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.
Authorizes ORES to issue siting permits for battery energy storage systems for use by data centers, regardless of the expected storage or transmission capacity of such battery energy storage systems, and whether or not such battery energy storage systems will be co-located with renewable energy systems; requires data centers to submit carbon reduction plans.
Prohibits tier two battery energy storage systems within one thousand feet of a populated area, in a city with a population of one million or more.
Prohibits tier two battery energy storage systems within one thousand feet of a populated area, in a city with a population of one million or more.
Prohibits the construction or maintenance of energy storage systems capable of storing more than twenty kilowatt hours within five hundred feet of a school or dwelling in a city with a population of one million or more.
Prohibits the construction or maintenance of energy storage systems capable of storing more than twenty kilowatt hours within five hundred feet of a school or dwelling in a city with a population of one million or more.
Property; setback requirements for utility scale solar energy and industrial battery storage facilities; emergency.
Property; setback requirements for utility scale solar energy and industrial battery storage facilities; emergency.
Requires community boards to provide public notice of any planned siting and construction of battery energy storage systems and to provide for annual inspections of such battery energy storage systems; defines "battery energy storage systems"; requires operators of such battery energy storage systems to submit to the requirements of community boards regarding notice and inspection requirements.
Wind energy conversion systems residential setbacks established.