New York - Session 2025-2026
Title: Establishes the distributed generation for community solar siting commission
Establishes the nine member distributed generation for community solar siting commission to examine the reasons for delays in the siting of community solar projects, identify those causes and examine solutions to accelerate development; makes related provisions.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-15 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-01-07 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-01-07 | Latest Action | In Senate Committee |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A 10723 | Relates to prohibiting the construction of certain energy storage systems within five hundred feet of a school or dwelling in N.Y. City | in_committee |
| A 10160 | Requires utilities accept public assistance payments | in_committee |
| S 120 | Prohibits termination of electricity or heat service during forecasts of extreme temperatures | in_committee |
| S 1553 | Provides that credits for excess electricity generated by customer-generators subject to net energy metering may be carried over and used to offset electricity used | in_committee |
| S 1668 | Relates to authorizing the New York state energy research and development authority to administer a program to provide grants related to enabling switching residences to electric heat pumps | in_committee |
| S 4357 | Authorizes vocational training, where practicable, to incarcerated individuals on the installation of solar hot water systems for the provision of hot water to correctional facilities | in_committee |
| S 4534 | Ensures proper administration and enforcement of the uniform fire prevention and building code and the state energy conservation construction code; and makes conforming technical changes | in_committee |
| S 5111 | Enacts the "just energy transition act" | in_committee |