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NY S 8114

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Relates to the siting of new electric transmission lines

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Provides that in the siting of new electric transmission facilities, including high-voltage transmission lines, the following corridors shall be utilized in the following order of priority in accordance with feasibility of economic and engineering considerations, reliability of the electric system and the protection of the environment: existing utility corridors; highway (interstate, freeway and state trunk) and railroad corridors; recreational trails, to the extent that the facilities may be constructed below ground and that the facilities do not significantly impact environmentally sensitive areas; and new corridors; provides that the commissioner of transportation shall engage in coordination activities with a utility or transmission line developer to review requested highway corridors for possible permitted locations of transmission lines.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-04-30 — PRINT NUMBER 8114A
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Jeremy Cooneyprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-15

    REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-04-30

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  4. 2026-04-30

    PRINT NUMBER 8114A

    amendment-passage

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Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S8114?summary=&detail=

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