New York A 10268: Prohibits certain battery energy storage systems within one thousand feet of a populated area, in N.Y. City

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A10268 Summary:

BILL NOA10268 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08923

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SPONSORHyndman

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 13 §§13-101 & 13-102, Energy L

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Prohibits tier two battery energy storage systems within one thousand feet of a populated area, in a city with a population of one million or more.

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BILL NOA10268 

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02/20/2026referred to energy

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10268

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 20, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Energy

 AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to prohibiting certain
 battery energy storage systems within one thousand feet of a populated
 area, in a city with a population of one million or more

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

 1 Section 1. The energy law is amended by adding a new article 13 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 13
 4 BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS
 5 Section 13-101. Definitions.
 6 13-102. Battery energy storage systems; prohibitions.
 7 § 13-101. Definitions. For purposes of this article:
 8 1. "Battery energy storage system" shall mean one or more devices,
 9 assembled together, capable of storing energy in order to supply elec-
 10 trical energy at a future time, not to include a stand-alone twelve-volt
 11 car battery or an electric motor vehicle. A battery energy storage
 12 system shall be classified as a tier one or tier two battery energy
 13 storage system as follows: (a) tier one battery energy storage systems
 14 shall possess an aggregate energy capacity less than or equal to six
 15 hundred kilowatt hours and, if in a room or enclosed area, consist of
 16 only a single energy storage system technology; (b) tier two battery
 17 energy storage systems shall possess an aggregate energy capacity great-
 18 er than six hundred kilowatt hours or are comprised of more than one
 19 storage battery technology in a room or enclosed area.
 20 2. "Populated area" shall mean any residentially zoned area, school or
 21 hospital.
 22 § 13-102. Battery energy storage systems; prohibitions. No tier two
 23 battery energy storage system shall be constructed or operated within
 24 one thousand feet of a populated area, in a city with a population of
 25 one million or more.
 26 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14470-01-6

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