Requires Richmond County to establish a hazards annex to the Richmond county emergency management plan for certain fixed energy storage facilities to ensure that Richmond County is prepared to deal with the potential dangers, such as high-temperature chemical fires, associated with large scale energy storage facilities, including those placed or planned to be placed in assembly district 63.
Provides that the future siting and construction of battery energy storage systems and related facilities, systems, infrastructure, and substations of any scale and possessing any storage capacity, and including, but not limited to, those deploying lithium-ion batteries, are prohibited on Long Island, in the counties of Suffolk and Nassau.
Requires notice to elected officials when there is a proposed battery energy storage system in such officials district; defines what qualifies as a battery energy storage system.