A 10519 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Requires the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmission to establish and/or amend rules and regulations pertaining to standards related to siting major renewable energy facilities

Summary

Requires the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmission to establish and/or amend rules and regulations pertaining to standards related to the siting, design, construction and operation of major renewable energy facilities; requires such rules and regulations to include information relating to farmland protection and application procedures; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

Issues: ✓ Energy ✓ Environment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Mar 2026

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Introduced Mar 6, 2026 Last action Jun 2, 2026

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A10519 → A10519A · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill amends the Public Service Law to update definitions for agrivoltaics and agricultural activities, clarifying that sheep grazing is only excluded if it is the sole farming activity on land not already used for that purpose. It also refines the criteria for protecting farmland by adding specific mineral soil groups (5-7) to the protected list and updating the reevaluation timeline to include the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of protected farmland by explicitly including mineral soil groups 5-7 in addition to groups 1-4, and modifies the eligibility criteria for agricultural activities to allow sheep grazing under specific conditions.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'Agrivoltaics' was changed to reference the Public Authorities Law and updated to include 'agricultural products or activities' instead of just 'products'.

The definition of 'Agricultural products and activities' was updated to change 'products and activities' to 'products or activities' and modified the exclusion for sheep grazing to apply only when the land is not currently used primarily or exclusively for that purpose.

REQUIREMENT

The standards for protecting farmland were expanded to include mineral soil groups 5-7 when the land is in commercial agricultural use, alongside existing groups 1-4.

TIMELINE

The reevaluation process for farmland protection efficacy was updated to include the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority as a required participant.

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Jun 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 10519A

lower

Jun 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY

lower

Mar 6, 2026

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REFERRED TO ENERGY

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor