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Relates to setback requirements relating to the siting of battery energy storage systems

Introduced: it can still change before the session ends.

NY S 7197 · Senate Bill · 2025-2026

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Feb 11, 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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    Introduced · Feb 11, 2026

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