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This bill amends regulations for electric transmission lines to ensure grid maintenance, resource interconnection, and compliance with emissions standards.
Why it matters
Requires electric transmission facilities to support the integration of new or existing power generation resources. , which could encourage more renewable energy sources and modernize the grid to handle future electricity needs.
Mandates that electricity transmitted from outside New York must meet the state’s emissions and performance standards. , potentially reducing the import of electricity generated from high-polluting sources and supporting New York’s climate goals.
Expands the regulatory focus beyond just expansion to include maintenance and improvement of the grid. , which may improve reliability and resilience against outages or system failures.
Specifies when accommodation for resource interconnection is unnecessary (for lines under 100 kV unless otherwise justified). , which could streamline smaller projects and reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
64
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to electric transmission lines and existing or proposed generating resources
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 2 of section 126 of the public service law, paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 521 of the laws of 2015, subdivision 2 as added by chapter 520 of the laws of 1984, are amended to read as follows:
(e) in the case of an electric transmission line, (1) what part, if any, of the line shall be located underground; (2) that such facility conforms to a long-range plan for the expansion, maintenance and improvement of the electric power grid of the electric systems serving [this] New York state and interconnected utility systems, which will serve the interests of electric system economy and reliability; (3) that such facility will accommodate the interconnection of existing or proposed generating resources or in the case of a facility that as proposed, has a design capacity of less than one hundred kilovolts, that no accommodation is necessary because such accommodation would not be in the interests of electric system economy and reliability; and (4) in the case of a facility, that as proposed, would transmit electricity generated from resources located outside of the boundaries of New York state, that such electricity would be produced in a manner that is consistent with the power plant emissions and performance standards established pursuant to section 19-0312 of the environmental conservation law;
2. In the case of an electric transmission line to be constructed by the power authority of the state of New York and located in part under the waters of Long Island Sound and for the remaining part underground, the commission shall make only the findings and determinations required
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01984-01-9
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by paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (f) of subdivision one of this section and, on the basis of such findings and determinations, shall grant, grant in part, or deny the certificate.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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