STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 88 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, MOYA, ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to approval of elec- tric transmission line facilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 126 of the public 2 service law, as amended by chapter 521 of the laws of 2015, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 (e) in the case of an electric transmission line, (1) what part, if 5 any, of the line shall be located underground; (2) that such facility 6 conforms to [a long-range plan for expansion of the electric power grid 7 of the electric systems serving this state and interconnected utility 8 systems, which will serve the interests of electric system economy and 9 reliability] the most recent state energy plan as established pursuant 10 to article six of the energy law, with consideration of whether the 11 approval of such facility would cause adverse impacts on the state's 12 environmental quality due to an increase in in-state or out-of-state 13 electric generation; 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01495-01-7