New York S 9895: Repeals the major renewable energy development program, including the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmission

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S09895 Summary:

BILL NOS09895 

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COSPNSRCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, OBERACKER, O'MARA, STEC

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Rpld Art 8, §3-c, amd §§160, 162 & 66-r, Pub Serv L; amd §§8-0111, 17-0823, 19-0305 & 49-0307, rpld §17-0701
sub 9, En Con L; amd §§206 & 402, EDP L; amd §802, Exec L; rpld §1005 sub 27-a ¶(p), amd §§1900, 1014, 1020-s
& 1020-c, Pub Auth L; amd §6-106, Energy L

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Repeals the major renewable energy development program, including the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmission; and amends various provisions of law relating thereto.

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BILL NOS09895 

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04/13/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9895

 IN SENATE

 April 13, 2026
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, the eminent domain
 procedure law, the executive law, the public authorities law, the
 energy law and the public service law, in relation to the repeal of
 the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmission; and
 to repeal certain provisions of the public service law, the environ-
 mental conservation law, and the public authorities law, relating
 thereto

 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 Article 8 of the public service law is REPEALED.
 2 § 2. Section 3-c of the public service law is REPEALED.
 3 § 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 8-0111 of the environ-
 4 mental conservation law, as amended by section 16 of part O of chapter
 5 58 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 6 (b) Actions subject to the provisions requiring a certificate of envi-
 7 ronmental compatibility and public need in articles seven and ten of the
 8 public service law [or requiring a major renewable energy facility or a
 9 major electric transmission facility siting permit under article eight
 10 of the public service law]; or
 11 § 4. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 8-0111 of the environ-
 12 mental conservation law, as amended by section 1 of part BBB of chapter
 13 55 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 14 (b) Actions subject to the provisions requiring a certificate of envi-
 15 ronmental compatibility and public need in articles seven[,] and ten
 16 [and the former article eight] of the public service law [or requiring a
 17 siting permit under section ninety-four-c of the executive law]; or
 18 § 5. Subdivision (B) of section 206 of the eminent domain procedure
 19 law, as amended by section 13 of part O of chapter 58 of the laws of
 20 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 21 (B) pursuant to article VII of the public service law it obtained a
 22 certificate of environmental compatibility and public need [or pursuant

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 1 to article VIII of the public service law it obtained a siting permit
 2 with respect to a major electric transmission facility] or;
 3 § 6. Subdivision (B) of section 206 of the eminent domain procedure
 4 law is amended to read as follows:
 5 (B) pursuant to article VII [or article VIII] of the public service
 6 law it obtained a certificate of environmental compatibility and public
 7 need or;
 8 § 7. Subparagraph (g) of paragraph 3 of subdivision (B) of section 402
 9 of the eminent domain procedure law, as amended by section 14 of part O
 10 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 11 (g) if the property is to be used for the construction of a major
 12 utility transmission facility, as defined in section one hundred twenty
 13 of the public service law with respect to which a certificate of envi-
 14 ronmental compatibility and public need has been issued under such law,
 15 a statement