A6955 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
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.
- Title
- Relates to setback requirements relating to the siting of battery energy storage systems
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-02-09
- In committee
- Energy
- Introduced
- 2025-03-18
- Active version
- A6955C
- Same as
- S7197
- Law section
- Public Service Law
Sponsors
- Jaime R. Williams Assembly Member, District 59
Co-sponsors
- Al Taylor Assembly Member, District 71
- Alec Brook-Krasny Assembly Member, District 46
- Alicia Hyndman Assembly Member, District 29
Heard in committee
- Energy NY State Assembly committee
Same as
- S7197 (2025-26 session) NY State bill