New York Assembly bill in Session 2025-2026.
Status: in_committee. Latest action: February 9, 2026.
Relates to setback requirements relating to the siting of battery energy storage systems.
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.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-18 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-02-09 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-02-09 | Latest Action | In Assembly Committee |