S 6570 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Enacts the accelerate solar for affordable power (ASAP) act

Summary

Enacts the accelerate solar for affordable power (ASAP) act to set a new target for distributed solar energy capacity and direct the public service commission to advance reforms to the utility interconnection process to ensure timely and cost-effective integration of new distributed energy resources.

Issues: ✓ Energy

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

Assembly Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 17, 2025 Last action Apr 22, 2026

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What changed between versions

S6570 → S6570A · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to add multiple sponsors and significantly streamline the legislative text by removing provisions related to utility reporting and self-performed upgrades. The remaining core changes define 'flexible interconnection' and mandate the creation of a statewide program to manage distributed energy resources without the previous administrative steps.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed by removing specific requirements for utilities to report on past upgrade costs and allowing customers to perform their own grid upgrades.

ELIGIBILITY

The list of sponsors was expanded to include several additional senators, reflecting broader legislative support.

REQUIREMENT

Requirements for electric corporations to file annual reports on completed distribution upgrade costs and to allow customers to self-perform grid upgrades were deleted.

The section on flexible interconnection was streamlined to remove procedural steps like convening technical conferences and filing implementation plans, focusing instead on establishing a uniform statewide program within one year.

TIMELINE

A deadline requiring the commission to issue an order on increasing cost-certainty for utility upgrades within 180 days was removed.

TECHNICAL

Formatting and page numbering were updated to reflect the bill's renumbering from S 6570 to S 6570--A.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 21, 2026

How they voted

46–16

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 63

Apr 21, 2026

D Democratic41

40 Yea 1

97% Yea

R Republican22

6 Yea 16 Nay

72% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 22, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

lower

Apr 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

PASSED SENATE

upper

Apr 20, 2026

Committee

COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

upper

Feb 24, 2026

Committee

REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

upper

Feb 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 6570A

upper

Feb 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

upper

May 28, 2025

Committee

REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

upper

1 primary · 31 co-sponsors