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S 10594 NY

Relates to the siting or construction of a qualified energy storage system

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Introduced May 28, 2026

Latest action (May 28, 2026) REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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Requires an applicant filing any application for a permit or authorization relating to the siting or construction of a qualified energy storage system that has a storage capacity greater than one megawatt hour, is connected to the local distribution system and primarily operated for commercial or electric retail purposes, and is not constructed in connection with a major renewable energy facility to provide notice of such application to the chief executive of the city, town, or village in which it is located and each member of the state legislature within whose district the proposed energy storage system is to be located.

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  1. May 28, 2026 REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS · upper

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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S10594 Summary: BILL NO S10594 &nbsp SAME AS SAME AS A11359

&nbsp SPONSOR PERSAUD &nbsp COSPNSR &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Amd §74, Pub Serv L &nbsp Requires an applicant filing any application for a permit or authorization relating to the siting or construction of a qualified energy storage system that has a storage capacity greater than one megawatt hour, is connected to the local distribution system and primarily operated for commercial or electric retail purposes, and is not constructed in connection with a major renewable energy facility to provide notice of such application to the chief executive of the city, town, or village in which it is located and each member of the state legislature within whose district the proposed energy storage system is to be located.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

10594

IN SENATE

May 28, 2026 ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the siting or construction of a qualified energy storage system

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

1 Section 1. Section 74 of the public service law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 3 5. Upon the filing of any application for a permit or authorization 4 with any city, town, village, county, public authority, or state agency 5 relating to the siting or construction of a qualified energy storage 6 system that (a) has a storage capacity greater than one megawatt hour, 7 (b) is connected to the local distribution system and primarily operated 8 for commercial or electric retail purposes, and (c) is not constructed 9 in connection with a major renewable energy facility pursuant to article 10 eight of this chapter, the applicant shall provide notice of such appli- 11 cation, as well as a brief overview of the proposed energy storage 12 system, to the chief executive of the city, town, or village and each 13 member of the state legislature within whose district the proposed ener- 14 gy storage system is to be located. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027; provided that the 16 provisions of this act shall not apply to any qualified energy storage 17 system projects which have filed any application for a permit or author- 18 ization on or before such date.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15847-01-6

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