N.Y. General Business Law § 399-yyyy: Macrocell renewable energy reporting

* § 399-yyyy. Macrocell renewable energy reporting. 1. Upon the

twelfth month after the effective date of this section, the wireless

service industry shall collaborate on and issue a white paper reporting

on current and future efforts to pursue renewable energy at macrocell

sites with the report delivered to the governor, the speaker of the

assembly, the temporary president of the senate, and the chair of the

senate energy and telecommunications committee and the assembly

corporations, authorities and commissions committee. The report shall

include, but need not be limited to, consideration of the following

issues:

(a) the company's existing and future investments in renewable energy

sources, as corporations generally and at macrocell sites specifically;

(b) the energy demands of existing macrocell sites including any

anticipated increases to demand at such sites;

(c) the benefits and challenges of relying on renewable energy to

provision wireless service;

(d) potential impacts to existing backup power sources; and

(e) estimated costs relating to using renewable energy to power

macrocell sites.

2. For purposes of this section, a "macrocell" is a cell in a mobile

phone network that provides radio coverage served by a high-power cell

site (tower, antenna or mast). The "wireless service industry" shall

include wireless carriers, tower companies, and their trade associations

that offer service to New York state customers.

* NB Repealed December 21, 2026