New York S 8519: Relates to divestment from the 1033 federal excess property program

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S08519 Summary:

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Amd §§3-c, 142 & 143, Pub Serv L

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Relates to transparency and other requirements for applications submitted to ORES for siting of major renewable energy and major electric transmission facilities.

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10/03/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8519

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 October 3, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to certain reforms
 for ORES oversight of siting of major renewable energy facilities and
 major electric transmission facilities

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3-c of the public service law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
 3 (g) ORES shall maintain a centralized, publicly accessible online
 4 dashboard that shall contain up-to-date information on all projects
 5 pursuant to siting permits pending or approved under article eight of
 6 this chapter. Such dashboard shall include, at a minimum, for each such
 7 project:
 8 (i) name, location, and megawatt capacity;
 9 (ii) current status of such project;
 10 (iii) dates and status of all public comment periods and hearings;
 11 (iv) links to relevant public documents, including application materi-
 12 als, deficiency letters, responses, and determinations;
 13 (v) a summary of procedural milestones and anticipated timelines; and
 14 (vi) a tracker for the status of applications submitted pursuant to
 15 subdivision one of section one hundred forty-two and subdivision one of
 16 section one hundred forty-three of this chapter, which shall include,
 17 but not be limited to:
 18 (1) the date of submission;
 19 (2) the date of determination of completeness; and
 20 (3) if applicable, any notices and communications between ORES and the
 21 applicant, including extensions of the time period for a determination
 22 of application completeness.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13519-04-5

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 1 § 2. Subdivisions 1, 5 and 6 of section 142 of the public service law,
 2 as added by section 11 of part O of chapter 58 of the laws of 2024, are
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, ORES shall, within [sixty]
 5 ninety days of its receipt of an application for a siting permit with
 6 respect to a major renewable energy facility subject to this article
 7 determine whether the application is complete and notify the applicant
 8 of its determination. If ORES does not deem the application complete,
 9 ORES shall set forth in writing delivered to the applicant the reasons
 10 why it has determined the application to be incomplete. If ORES fails to
 11 make a determination within the foregoing [sixty-day] ninety day time
 12 period, the application shall be deemed complete; provided, however,
 13 that the applicant may consent to an extension of the [sixty-day] ninety
 14 day time period for determining application completeness. Provided,
 15 further, that no application may be complete without proof of consulta-
 16 tion with the municipality or political subdivision where the project is
 17 proposed to be located, or an agency thereof, prior to submission of an
 18 application to ORES, related to procedural and substantive requirements
 19 of local law.
 20 5. (a) Following the expiration of the public comment period set forth
 21 in this section, and following the conclusion of a hearing undertaken
 22 pursuant to subdivision four of this section, ORES shall, in the case of
 23 a public comment period, issue a written summary of public comments and
 24 an assessment of comments received, and in the case of an adjudic