Relates to setback requirements relating to the siting of battery energy storage systems
Summary
Directs the department of public service to promulgate rules, regulations and model policies regarding setback requirements for the siting of battery energy storage systems; requires minimum setback requirements for commercial energy storage systems, with a capacity of three megawatts or greater, of no less than seven hundred fifty feet from residential property and no less than three hundred feet from residential property located in a city with a population of one million or more inhabitants; requires public hearings prior to the approval of an application for a permit for such systems.
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1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Apr 3, 2025
Last action Feb 11, 2026
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MINOR
The bill was amended to lower the capacity threshold for battery energy storage systems from five megawatts to three megawatts. This change expands the scope of the law, requiring stricter setback requirements and public hearings for smaller energy storage projects that were previously exempt.
Scope change
The bill now applies to battery energy storage systems with a capacity of three megawatts or greater, whereas it previously only applied to systems with a capacity of five megawatts or greater.
ELIGIBILITY
The minimum capacity threshold for setback requirements and public hearing mandates was reduced from five megawatts to three megawatts.
REQUIREMENT
The Public Service Law now requires the state authority to prepare information and model laws for systems over three megawatts instead of five megawatts.
The New York City Fire Code now mandates minimum setback requirements and public hearings for commercial energy storage systems of three megawatts or greater, expanding coverage to smaller facilities.
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Feb 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 7197B
upper
Feb 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
upper
Jan 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 7197A
upper
Jan 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
upper
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
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