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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 7197: Relates to setback requirements relating to the siting of battery energy storage systems

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 7197 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on April 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to setback requirements relating to the siting of battery energy storage systems. Primary sponsor: Joe Addabbo (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 11, 2026): PRINT NUMBER 7197B.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Democratic/Working Families 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joe AddabboPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Jose SerranoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate29
Toby StaviskyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. PRINT NUMBER 7197B
  2. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
  3. PRINT NUMBER 7197A
  4. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
  5. REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
  6. REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source