15 state highways,