N.Y. Public Service Law § 137: Definitions

* § 137. Definitions. Where used in this article, the following terms

shall have the following meanings:

1. "CLCPA targets" shall mean the public policies established in the

climate leadership and community protection act enacted in chapter one

hundred six of the laws of two thousand nineteen, including but not

limited to the requirement that a minimum of seventy percent of the

statewide electric generation be produced by renewable energy systems by

two thousand thirty, that by the year two thousand forty the statewide

electrical demand system will generate zero emissions, and the

procurement of at least nine gigawatts of offshore wind electricity

generation by two thousand thirty-five, six gigawatts of photovoltaic

solar generation by two thousand twenty-five and to support three

gigawatts of statewide energy storage capacity by two thousand thirty.

2. "Dormant electric generating site" shall mean a site at which one

or more electric generating facilities produced electricity but has

permanently ceased operating.

3. "Major electric transmission facility" means an electric

transmission line of a design capacity of one hundred twenty-five

kilovolts or more extending a distance of one mile or more, or of one

hundred kilovolts or more and less than one hundred twenty-five

kilovolts, extending a distance of ten miles or more, including

associated equipment, but shall not include any such transmission line

located wholly underground in a city with a population in excess of one

hundred twenty-five thousand or a primary transmission line approved by

the federal energy regulatory commission in connection with a

hydro-electric facility.

4. "Major renewable energy facility" means any renewable energy

system, as such term is defined in section sixty-six-p of this chapter,

with a nameplate generating capacity of twenty-five thousand kilowatts

or more, and any co-located system storing energy generated from such a

renewable energy system prior to delivering it to the bulk transmission

system, including all associated appurtenances to electric plants,

including electric transmission facilities less than ten miles in length

in order to provide access to load and to integrate such facilities into

the state's bulk electric transmission system.

5. "Landowner" means the holder of any right, title, or interest in

real property subject to a proposed site or right of way as identified

from the most recent tax roll of the appropriate municipality.

6. "Local agency" means any local agency, board, district, commission

or governing body, including any city, county, and other political

subdivision of the state.

7. "Local agency account" or "account" shall mean the account

established in subdivision seven of section ninety-four-c of the

executive law now repealed and continued in section one hundred

forty-five of this article.

8. "Municipality" shall mean a county, city, town, or village.

9. "Right-of-way" shall mean:

(a) real property that is used or authorized to be used for electric

utility purposes; or

(b) real property owned or controlled by or under the jurisdiction of

the state, a distribution utility, or a state public authority including

by means of ownership, lease or easement, that is used or authorized to

be used for transportation or canal purposes.

10. "ORES" shall mean the office of renewable energy siting and

electric transmission established pursuant to section three-c of this

chapter.

11. "Executive director" or "director" shall mean the executive

director of the office of renewable energy siting and electric

transmission.

12. "Major renewable energy facility siting permit" shall mean the

siting permit issued to a major renewable energy facility by the

executive director pursuant to this article, and the rules and

regulations promulgated by ORES and the department and approved by the

commission.

13. "Major electric transmission facility siting permit" shall mean

the siting permit issued to a major electric transmission facility by

the executive director pursuant to this article, and the rules and

regulations promulgated by ORES and the department.

* NB Repealed December 31, 2040