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S07197Introduced in the Senate

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.

IntroducedSenate Energy and Telecommunications

Introduced by Joseph Addabbo, District 15

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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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PRINT NUMBER 7197B

February 11, 2026

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Bill history

  1. REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

  2. REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

  3. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

  4. PRINT NUMBER 7197A

  5. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

  6. PRINT NUMBER 7197B

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