Relates to setback requirements relating to the siting of battery energy storage systems
Introduced: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Introduced
- Sponsors
- +54
- Latest action
- Feb 9, 2026
What it does
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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Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Jaime Williams
- Al Taylor
- Alec Brook-Krasny
- Alicia Hyndman
- Andrea Bailey
- Andrew Hevesi
- Anil Beephan
- Ari Brown
- Bill Conrad
- Brian Manktelow
- Brian Miller
- Charles Fall
- Charles Lavine
- Chris Burdick
- Chris Friend
- Clyde Vanel
- Danny Norber
- Dave McDonough
- David Weprin
- Doug Smith
- Ed Braunstein
- Ed Ra
- George Alvarez
- Jake Blumencranz
- Jeff Gallahan
- Jeffrey Dinowitz
- Jenifer Rajkumar
- Jodi Giglio
- Joe Angelino
- Joe DeStefano
- Joe Sempolinski
- Judy Griffin
- Kalman Yeger
- Karl Brabenec
- Khaleel Anderson
- Larinda Hooks
- Lester Chang
- Marianne Buttenschon
- Matt Simpson
- Matt Slater
- Michael Cashman
- Mike Tannousis
- Misha Novakhov
- Nader Sayegh
- Nikki Lucas
- Nily Rozic
- Pamela Hunter
- Pat Chludzinski
- Paula Kay
- Rebecca Kassay
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